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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.441 deraadt 19: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 ! cloder 22: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
! 23: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
! 24: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
! 26: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
! 27: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
! 28: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
! 29: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 33: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 34: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 35: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
36: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
37: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
38: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
39: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
40: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
44: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 45: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 46: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
47: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
48: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
49: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
50: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 54: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
55: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
56: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 57: </strong></font><br>
58: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
59: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
60: with OpenBSD.
61: </ul>
62:
1.436 henning 63: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
64: <ul>
65: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 66: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
67: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
68: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
69: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
70: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
71: than closed source, as we have long contended.
72: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
73: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
74: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
75: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
76: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
77: <p>
78: This article can also be found online as
79: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
80: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 84: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
85: </strong></font><br>
86: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
87: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 91: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
92: </strong></font><br>
93: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
94: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 95: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 96: the issues we had with IETF.
97: </ul>
98:
1.431 ian 99: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
100: <ul>
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 102: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
103: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
104: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
105: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
106: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
107: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
108: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 112: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
113: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
114: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
115: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
116: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
117: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 118: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 119: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
120: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
121: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
122: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
123: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
124: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
125: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
126: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
127:
128: </ul>
129:
1.427 matthieu 130: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
131: <ul>
132:
133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 134: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
135: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
136: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
137: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
138: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
139: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
140: firmware.
1.434 ian 141: Similar articles can be found online at:
142: <ul>
143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
144: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
145: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
146: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
148: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
149: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
150: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
152: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
153: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
154: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
156: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
157: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
158: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
159: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 160: </ul>
161:
1.426 ian 162: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
163: <ul>
164:
165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
166: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
167: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
168: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
169: This article talks about our systrace
170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
171: mechanism: what it is and why and
172: how to use it, with examples.
173: Another excerpt from the book
174: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
175: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
176: <p>
177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
179: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
180: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
181: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
182: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
183: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
184: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
185: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
186: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
187: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
188: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
189: This article is a sample chapter from
190: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
191: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
192: <p>
1.443 ian 193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
195: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
196: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
197: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
198: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
199: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
200: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
201: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
202: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
203: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
204: ends with a sidebar on security.
205: <p>
1.426 ian 206: </ul>
207:
1.424 ian 208: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
209: <ul>
210:
211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 212: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
213: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
214: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
215: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
216: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
217: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
218: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
219: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
220: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
221: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
222: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
223: <p>
224: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
225: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
226: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
227: <p>
228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 230: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
231: Closed Source Hardware</a>
232: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
233: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
234: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
235: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
236: operating systems.
237: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
238: OpenBSD on his firewall.
239: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
240: systems, he writes:
241: <blockquote>
242: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
243: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
244: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
245: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
246: to the operating system...
247: <br/>
248: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
249: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
250: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
251: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
252: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
253: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
254: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
255: in a closed source operating system).
256: <br/>
257: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
258: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
259: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
260: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
261: </blockquote>
262: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
263: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
264: their hardware and software operates.
265: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
266: reverse-engineering the
267: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
268: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
269: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
270: <p>
271: </ul>
272:
1.417 pvalchev 273: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
274: <ul>
1.421 ian 275:
1.417 pvalchev 276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 277: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
278: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
279: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
280: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
281: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
282: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
283: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
284: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
285: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
286: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
287: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 288: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 289: <p>
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 291: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
292: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
293: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
294: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
295: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
296: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
297: it claims to do".
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 301: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
302: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
303: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
304: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
305: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 306: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 307: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
308: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
309: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
310: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
311: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
312: (yes, this is a hint).
313: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
314: picked up on the
315: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
316: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
317: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
318: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
319: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 323: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
324: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
325: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
326: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
327: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
328: questions about the significance and rationale behind
329: the current efforts.
330: <p>
331: </ul>
332:
1.407 henning 333: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
334: <ul>
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 336: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
337: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
338: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
339: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
340: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
341: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
342: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
343: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
344: <p>
345:
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 347: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
348: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
349: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
350: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
351: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
352: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
353: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
354: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
355: of the important changes in 3.6.
356: </p>
357:
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 359: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
360: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
361: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
362: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
363: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
364: overflow attacks... because
365: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
366: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
367: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
368: and propolice.
369: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
370: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
371: and that's when the science falls apart."
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 375: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
376: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
377: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
378: Starts with the question:
379: <blockquote>
380: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
381: <br/>
382: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
383: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
384: <br/>
385: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
386: Should we believe them?"
387: </blockquote>
388: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
389: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
390: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
391: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
392: for your mail, web and other online activities.
393: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
394: <p>
395:
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 397: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
398: Simple Simon</a>,
399: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
400: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
401: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
402: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
403: routing/firewall, and more.
404: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
405: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
406: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
407: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
408: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
409: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
410: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
411: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
412: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
413: </blockquote>
414: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
415: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 419: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
420: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 421: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 422: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 423: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
424: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
425: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 426: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 427: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
428: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
429: in spite of it
430: (registration required, but worth it).
431: <p>
432:
433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
434: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
435: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
436: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
437: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
438: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
439: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
440: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 441: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 442: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
443: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
444: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
445: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 449: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
450: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
451: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
452: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
453: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
454: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
455: <blockquote>
456: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
457: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
458: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
459: a lot of analysis.
460: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
461: </blockquote>
462: <p>
463: </ul>
464:
1.400 marco 465: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
466: <ul>
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 468: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
469: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
470: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
471: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
472: UNIX-like systems.
473: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
474: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
475: <p>
476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 477: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
478: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 479: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
480: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
481: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
482: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
483: At one point, the article states:
484: <blockquote>
485: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
486: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
487: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
488: </blockquote>
489: And then quotes Theo as saying:
490: <blockquote>
491: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
492: fewer are reading or auditing code."
493: </blockquote>
494: <p>
495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
496: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
497: marks its fifth birthday</a>
498: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
499: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
500: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
501: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
502: required).
503: <p>
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 505: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
506: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
507: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
508: </strong></font><br>
509: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
510: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
511: <p>
512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 513: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
514: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 515: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 516: </strong></font><br>
517: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
518: <p>
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 520: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
521: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 522: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 523: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 524: 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 525: <p>
526: </ul>
527:
1.396 henning 528: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
529: <ul>
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 531: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
532: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
533: Unix Review, July, 2004
534: </strong></font><br>
535: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
536: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
537: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
538: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
539: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
540: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
541: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
542: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
543: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
544: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
545: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
546: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
547: and even spelling/wording errors.
548: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
549: <p>
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 551: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 552: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
553: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
554: </strong></font><br>
555: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
556: <p>
557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 558: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 559: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
560: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
561: </strong></font><br>
562: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
563: <p>
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 565: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
566: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
567: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
568: </strong></font><br>
569: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
570: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
571: <p>
572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 573: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
574: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
575: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
576: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
577: <p>
578: </ul>
579:
1.405 jolan 580: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
581: <ul>
582: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
583: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
584: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
585: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
586: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
587: details on how funds are dispersed.
588: <p>
589: </ul>
590:
1.393 david 591: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
592: <ul>
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 594: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
595: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
596: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
597: </strong></font><br>
598: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
599: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
600: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
601: on inserting large number of SQL records.
602: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
603: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
604: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
605: <p>
606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 608: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
609: Secure by Default</a>,
610: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
611: </strong></font><br>
612: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
613: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
614: <p>
615:
616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
617: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
618: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
619: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
620: </strong></font><br>
621: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
622: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
623: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
624: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
625: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
626: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
627: <p>
628:
629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
630: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
631: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
632: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
633: </strong></font><br>
634: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
635: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
636: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
637: <p>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
640: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
641: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
642: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
643: </strong></font><br>
644: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
645: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
646: <p>
647: </ul>
648:
1.388 mcbride 649: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
650: <ul>
1.394 jolan 651:
652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
653: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
654: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
655: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
656: </strong></font><br>
657: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
658: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
659: available for sparc64.
