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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.441 deraadt 19: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 ! cloder 22: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
! 23: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
! 24: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
! 26: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
! 27: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
! 28: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
! 29: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 33: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
34: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
35: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
36: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
37: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
38: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
39: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
40: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 44: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 45: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 46: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
47: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
48: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
49: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
50: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
51: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
55: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 56: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 57: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
58: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
59: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
60: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
61: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 65: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
66: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
67: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 68: </strong></font><br>
69: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
70: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
71: with OpenBSD.
72: </ul>
73:
1.436 henning 74: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
75: <ul>
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 77: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
78: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
79: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
80: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
81: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
82: than closed source, as we have long contended.
83: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
84: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
85: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
86: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
87: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
88: <p>
89: This article can also be found online as
90: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
91: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 95: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
96: </strong></font><br>
97: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
98: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 102: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
103: </strong></font><br>
104: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
105: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 106: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 107: the issues we had with IETF.
108: </ul>
109:
1.431 ian 110: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
111: <ul>
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 113: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
114: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
115: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
116: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
117: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
118: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
119: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 123: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
124: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
125: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
126: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
127: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
128: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 129: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 130: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
131: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
132: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
133: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
134: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
135: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
136: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
137: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
138:
139: </ul>
140:
1.427 matthieu 141: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
142: <ul>
143:
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 145: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
146: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
147: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
148: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
149: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
150: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
151: firmware.
1.434 ian 152: Similar articles can be found online at:
153: <ul>
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
155: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
156: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
157: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
159: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
160: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
161: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
163: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
164: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
165: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
167: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
168: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
169: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
170: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 171: </ul>
172:
1.426 ian 173: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
174: <ul>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
177: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
178: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
179: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
180: This article talks about our systrace
181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
182: mechanism: what it is and why and
183: how to use it, with examples.
184: Another excerpt from the book
185: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
186: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
187: <p>
188:
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
190: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
191: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
192: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
193: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
194: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
195: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
196: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
197: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
198: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
199: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
200: This article is a sample chapter from
201: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
202: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
203: <p>
1.443 ian 204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
206: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
207: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
208: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
209: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
210: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
211: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
212: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
213: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
214: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
215: ends with a sidebar on security.
216: <p>
1.426 ian 217: </ul>
218:
1.424 ian 219: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
220: <ul>
221:
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 223: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
224: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
225: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
226: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
227: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
228: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
229: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
230: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
231: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
232: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
233: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
234: <p>
235: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
236: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
237: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 241: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
242: Closed Source Hardware</a>
243: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
244: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
245: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
246: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
247: operating systems.
248: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
249: OpenBSD on his firewall.
250: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
251: systems, he writes:
252: <blockquote>
253: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
254: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
255: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
256: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
257: to the operating system...
258: <br/>
259: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
260: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
261: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
262: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
263: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
264: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
265: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
266: in a closed source operating system).
267: <br/>
268: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
269: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
270: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
271: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
272: </blockquote>
273: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
274: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
275: their hardware and software operates.
276: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
277: reverse-engineering the
278: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
279: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
280: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
281: <p>
282: </ul>
283:
1.417 pvalchev 284: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
285: <ul>
1.421 ian 286:
1.417 pvalchev 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 288: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
289: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
290: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
291: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
292: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
293: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
294: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
295: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
296: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
297: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
298: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 299: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 300: <p>
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 302: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
303: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
304: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
305: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
306: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
307: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
308: it claims to do".
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 312: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
313: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
314: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
315: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
316: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 317: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 318: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
319: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
320: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
321: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
322: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
323: (yes, this is a hint).
324: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
325: picked up on the
326: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
327: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
328: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
329: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
330: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 334: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
335: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
336: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
337: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
338: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
339: questions about the significance and rationale behind
340: the current efforts.
341: <p>
342: </ul>
343:
1.407 henning 344: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
345: <ul>
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 347: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
348: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
349: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
350: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
351: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
352: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
353: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
354: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
355: <p>
356:
357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 358: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
359: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
360: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
361: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
362: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
363: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
364: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
365: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
366: of the important changes in 3.6.
367: </p>
368:
369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 370: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
371: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
372: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
373: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
374: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
375: overflow attacks... because
376: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
377: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
378: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
379: and propolice.
380: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
381: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
382: and that's when the science falls apart."
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 386: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
387: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
388: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
389: Starts with the question:
390: <blockquote>
391: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
392: <br/>
393: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
394: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
395: <br/>
396: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
397: Should we believe them?"
398: </blockquote>
399: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
400: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
401: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
402: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
403: for your mail, web and other online activities.
404: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 408: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
409: Simple Simon</a>,
410: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
411: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
412: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
413: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
414: routing/firewall, and more.
415: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
416: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
417: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
418: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
419: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
420: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
421: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
422: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
423: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
424: </blockquote>
425: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
426: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 430: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
431: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 432: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 433: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 434: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
435: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
436: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 437: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 438: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
439: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
440: in spite of it
441: (registration required, but worth it).
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
445: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
446: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
447: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
448: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
449: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
450: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
451: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 452: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 453: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
454: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
455: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
456: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 460: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
461: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
462: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
463: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
464: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
465: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
466: <blockquote>
467: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
468: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
469: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
470: a lot of analysis.
471: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
472: </blockquote>
473: <p>
474: </ul>
475:
1.400 marco 476: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
477: <ul>
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 479: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
480: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
481: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
482: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
483: UNIX-like systems.
484: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
485: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
486: <p>
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 488: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
489: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 490: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
491: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
492: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
493: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
494: At one point, the article states:
495: <blockquote>
496: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
497: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
498: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
499: </blockquote>
500: And then quotes Theo as saying:
501: <blockquote>
502: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
503: fewer are reading or auditing code."
504: </blockquote>
505: <p>
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
507: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
508: marks its fifth birthday</a>
509: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
510: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
511: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
512: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
513: required).
514: <p>
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 516: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
517: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
518: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
519: </strong></font><br>
520: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
521: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
522: <p>
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 524: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
525: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 526: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 527: </strong></font><br>
528: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
529: <p>
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 531: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
532: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 533: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 534: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 535: 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 536: <p>
537: </ul>
538:
1.396 henning 539: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
540: <ul>
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 542: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
543: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
544: Unix Review, July, 2004
545: </strong></font><br>
546: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
547: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
548: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
549: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
550: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
551: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
552: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
553: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
554: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
555: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
556: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
557: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
558: and even spelling/wording errors.
559: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
560: <p>
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 562: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 563: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
564: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
565: </strong></font><br>
566: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
567: <p>
568