660: <p>
661:
1.390 beck 662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 663: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
664: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
665: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
666: </strong></font><br>
667: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
668: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
669: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
670: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
671: <p>
672:
673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 674: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
675: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 676: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 677: </strong></font><br>
678: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
679: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
680: it does: CARP provides sharing
681: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
682: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
683: detail to get you started using it.
684: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
685: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
686: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
687: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
688: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
689: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
690: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 691: <p>
1.391 ian 692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 694: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 695: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
696: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 697: </strong></font><br>
698: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 699: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 700: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 701: <p>
1.388 mcbride 702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
704: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
705: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 706: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 707: </strong></font><br>
708: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
709: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
710: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
711: unencumbered by patents.
712: <p>
713: </ul>
714:
1.378 henning 715: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
716: <ul>
1.384 jose 717:
718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 719: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
720: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
721: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
722: </strong></font><br>
723: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
724: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
725: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
726: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
727: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
728: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
729: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
730: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
731: in the page tables."
732: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
733: <p>
734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 736: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
737: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
738: </strong></font><br>
739: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
740: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
741: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
742: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 743: <p>
1.384 jose 744:
1.378 henning 745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 746: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
747: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 748: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
749: </strong></font><br>
750: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
751: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
752: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
753: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
754: (quote:
755: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
756: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 757: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 758: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
759: the other developers for their work on the system.
760: <p>
761:
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 763: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
764: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
765: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 766: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 767: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
768: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
769: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
770: too.
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 774: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
775: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 776: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 777: OpenBSD source code using
778: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
779: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
780: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
781: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
782: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
783: <p>
784: </ul>
785:
1.374 jose 786: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
787: <ul>
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 789: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 790: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
791: </strong></font><br>
792: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
793: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
794: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
795: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
796: it."
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 800: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
801: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
802: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
803: </strong></font><br/>
804: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
805: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
806: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
807: <p>
808: </ul>
809:
1.369 ian 810: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
811: <ul>
812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 813: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
814: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
815: </strong></font><br/>
816: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
817: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
818: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
819: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 823: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
824: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
825: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
826: </strong></font><br/>
827: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
828: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
829: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
830: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
831: form factor.
832: <p>
833:
834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
835: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
836: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
837: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
838: Features</a>,
839: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
840: </strong></font><br/>
841: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
842: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
843: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
844: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
845: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
846: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
847: <p>
848: This article can also be found online at:
849: <ul>
850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 851: <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 852: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
853: </strong></font>
854: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
855: </ul>
856: <p>
1.392 david 857:
1.371 jose 858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 859: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
860: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 861: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
862: </strong></font><br/>
863: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
864: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
865: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 866: <p>
1.371 jose 867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 869: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 870: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 871: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 872: </strong></font><br/>
873: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
874: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
875: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
876: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
877: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
878: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
879: and its history with OpenBSD.
880: </ul>
881:
1.368 henning 882: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
883: <ul>
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 885: [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 886: </strong></font><br>
887: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
888: </ul>
889:
1.364 jose 890: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
891: <ul>
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 893: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
894: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
895: UNIX Review,
896: July, 2003.
897: </strong></font><br>
898: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
899: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
900: who want more information.
901: <p>
902:
903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 904: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
905: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
906: Government Computer News,
907: July 22, 2003.
908: </strong></font><br>
909: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
910: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
911: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
912: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
913: <p>
914:
915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
916: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
917: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
918: SANS Institute,
919: July 22, 2003.
920: </strong></font><br>
921: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 922: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 923: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
924: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
925: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
926: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
927: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
928: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
929: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
930: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
931: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 935: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
936: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
937: OnLamp.com,
938: July 17, 2003.
939: </strong></font><br>
940: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
941: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
942: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
943: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
944: have been working on.
945:
946: </ul>
947:
1.356 jose 948: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 949: <ul>
950:
951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 952: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
953: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
954: UNIX Review,
955: June, 2003.
956: </strong></font><br>
957: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
958: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
959: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
960: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
961: <p>
962:
963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 964: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
965: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
966: eWeek,
967: June 23, 2003.
968: </strong></font><br>
969: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
970: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
971: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
972: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
973: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
974: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
975: <p>
976:
977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 978: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
979: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
980: Software Development Online,
981: June, 2003.
982: </strong></font><br>
983: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
984: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
985: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
986: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
987: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
988: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
989: current activities.
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 993: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
994: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 995: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
996: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
997: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
998: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 999: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1000: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1001: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1002: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1003: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1004: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1005: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1006: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1007: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1008: decisions.
1009: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1010: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1011: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1012: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1016: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1017: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1018: Page 58, eWeek,
1019: June 2, 2003.
1020: </strong></font><br>
1021: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1022: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1023: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1024: been addressed in -current.
1025: <p>
1026:
1.356 jose 1027: </ul>
1028:
1029: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1030: <ul>
1031:
1.355 jose 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1033: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1034: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1035: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1036: </strong></font><br>
1037: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1038: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1039: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1040: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1041: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1042: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1043: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1047: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1048: Beyond Linux</a>,
1049: InfoWorld,
1050: May 23, 2003.
1051: </strong></font><br>
1052: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1053: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1054: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1055: compared to the GPL.
1056: <p>
1057:
1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1059: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1060: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1061: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1062: May 17, 2003.
1063: </strong></font><br>
1064: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1065: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1066: the business section and half of another page inside
1067: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1068: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1069: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1070: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1071: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1072: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1073: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1074: <br>
1075: This article can also be found online at:
1076: <ul>
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1078: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1079: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1080: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1081: May 17, 2003
1082: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1083: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1085: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1086: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1087: Montreal Gazette,
1088: May 21, 2003
1089: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1090: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1091: <p>
1.346 ian 1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1094: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1095: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1096: May 7, 2003.
1097: </strong></font><br>
1098: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1099: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1100: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1101: <p>
1102:
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1104: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1105: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1106: OsOpinion,
1107: May 6, 2003.
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1110: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1111: <br>
1112: This article can also be found online at:
1113: <ul>
1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1115: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1116: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1117: NewsFactor Network.
1118: </strong></font>
1119: </ul>
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1123: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1124: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1125: ITBusiness,
1126: May 2, 2003.
1127: </strong></font><br>
1128: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1129: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1130: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1131: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1132: <p>
1133:
1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1135: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1136: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1137: InfoWorld,
1138: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1139: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1140: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1141: <br>
1142: This article can also be found online at:
1143: <ul>
1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1145: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1146: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1147: IDG Singapore.
1148: </strong></font>
1149: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1150: <p>
1151:
1.339 jose 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1153: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1154: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1155: ZDNet,
1156: May 1, 2003.
1157: </strong></font><br>
1158: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1159: someone using parts from previous articles.
1160: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1161: This article can also be found online at:
1162: <ul>
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1164: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1165: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1166: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1167: </strong></font>
1168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1169: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1170: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1171: CNET News.com.
1172: </strong></font>
1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1174: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1175: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1176: ZDNet UK.
1177: </strong></font>
1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1179: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1180: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1181: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1182: </strong></font>
1183: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1184: <p>
1.339 jose 1185:
1.341 deraadt 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1187: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1188: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1189: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1190: May 1, 2003.
1191: </strong></font><br>
1192: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1193: that have been added
1194: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1195: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1196: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1197: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1198: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1199: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1200: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1201: <p>
1202:
1203: </ul>
1204:
1.253 ian 1205: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1206: <ul>
1.255 ian 1207:
1.260 ian 1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1209: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1210: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1211: TechRepublic,
1212: April 28, 2003.
1213: </strong></font><br>
1214: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1215: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1216: work.<br>
1217: Can also be found online at:
1218: <ul>
1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1220: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1221: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1222: ZDNet UK.
1223: </strong></font>
1224: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1225: <p>
1226:
1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1228: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1229: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1230: IDG,
1231: April 24, 2003.
1232: </strong></font><br>
1233: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1234: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1235: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1236: Can also be found online at:
1237: <ul>
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1239: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1240: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1241: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1242: </strong></font>
1243: </ul>
1244: <p>
1245:
1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1247: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1248: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1249: Slate,
1250: April 24, 2003.
1251: </strong></font><br>
1252: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1253: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1254: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1255: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1256: <p>
1257:
1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1259: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1260: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1261: April 24, 2003.
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1264: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1265: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1266: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1267: <p>
1268:
1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1270: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1271: April 24, 2003.
1272: </strong></font><br>
1273: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1274: the free software community".
1275: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1276: other articles.
1277: <p>
1278:
1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1280: <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 1281: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1282: </strong></font><br>
1283: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1284: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1285: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1286: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1287: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1288: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1289: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1290: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1291: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1292: <br/>
1293: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1294: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1295: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1296: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1297: <br>
1298: Can also be found online at:
1299: <ul>
1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1301: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1302: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1303: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1304: </strong></font>
1305: </ul>
1.324 ian 1306: <p>
1307:
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1309: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1310: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1311: </strong></font><br>
1312: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1313: article above.
1314: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1315: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1316: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1317: <br>
1318: Can also be found online at:
1319: <ul>
1320: <li>
1321: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1322: </strong></font>
1323: </ul>
1.324 ian 1324: <p>
1325:
1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1327: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1328: </strong></font><br>
1329: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1330: <p>
1331:
1332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1333: <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.
1334: </strong></font><br>
1335: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1336: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1337: <p>
1338:
1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1340: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1341: April 23, 2003.
1342: </strong></font><br>
1343: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1344: <p>
1345:
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1347: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1348: April 22, 2003.
1349: </strong></font><br>
1350: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1351: <p>
1352:
1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1354: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1355: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1356: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1357: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1358: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1359: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1360: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1361: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1362: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1363: Can also be found online at:
1364: <ul>
1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1366: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1367: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1368: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1369: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1371: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1372: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1373: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1374: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1375: </ul>
1376: <p>
1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1379: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1380: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1381: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1382: </strong></font><br>
1383: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1384: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1385: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1386: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1387: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1388: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1389: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1390: <p>
1391:
1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1393: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1394: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1395: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1396: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1397: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1398: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1399: at UPenn and DARPA.
1400: <p>
1401:
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1403: [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,
1404: France
1.315 deraadt 1405: April 18, 2003.
1406: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1407: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1408: <p>
1409:
1410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1411: [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 1412: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1413: </strong></font><br>
1414: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1415: <p>
1416:
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1418: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1419: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1420: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1421: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1422: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1423: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1424: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1425: <p>
1426:
1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1428: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1429: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1430: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1431: </strong></font><br>
1432: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1433: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1434: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1435: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1436: <p>
1437:
1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1439: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1440: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1441: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1442: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1443: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1444: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1445: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1446: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1447: Can also be found online at:
1448: <ul>
1449: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1450: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1451: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1452: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1453: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1454: <p>
1455:
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1457: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1458: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1459: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1460: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1461: </strong></font><br>
1462: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1463: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1464: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1465: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1466: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1469: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1470: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1471: New York Times.
1472: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1473:
1.273 deraadt 1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1475: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1476: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1477: ABC News.
1478: </strong></font>
1479:
1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1481: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1482: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1483: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1484: </strong></font>
1485:
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1487: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1488: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1489: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1490: </strong></font>
1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1493: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1494: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1495: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1496: </strong></font>
1497:
1498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1499: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1500: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1501: Times Daily, AL.
1502: </strong></font>
1503:
1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1505: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1506: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1507: Boston.com, MA.
1508: </strong></font>
1509:
1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1511: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1512: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1513: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1514: </strong></font>
1515:
1516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1517: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1518: [Article was pulled]</a>
1519: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1520: </strong></font>
1521:
1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1523: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1524: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1525: Infoshop News.
1526: </strong></font>
1527:
1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1529: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1530: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1531: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1532: </strong></font>
1533:
1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1535: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1536: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1537: Raleigh News, NC.
1538: </strong></font>
1539:
1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1541: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1542: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1543: Napa News, CA.
1544: </strong></font>
1545:
1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1547: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1548: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1549: NEPA News, PA.
1550: </strong></font>
1551:
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1553: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1554: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1555: Wired News.
1556: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1557: <br>
1558: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1559: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1560: [JAPANESE]
1561: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1562: Wired News Japan</a>
1563: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1564:
1.271 deraadt 1565: </ul>
1566: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1567: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1568: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1569: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1570: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1571: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1572: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1573: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1574: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1575: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1576: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1577: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1578: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1579: <p>
1580: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1581:
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1583: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1584: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1585: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1586: </strong></font>
1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1589: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1590: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1591: Miami Herald, FL.
1592: </strong></font>
1593:
1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1595: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1596: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1597: </strong></font>
1598:
1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1600: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1601: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1602: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1603: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1606: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1607: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1608: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1609: ABC News.
1610: </strong></font>
1611:
1.276 deraadt 1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1613: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1614: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1615: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1616: </strong></font>
1617:
1.286 dhartmei 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1619: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1620: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1621: Wilmington Star, NC.
1622: </strong></font>
1623:
1.300 jose 1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1625: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1626: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1627: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1628: </strong></font>
1629:
1.309 jose 1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1631: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1632: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1633: Globe Technology.
1634: </strong></font>
1635:
1.263 deraadt 1636: </ul>
1.262 beck 1637: <p>
1638:
1639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1640: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1641: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1642: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1643: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1644: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1645: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1646: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1647: <p>
1648:
1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1650: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1651: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1652: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1653: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1654: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1655: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1656: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1657: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1658: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1659: and simply restates other press reports.
1660: <p>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1663: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1664: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1665: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1668: <p>
1669:
1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1671: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1672: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1673: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1674: </strong></font><br>
1675: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1676: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1677: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1678: <p>
1679:
1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1681: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1682: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1683: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1684: April 17, 2003.
1685: </strong></font><br>
1686: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1687: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1688: Tech Anthems</a>
1689: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1690: 4 so far.
1691: <p>
1692:
1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1694: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1695: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1696: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1699: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1700: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1701: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1702: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1703: Goes on to say:
1704: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1705: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1706: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1707: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1708: This article is also found online at:
1709: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1711: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1712: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1713: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1716: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1717: ZDnet</a>,
1718: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1719: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1721: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1722: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1723: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1724: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1725: </ul>
1.260 ian 1726: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1727:
1.260 ian 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1729: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1730: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1731: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1732: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1733: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1734: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1735: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1736: without notice or justification.
1737: <p>
1738:
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1740: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1741: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1742: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1743: </strong></font><br>
1744: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1745: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1746: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1747: effective today, without any warning..."
1748: <p>
1.257 ian 1749:
1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1751: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1752: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1753: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1754: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1755: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1756: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1757: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1758: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1759: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1763: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1764: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1765: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1766: </strong></font><br>
1767: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1768: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1769: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1770: quoting two of them:
1771: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1772: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1773: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1774: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1775: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1776: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1777: <p>
1778:
1.255 ian 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1780: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1781: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1782: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1783: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1784: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1785: <p>
1786:
1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1788: [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 1789: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1790: </strong></font><br>
1791: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1792: <p>
1793:
1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1795: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1796: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1797: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1798: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1799: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1800: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1801: security experts for more than three decades."
1802: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1803: <p>
1.261 ian 1804:
1.254 drahn 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1806: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1807: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1808: </strong></font><br>
1809: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1810: <p>
1811:
1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1813: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1814: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1815: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1816: </strong></font><br>
1817: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1818: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1819: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1820: <p>
1821:
1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1823: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1824: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1825: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1826: </strong></font><br>
1827: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1828: from US DARPA.
1829: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1830: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1831: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1832: the BSD license.
1833: <p>
1834: </ul>
1835:
1.251 ian 1836: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1837: <ul>
1838:
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1840: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1841: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1842: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1843: </strong></font><br>
1844:
1845: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1846: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1847: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1848: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1849: <p>
1850:
1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1852: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1853: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1854: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1855: </strong></font><br>
1856: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1857: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1858: Mentions
1859: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1860: and
1861: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1862: programs.
1863: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1864: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1865: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1866: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1867: <p>
1.325 ian 1868: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1869: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1870:
1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1872: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1873: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1876: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1877: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1878: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1879: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1880: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1881: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1882: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1883: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1884: put into service."
1885: <p>
1886: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1887: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1888: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1889: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1890: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1891: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1892: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1893: computers with security features."
1894: <p>
1.329 ian 1895:
1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1897: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1898: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1899: Slate,
1900: March 3, 2003.
1901: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1902: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1903: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1904: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1905: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1906: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1907: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1908: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1909: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1910: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1911: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1912: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1913: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1914: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1915: of more secure open-source solutions like
1916: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1917: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1918: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1919: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1920: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1921: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1922: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1923: the Beltway."
1924: <p>
1.251 ian 1925: </ul>
1926:
1.249 jufi 1927: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1928: <ul>
1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1930: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1931: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1932: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1933: </strong></font><br>
1934: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1935: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1936: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1937: <p>
1.334 ian 1938:
1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1940: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1941: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1942: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1943: </strong></font><br>
1944: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1945: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1946: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1947: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1948: "... the hypothetical question ...
1949: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1950: <br>
1951: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1952: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1953: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1954: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1955: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1956: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1957: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1958: support network security.
1959: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1960: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1961: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1962: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1963: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1964: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1965: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1966: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1967: <br>
1968: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1969: <p>
1970:
1.249 jufi 1971: </ul>
1972:
1.246 jufi 1973: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1974: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1977: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1978: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1979: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1980: </strong></font><br>
1981: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1982: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1983: <p>
1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1986: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1987: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1988: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1989: </strong></font><br>
1990: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1991: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1992: <p>
1993:
1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1995: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1996: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1997: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1998: </strong></font><br>
1999: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2000: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2001: <p>
1.247 jufi 2002: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2003:
1.244 jufi 2004: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2005: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2008: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2009: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2010: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2011: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2012: </strong></font><br>
2013: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2014: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2015: md5 digests.
2016: <p>
2017:
1.247 jufi 2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2019: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2020: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2021: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2022: </strong></font><br>
2023: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2024: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2025: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2026: right the first time."
2027: <p>
1.247 jufi 2028: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2029:
2030:
2031: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2032: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2033:
1.247 jufi 2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2035: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2036: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2037: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2040: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2041: part 6</a>.
2042: <p>
2043:
1.247 jufi 2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2045: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2046: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2047: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2048: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2049: </strong></font><br>
2050: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2051: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2052: <p>
1.301 jose 2053:
2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2055: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2056: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2057: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2058: </strong></font><br>
2059:
2060: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2061: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2062: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2063: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2064: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2065: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2066: <i>Here's the
2067: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2068: <p>
1.247 jufi 2069: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2070:
2071: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2072: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2075: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2076: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2077: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2078: </strong></font><br>
2079: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2080: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2084: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2085: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2086: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2087: </strong></font><br>
2088: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2089: this time using pf.
2090: <p>
1.247 jufi 2091: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2092:
2093: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2094: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2097: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2098: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2099: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2100: </strong></font><br>
2101: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2102: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2103: their rotation.
2104: <p>
2105:
1.247 jufi 2106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2107: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2108: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2109: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2110: </strong></font><br>
2111: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2112: <p>
1.247 jufi 2113: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2114:
1.239 jufi 2115: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2116: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2117:
1.247 jufi 2118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2119: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2120: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2121: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2122: </strong></font><br>
2123: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2124: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2125: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2126: <p>
2127:
1.247 jufi 2128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2129: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2130: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2131: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2132: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2133: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2134: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2135: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2136: <p>
1.247 jufi 2137: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2138:
1.235 lebel 2139: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2140: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2141:
1.239 jufi 2142:
1.247 jufi 2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2144: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2145: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2146: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2147: </strong></font><br>
2148: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2149: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2150: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2151: <p>
1.301 jose 2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2154:
1.228 horacio 2155: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2156: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2159: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2160: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2161: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2162: </strong></font><br>
2163: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2164: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2165: <p>
2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2168: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2169: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2170: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2171: </strong></font><br>
2172: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2173: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2177: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2178: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2179: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2180: </strong></font><br>
2181: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2182: on the desktop of his parents.
2183: <p>
2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2186: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2187: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2188: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2189: </strong></font><br>
2190: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2191: using IPFilter.
2192:
2193: <p>
2194:
1.247 jufi 2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2196: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2197: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2198: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2199: </strong></font><br>
2200: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2201: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2202: perspectives of the four OS.
2203: <br>
2204: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2205: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2206: <p>
2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2209: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2210: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2211: software and security</a>,
2212: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2213: </strong></font><br>
2214:
2215: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2216: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2217: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2218: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2219: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2220: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2221: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2222: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2223: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2224: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2225: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2226: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2227: <p>
1.247 jufi 2228: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2229:
1.225 horacio 2230: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2231: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2234: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2235: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2236: Interview</a>,
2237: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2238: </strong></font><br>
2239:
2240: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2241: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2242: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2243: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2244: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2245: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2246: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2247: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2248: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2249: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2250: of choice.
2251: <p>
1.247 jufi 2252: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2253:
2254: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2255: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2256:
1.247 jufi 2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2258: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2259: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2260: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2261: </strong></font><br>
2262:
2263: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2264: <p>
2265:
1.247 jufi 2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2267: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2268: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2269: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2270: </strong></font><br>
2271:
2272: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2273: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2274: <p>
1.247 jufi 2275: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2276:
1.218 horacio 2277: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2278: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2281: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2282: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2283: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2284: </strong></font><br>
2285:
2286: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2287: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2288: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2289: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2290: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2291: subjects. Worth a read.
2292: <p>
2293:
2294:
1.247 jufi 2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2296: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2297: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2298: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2299: </strong></font><br>
2300:
2301: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2302: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2303: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2304: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2305: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2306: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2307: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2308: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2309: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2310: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2311: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2312: on other operating systems.<br>
2313: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2314: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2315: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2316: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2317: <p>
2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2320: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2321: Operating System 2010</a>,
2322: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2323: </strong></font><br>
2324:
2325: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2326: covering the level of software integration into the core
2327: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2328: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2329: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2330: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2331: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2332: <p>
2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2335: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2336: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2337: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2338: </strong></font><br>
2339:
2340: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2341: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2342: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2343: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2344: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2345: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2346: <p>
1.247 jufi 2347: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2348:
1.210 jufi 2349: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2350: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2353: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2354: Already a Contender</a>,
2355: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2356: </strong></font><br>
2357:
2358: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2359: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2360: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2361: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2362: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2363: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2364: <p>
2365:
1.247 jufi 2366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2367: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2368: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2369: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2370: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2371:
1.224 horacio 2372: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2373: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2374: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2375: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2376: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2377: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2378: <p>
1.247 jufi 2379: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2380:
2381: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2382: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2383:
1.247 jufi 2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2385: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2386: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2387: Division</a>,
2388: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2389: </strong></font><br>
2390:
2391: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2392: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2393: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2394: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2395: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2396: investment</em>.<br>
2397: The implementation details can be seen on their
2398: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2402: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2403: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2404: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2405: </strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2408: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2409: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2410: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2411: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2412: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2413: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2414: <p>
2415:
2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2417: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2418: Thinking about Security</a>,
2419: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421:
2422: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2423: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2424: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2425: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2426: to time.<br>
2427: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2428: system and just the most secure system.
2429: <p>
2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2432: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2433: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2434: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2435: </strong></font><br>
2436:
2437: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2438: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2439: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2440: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2441: choice:<br>
2442: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2443: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2444: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2445: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2446: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2447: network security devices and as such must be well
2448: armored."</em><br>
2449: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2450: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2451: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2452: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2453: <br>
2454: Bravo!
2455: <p>
1.247 jufi 2456: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2457:
1.207 ian 2458: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2459: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2462: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2463: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2464: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2465:
1.207 ian 2466: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2467: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2468: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2469: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2470: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2471: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2472: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2473: <p>
1.247 jufi 2474: </ul>
1.207 ian 2475:
1.194 jufi 2476: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2477: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2478:
1.247 jufi 2479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2480: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2481: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2482: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2483: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2484:
1.240 miod 2485: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2486: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2487: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2488: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2489: <p>
2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2492: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2493: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2494: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2495:
2496: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2497: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2498: <p>
2499:
2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2501: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2502: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2503: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2504:
2505: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2506: <p>
2507:
2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2509: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2510: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2511: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2512: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2513:
1.240 miod 2514: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2515: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2516: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2517: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2518: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2519: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2520: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2521: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2522: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2523: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2524: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2525: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2529: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2530: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2531: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2532: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2533:
1.194 jufi 2534: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2535: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2536: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2537: <br>
2538: The new
2539: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2540: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2541: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2542: <p>
1.247 jufi 2543: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2544:
1.190 horacio 2545: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2546: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2547:
1.247 jufi 2548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2549:
2550: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2551: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2552:
1.301 jose 2553:
1.191 jufi 2554: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2555: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2556:
2557: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2558: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2559:
1.212 horacio 2560: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2561: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2562: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2563:
1.211 horacio 2564: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2565: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2566: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2569: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2572: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2573:
1.212 horacio 2574: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2575: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2576: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2577:
2578: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2579: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2580:
2581: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2582: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2583:
1.301 jose 2584: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2585: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2586:
1.191 jufi 2587: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2588: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2589:
2590: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2591: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2592:
1.192 jufi 2593: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2594: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2595: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2596:
1.193 deraadt 2597: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2598: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2599: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2602: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2605: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2606: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2607:
1.213 horacio 2608: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2609: 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 2610: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2611:
1.190 horacio 2612: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2613: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2614: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2615: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2616: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2617: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2618: <p>
1.190 horacio 2619:
1.247 jufi 2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2621: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2622: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2623: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2624: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2625:
1.195 jufi 2626: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2627: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2628: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2629: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2630: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2631: <p>
2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2634: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2635: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2636: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2637: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2638:
1.191 jufi 2639: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2640: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2641: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2642: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2643: <p>
2644:
2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2646: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2647: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2648: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2649:
2650: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2651: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2652: <p>
1.247 jufi 2653: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2654:
1.191 jufi 2655:
1.186 jufi 2656: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2657: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2660: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2661: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2662: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2663: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2664:
1.188 jufi 2665: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2666: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2667: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2668: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2669: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2670: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2671: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2672: <p>
2673:
1.301 jose 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2675: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2676: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2677: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2678:
2679: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2680: <p>
1.191 jufi 2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2683: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2684: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2685: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2686: </strong></font><br>
2687:
2688: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2689: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2690: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2691: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2692: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2693: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2694: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2695: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2696: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2697: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2698: familiar?
2699: <p>
1.247 jufi 2700: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2701:
1.178 louis 2702: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2703: <ul>
1.178 louis 2704:
1.247 jufi 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2706: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2707: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2708: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2709: </strong></font><br>
2710:
2711: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2712: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2713: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2714: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2715: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2716: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2717: <p>
2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2720: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2721: Open source under the hood</a>,
2722: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2723: </strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2726: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2727: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2728: <p>
2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2731: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2732: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2733: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2734: </strong></font><br>
2735:
2736: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2737: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2738: <p>
1.247 jufi 2739: </ul>
1.179 louis 2740:
1.174 louis 2741:
1.175 louis 2742: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2743: <ul>
1.175 louis 2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2746: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2747: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2748: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2749: </strong></font><br>
2750:
2751: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2752: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2753: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2754: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2755: <p>
2756:
1.247 jufi 2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2758: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2759: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2760: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2761: </strong></font><br>
2762:
2763: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2764: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2765: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2766: <p>
1.247 jufi 2767: </ul>
1.175 louis 2768:
1.176 louis 2769:
1.172 mickey 2770: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2771: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2774: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2775: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2776: </strong></font><br>
2777:
2778: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2779: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2780: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2781: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2782: <p>
2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2785: <a
1.269 deraadt 2786: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2787: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2788: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2789: </strong></font><br>
2790:
2791: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2792: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2793: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2794: <p>
2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2797: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2798: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2799: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2800: </strong></font><br>
2801:
2802: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2803: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2804: <p>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2807: <a
1.269 deraadt 2808: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2809: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2810: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2811: </strong></font><br>
2812:
2813: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2814: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2815: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2816: our own Theo de Raadt.
2817: <p>
2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2820: <a
1.269 deraadt 2821: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2822: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2823: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2824: </strong></font><br>
2825:
2826: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2827: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2828: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2829: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2830: shut down.]
2831: <p>
2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2834: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2835: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2836: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2837: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2838: </strong></font><br>
2839:
2840: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2841: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2842: <p>
1.247 jufi 2843: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2844:
1.161 louis 2845: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2846: <ul>
1.161 louis 2847:
1.247 jufi 2848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2849: <a
1.269 deraadt 2850: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2851: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2852: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2853: </strong></font><br>
2854:
2855: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2856: by John Wolley
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2860: <a
1.269 deraadt 2861: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2862: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2863: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
2866: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2867: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2868: OpenBSD).
2869: <p>
2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2872: <a
1.247 jufi 2873: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2874: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2875: </strong></font><br>
2876:
2877: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2878: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2879: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2880: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2881: and hindsight.
2882: <p>
2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2885: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2886: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
2889: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2890: <p>
2891:
1.247 jufi 2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2893: <a
1.168 provos 2894: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2895: December 7, 2000
2896: </strong></font><br>
2897:
2898: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2899: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2900: us explain.
2901: <p>
2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2904: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2905: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2906: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2907: December 6, 2000
2908: </strong></font><br>
2909:
2910: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2911: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2912: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2913: <p>
2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2916: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2917: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2918: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2919: </strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2922: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2923: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2924: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2925: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2926: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2927: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2928: <p>
2929:
2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2931: <a
1.226 horacio 2932: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2933: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2934: </strong></font><br>
2935:
2936: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2937: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2938: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2939: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2940: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2941: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2942: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2943: <p>
1.162 millert 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2946: <a
1.161 louis 2947: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2948: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2949: </strong></font><br>
2950:
2951: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2952: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2953: <p>
2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2956: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2957: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2958: </strong></font><br>
2959:
2960: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2961: <p>
2962:
2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2965: <a
1.226 horacio 2966: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2967: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2968: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2972: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2973: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2974: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2975: <p>
1.247 jufi 2976: </ul>
1.169 louis 2977:
1.158 louis 2978: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2979: <ul>
1.147 louis 2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2982: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2983: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2984: </strong></font><br>
2985:
2986: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2987: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2988: <p>
2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2991: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2992: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2993: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2994: </strong></font><br>
2995: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2996: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2997: <p>
2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3000: <a
3001: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3002: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3003: </strong></font><br>
3004:
3005: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3006: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3007: <p>
3008:
1.247 jufi 3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3010: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3011: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3012: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3013:
1.213 horacio 3014: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3015: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3016: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3017: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3018: <p>
1.215 horacio 3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3021: <a
3022: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3023: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3027: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3028: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3029: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3030: much of the attitude too).
3031: <p>
1.161 louis 3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3034: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3035: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3036: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3037:
1.157 louis 3038: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3039: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3040: <p>
1.247 jufi 3041: </ul>
1.157 louis 3042:
3043: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3044: <ul>
1.157 louis 3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3047: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3048: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3049: </strong></font><br>
3050:
3051: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3052: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3053: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3054: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3055: <p>
3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3058: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3059: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3063: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3064: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3065: it because they love coding...
3066: <p>
3067:
1.247 jufi 3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3069: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3070: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3071: </strong></font><br>
3072:
3073: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3074: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3075: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3076: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3077: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3078: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3079: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3080: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3081: <p>
3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3084: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3085: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3086: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3087: </strong></font><br>
3088:
3089: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3090: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3091: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3092: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3093: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3094: the pizza.
3095: <p>
3096:
1.247 jufi 3097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3098: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3099: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3100: </strong></font><br>
3101:
3102: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3103: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3104: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3105: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3106: problems.
3107: <p>
3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3110: <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 3111: </strong></font><br>
3112:
1.222 miod 3113: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3114: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3115: - whether they like it or not.
3116: <p>
3117:
1.247 jufi 3118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3119: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3120: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3121: </strong></font><br>
3122:
3123: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3124: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3125: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3126: <p>
1.148 aaron 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3129: <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 3130: </strong></font><br>
3131:
3132: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3133: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3134: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3135: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3136: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3137: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3138: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3139: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3140: <p>
3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3143: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3144: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3145: </strong></font><br>
3146:
3147: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3148: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3149: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3150: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3151: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3152: <p>
1.247 jufi 3153: </ul>
1.147 louis 3154:
1.138 louis 3155: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3156: <ul>
1.138 louis 3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3159: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3160: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3161: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3162: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3163: </strong></font><br>
3164:
1.227 horacio 3165: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3166: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3167: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3168: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3169: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3170: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3171: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3172: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3173: <p>
3174:
1.247 jufi 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3176: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3177: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3178: </strong></font><br>
3179:
3180: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3181: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3182: groups, and even Linux.
3183: <p>
3184:
1.247 jufi 3185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3186: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3187: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3188: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3189: </strong></font><br>
3190:
3191: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3192: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3193: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3194: library after installing the OS.
3195: <p>
3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3198: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3199: Sys Admin, September 2000
3200: </strong></font><br>
3201:
3202: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3203: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3204: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3205: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3206: (<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>,
3207: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3208: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3209: <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 3210: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3211: out of the system.
3212: <p>
3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3215: <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
3216: </strong></font><br>
3217:
3218: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3219: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3220: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3221: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3222: the IP filtering and address translation.
3223: <p>
1.301 jose 3224:
3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3226: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3230: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3231: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3232: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3233: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3234: <p>
1.247 jufi 3235: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3236:
1.131 louis 3237: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3238: <ul>
1.131 louis 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3241: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3242: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3243: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3244: </strong></font><br>
3245:
3246: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3247: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3248: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3249: <p>
3250:
1.247 jufi 3251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3252: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3253: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3254: </strong></font><br>
3255:
3256: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3257: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3258: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3259: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3260: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3261: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3262: note of"</i>.
3263: <p>
3264:
1.247 jufi 3265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3266: <a
1.247 jufi 3267: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3268: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3269: </strong></font><br>
3270:
3271: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3272: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3273: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3274: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3275: <p>
3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3278: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3279: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3280: </strong></font><br>
3281:
3282: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3283: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3284: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3285: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3286: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3287: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3288: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3289: <p>
3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3292: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3293: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3294: 2000
3295: </strong></font><br>
3296:
3297: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3298: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3299: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3300: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3301: against current industry practices.
3302: <p>
3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3305: <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
3306: </strong></font><br>
3307:
3308: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3309: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3310: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3311: <p>
3312:
1.247 jufi 3313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3314: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3315: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3316: </strong></font><br>
3317:
3318: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3319: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3320: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3321: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3322: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3323: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3324: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3325: <p>
3326:
1.247 jufi 3327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3328: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3329: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3330: </strong></font><br>
3331:
3332: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3333: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3334: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3335: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3336: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3337: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3338: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3339: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3340: <p>
1.247 jufi 3341: </ul>
1.131 louis 3342:
1.118 louis 3343: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3344: <ul>
1.118 louis 3345:
1.247 jufi 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3347: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3348: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3349: </strong></font><br>
3350:
3351: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3352: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3353: about time. The article mentions that
3354: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3355: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3356: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3357: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3358: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3359: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3360: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3361: <p>
3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3364: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3365: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3366: </strong></font><br>
3367:
3368: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3369: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3370: of OpenSSH.
3371: <p>
3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3374: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3375: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3376: </strong></font><br>
3377:
3378: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3379: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3380: bridging.
3381: <p>
3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3384: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3385: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3386: </strong></font><br>
3387:
1.121 deraadt 3388: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3389: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3390: <p>
3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3393: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3394: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3395: </strong></font><br>
3396:
3397: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3398: <p>
3399:
1.247 jufi 3400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3401: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3402: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3403: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3404: </strong></font><br>
3405:
1.120 deraadt 3406: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3407: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3408: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3409: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3410: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3411: <p>
3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3414: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3415: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3416: </strong></font><br>
3417:
1.222 miod 3418: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3419: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3420: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3421: protocols and their quirks.
3422: <p>
3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3425: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3426: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3427: </strong></font><br>
3428:
3429: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3430: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3431: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3432: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3433: <p>
3434:
1.247 jufi 3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3436: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3437: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3438: </strong></font><br>
3439:
3440: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3441: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3442: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3443: <p>
3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3446: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3447: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3448: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3449: </strong></font><br>
3450:
3451: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3452: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3453: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3454: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3455: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3456: <p>
1.247 jufi 3457: </ul>
1.118 louis 3458:
1.104 louis 3459: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3460: <ul>
1.104 louis 3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3463: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3464: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3465: </strong></font><br>
3466:
3467: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3468: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3469: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3470: be a bit dry.
3471: <p>
3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3474: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3475: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3476: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3477: </strong></font><br>
3478: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3479: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3480: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3481: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3482: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3483: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3484: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3485: <p>
3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3488: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3489: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3490: 2000
1.128 louis 3491: </strong></font><br>
3492:
3493: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3494: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3495: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3496: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3497: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3498: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3499: <p>
3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3502: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3503: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3504: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3505:
3506: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3507: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3508: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3509: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3510: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3511: <p>
1.110 louis 3512:
1.247 jufi 3513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3514: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3515: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3516: </strong></font><br>
3517:
3518: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3519: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3520: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3521: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3522: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3523: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3524: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3525: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3526: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3527: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3528: <p>
3529:
1.247 jufi 3530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3531: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3532: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3533:
3534: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3535: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3536: <p>
1.108 louis 3537:
1.247 jufi 3538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3539: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3540: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3541: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3542:
3543: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3544: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3545: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3546: <p>
1.106 louis 3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3549: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3550: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3551: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3552:
3553: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3554: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3555: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3556: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3557: <p>
1.107 louis 3558:
1.247 jufi 3559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3560: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3561: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3562: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3563:
3564: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3565: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3566: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3567: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3568: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3569: <p>
1.105 louis 3570:
1.247 jufi 3571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3572: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3573: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3574: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3575:
1.113 naddy 3576: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3577: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3578: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3579: <p>
1.104 louis 3580:
1.247 jufi 3581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3582: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3583: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3584: </strong></font><br>
3585:
3586: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3587: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3588: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3589: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3590: <p>
1.301 jose 3591:
3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3593: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3594: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3595: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3596:
3597: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3598: hardware-supported cryptography.
3599: <p>
1.247 jufi 3600: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3601:
1.85 louis 3602: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3603: <ul>
1.85 louis 3604:
1.247 jufi 3605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3606: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3607: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3608: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3609:
3610: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3611: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3612: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3613: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3614: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3615: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3616: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3617: <p>
1.99 louis 3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3620: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3621: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3622: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3623:
3624: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3625: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3626: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3627: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.100 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3631: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3632: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3634:
3635: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3636: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3637: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3638: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3639: <p>
1.95 louis 3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3642: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3643: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3644: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3645:
3646: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3647: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3648: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3649: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3650: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3651: <p>
1.92 louis 3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3654: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3655: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3656: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3657:
3658: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3659: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3660: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3661: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3662: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3663: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3664: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3665: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3666: <p>
1.91 louis 3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3669: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3670: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3671: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3672:
3673: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3674: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3675: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3676: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3677: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3678: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3679: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3680: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3681: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3682: <p>
1.90 louis 3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3685: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3686: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3687: </strong></font><br>
3688: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3689: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3690: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3691: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3692: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3693: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3694: <p>
3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3697: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3698: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3699: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3700:
1.113 naddy 3701: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3702: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3703: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3704: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3705: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3706: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3707: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3708: <p>
1.87 louis 3709:
1.247 jufi 3710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3711: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3712: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3713: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3714:
3715: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3716: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3717: <p>
1.85 louis 3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3720: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3721: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3722: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3725: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3726: <p>
3727:
3728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3729: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3730: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3731: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3732:
3733: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3734: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3735: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3736: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3737: <p>
1.89 louis 3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3740: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3741: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3742: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3743:
3744: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3745: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3746: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3747: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3748: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3749: </ul>
1.85 louis 3750:
1.78 deraadt 3751: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3752: <ul>
1.74 louis 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3755: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3756: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3757: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3758: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3759:
3760: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3761: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3762: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3763: <p>
1.83 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3766: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3767: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3768: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3769:
3770: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3771: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3772: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3773: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3774: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3775: <p>
1.93 louis 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3778: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3779: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3780: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3781: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3782:
1.83 louis 3783: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3784: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3785: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3786: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3787: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3788: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3789: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3790: <p>
1.82 aaron 3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3793: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3794: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3795: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3796:
1.83 louis 3797: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3798: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3799: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3800: <p>
1.80 louis 3801:
1.247 jufi 3802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3803: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3804: Bad Press</a>,
3805: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3806: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3807:
3808: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3809: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3810: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3811: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3812: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3813: <p>
1.247 jufi 3814: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3815:
3816: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3817: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3820: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3821: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3822: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3823: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3824:
3825: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3826: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3827: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3828: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3829: <p>
1.74 louis 3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3832: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3833: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3834: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3835:
1.219 horacio 3836: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3837: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3838: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3839: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3840: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3841: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3842: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3843: <p>
1.88 louis 3844:
1.247 jufi 3845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3846: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3847: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3848: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3849:
3850: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3851: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3852: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3853: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3854: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3855: <p>
1.81 louis 3856:
1.247 jufi 3857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3858: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3859: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3860: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3861:
3862: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3863: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3864: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3865: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3866: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3867: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3868: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3869: <p>
1.90 louis 3870:
1.247 jufi 3871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3872: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3873: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3874: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3875:
3876: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3877: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3878: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3879: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3880: <p>
1.247 jufi 3881: </ul>
1.71 louis 3882:
1.69 deraadt 3883: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3884: <ul>
1.70 louis 3885:
1.247 jufi 3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3887: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3888: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3889: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3890:
3891: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3892: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3893: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3894: <p>
1.70 louis 3895:
1.247 jufi 3896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3897: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3898: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3899: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3900:
3901: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3902: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3903: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3904: <p>
1.68 louis 3905:
1.247 jufi 3906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3907: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3908: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3909: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3910: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3911:
1.111 jufi 3912: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3913: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3914: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3915: "secure by default" installation.
3916: <p>
1.64 louis 3917:
1.247 jufi 3918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3919: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3920: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3921: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3922:
1.113 naddy 3923: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3924: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3925: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3926: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3927: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3928: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3929: <p>
1.66 louis 3930:
1.247 jufi 3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3932: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3933: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3934: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3935:
3936: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3937: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3938: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3939: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3940: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3941: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3942: <p>
1.83 louis 3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3945: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3946: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3947: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3948:
3949: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3950: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3951: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3952: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3953: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3954: <p>
1.64 louis 3955:
1.247 jufi 3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3957: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3958: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3959: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3960:
3961: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3962: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3963: <p>
1.301 jose 3964:
3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3966: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3967: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3968: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3969: </strong></font><br>
3970:
3971: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3972: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3973: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3974: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3975: Giving way to
3976: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3977: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3978: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3979: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3980: <p>
1.247 jufi 3981: </ul>
1.65 louis 3982:
1.69 deraadt 3983: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3984: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3985:
1.247 jufi 3986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3987: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3988: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3989: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3990:
3991: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3992: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3993: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3994: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3995: <p>
1.88 louis 3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3998: <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 3999: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4000:
4001: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4002: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4003: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4004: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4005: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4006: <p>
1.60 louis 4007:
1.247 jufi 4008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4009: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4010: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4011: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4012: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4013:
4014: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4015: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4016: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4017: <p>
1.58 louis 4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4020: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4021: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4022:
4023: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4024: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4025: <p>
1.53 louis 4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4028: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4029: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4030: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4031:
4032: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4033: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4034: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4035: <p>
1.99 louis 4036:
1.247 jufi 4037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4038: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4039: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4040:
4041: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4042: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4043: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4044: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4045: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4046:
1.247 jufi 4047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4048: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4049: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4050: </strong></font><br>
4051:
4052: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4053: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4054: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4055: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4056: <p>
4057:
1.247 jufi 4058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4059: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4060: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4061: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4062:
4063: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4064: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4065: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4068: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4069: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4070:
4071: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4072: in
1.247 jufi 4073: <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 4074: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4075: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4076: <p>
1.53 louis 4077:
1.247 jufi 4078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4079: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4080: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4081: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4082: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4083:
1.58 louis 4084: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4085: <p>
1.301 jose 4086:
4087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4088: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4089: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4090: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4091: Informacyjny, January 2000
4092: </strong></font><br>
4093:
4094: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4095: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4096: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4097: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4098: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4099: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4100: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4101: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4102: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4103: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4104: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4105: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4106: <p>
4107:
4108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4109: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4110: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4111: </strong></font><br>
4112:
4113: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4114: <p>
4115: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4116:
1.69 deraadt 4117: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4118: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4119:
1.247 jufi 4120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4121: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4122: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4123: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4124: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4125:
1.58 louis 4126: Kurt Seifried
4127: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4128: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4129: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4130: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4131:
1.247 jufi 4132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4133: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4134: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4135: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4136:
4137: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4138: <p>
1.96 louis 4139:
1.247 jufi 4140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4141: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4142: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4143: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4144: </strong></font><br>
4145:
4146: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4147: <p>
4148:
4149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4150: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4151: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4152: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4153:
4154: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4155: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4156: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4157: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4158: <p>
1.247 jufi 4159: </ul>
1.86 louis 4160:
1.69 deraadt 4161: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4162: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4163:
1.247 jufi 4164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4165: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4166: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4167: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4168:
4169: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4170: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4171: <p>
1.61 louis 4172:
1.247 jufi 4173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4174: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4175: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4176: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4177: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4178:
4179: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4180: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4181: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4182: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4183: right -- or at least strives to".
4184: <p>
1.48 louis 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4187: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4188: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4189: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4190: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4191: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4192: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4193: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4194: <p>
1.61 louis 4195:
1.247 jufi 4196: <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 4197: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4198: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4199:
4200: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4201: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4202: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4203: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4204: <p>
1.46 louis 4205:
1.247 jufi 4206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4207: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4208: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4209: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4210:
4211: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4212: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4213: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4214:
1.247 jufi 4215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4216: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4217: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4218: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4219:
4220: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4221: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4222: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4223: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4224: <p>
1.247 jufi 4225: </ul>
1.70 louis 4226:
1.69 deraadt 4227: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4228: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4229:
1.247 jufi 4230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4231: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4232: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4233: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4234: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4235:
4236: Kurt Seifried
4237: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4238: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4239: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4240: <p>
1.44 philen 4241:
1.247 jufi 4242: <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 4243: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4244: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4245:
4246: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4247: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <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 4250: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4251: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4252:
4253: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4254: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4255:
1.247 jufi 4256: <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 4257: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4258: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4259:
4260: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4261: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4262: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4263: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4264: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4265:
1.247 jufi 4266: <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 4267: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4268: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4269:
1.36 louis 4270: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4271: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4274: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4275: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4276: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4277:
4278: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4279: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4280: </ul>
1.38 louis 4281:
1.69 deraadt 4282: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4283: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4284:
1.247 jufi 4285: <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 4286: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4287: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4288:
4289: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4290: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4291: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4292:
1.113 naddy 4293: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4294: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4295: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4296: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4297:
4298: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4299: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4300: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4301: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4302: <blockquote>
4303: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4304: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4305: <br>
4306: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4307: </code>
4308: </blockquote>
4309: <p>
4310:
1.247 jufi 4311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4312: <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 4313: <p>
4314:
4315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4316: <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 4317: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4318:
4319: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4320: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4321: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4322: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4323:
1.247 jufi 4324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4325: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4326: Sept. 28, 1999
4327: </strong></font><br>
4328:
4329: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4330: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4331: translating and reprinting articles from
4332: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4333: <p>
4334:
4335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4336: <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 4337: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4338:
4339: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4340: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4341: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4342: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4343: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4344: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4345: <p>
1.19 louis 4346:
1.113 naddy 4347: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4348: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4349: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4350:
4351: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4352: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4353: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4354: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4355: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4356: <p>
1.16 louis 4357:
1.247 jufi 4358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4359: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4360: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4361: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4362:
1.57 louis 4363: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4364: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4365: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4366: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4367:
1.247 jufi 4368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4369: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4370: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4371: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4372:
1.113 naddy 4373: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4374:
1.247 jufi 4375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4376: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4377: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4378: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4379:
1.23 louis 4380: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4381: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4382: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4383: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4384: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4385: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4386:
1.247 jufi 4387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4388: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4389: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4390: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4391:
1.199 pvalchev 4392: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4393: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4394: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4395: installation.
1.113 naddy 4396: <p>
1.47 louis 4397:
1.247 jufi 4398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4399: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4400: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4401: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4402:
1.301 jose 4403: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4404: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4405: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4406: </ul>
1.57 louis 4407:
1.69 deraadt 4408: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4409: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4410:
1.247 jufi 4411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4412: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4413: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4414: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4415:
4416: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4417: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4418: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4419: <p>
1.12 louis 4420:
1.247 jufi 4421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4422: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4423: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4424: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4425:
4426: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4427: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4428: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4429: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4430: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4431: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4432: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4433: <p>
1.247 jufi 4434: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4435:
1.69 deraadt 4436: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4437: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4438:
1.247 jufi 4439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4440: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4441: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4442:
4443: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4444: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4445: available."
1.113 naddy 4446: <p>
1.301 jose 4447:
4448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4449: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4450: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4451: </strong></font><br>
4452:
4453: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4454: <p>
1.247 jufi 4455: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4456:
1.69 deraadt 4457: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4458: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4461: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4462: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4463:
4464: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4465: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4466: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4467: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4468: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4469: <p>
1.33 louis 4470:
1.247 jufi 4471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4472: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4473: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4474: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4475:
1.113 naddy 4476: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4477: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4478: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4479: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4480: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4481: <p>
1.247 jufi 4482: </ul>
1.57 louis 4483:
1.69 deraadt 4484: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4485: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4486:
1.247 jufi 4487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4488: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4489: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4490: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4491:
4492: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4493: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4494: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4495:
1.247 jufi 4496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4497: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4498: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4499: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4500: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4501:
4502: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4503: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4504:
1.247 jufi 4505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4506: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4507:
1.113 naddy 4508: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4509:
1.247 jufi 4510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4511: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4512: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4513: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4514:
4515: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4516: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4517: </ul>
1.23 louis 4518:
1.69 deraadt 4519: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4520: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4521:
1.247 jufi 4522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4523: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4524: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4525:
4526: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4527: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4528: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4529:
1.247 jufi 4530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4531: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4532: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4533: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4534:
4535: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4536: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4537: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4538: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4539: </ul>
1.57 louis 4540:
1.69 deraadt 4541: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4542: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4545: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4546: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4547: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4548:
4549: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4550: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4551: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4552: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4553: <p>
1.15 louis 4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4556: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4557: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4558: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4559:
4560: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4561: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4562: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4563: columns."
1.113 naddy 4564: <p>
1.247 jufi 4565: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4566:
1.69 deraadt 4567: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4568: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4569:
1.247 jufi 4570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4571: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4572: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4573: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4574:
4575: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4576: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4577:
1.113 naddy 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4579: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4580: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4581:
4582: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4583: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4584: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4585: </ul>
1.57 louis 4586:
1.69 deraadt 4587: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4588: <ul>
1.301 jose 4589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4590: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4591: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4592: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4593:
4594: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4595: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4596: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4597: <p>
4598:
4599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4600: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4601: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4602: Nov 13, 1998 and
4603: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4604: Datateknik</a>,
4605: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4606:
1.380 saad 4607: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4608: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4609: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4610: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4611: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4612:
1.113 naddy 4613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4614: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4615: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4616: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4617:
1.222 miod 4618: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4619: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4620: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4621: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4622: <p>
1.247 jufi 4623: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4624:
1.69 deraadt 4625: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4626: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4627:
1.247 jufi 4628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4629: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4630: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4631:
1.69 deraadt 4632: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4633: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4634: <p>
1.247 jufi 4635: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4636:
1.69 deraadt 4637: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4638: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4639:
1.247 jufi 4640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4641: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4642: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4643: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4644:
1.383 jcs 4645: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4646: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4647: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4650: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4651: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4652: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4653: <p>
1.247 jufi 4654: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4655:
1.69 deraadt 4656: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4657: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4658:
1.247 jufi 4659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4660: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4661: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4662: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4663: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4664: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4665:
4666: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4667: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4668: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4669: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4670: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4671: <p>
1.247 jufi 4672: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4673:
4674: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4675: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4676:
1.247 jufi 4677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4678: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4679: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4680:
1.69 deraadt 4681: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4682: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4683: <p>
1.112 naddy 4684:
1.247 jufi 4685: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4686: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4687:
1.292 camield 4688: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4689: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4690: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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4693: </body>
4694: </html>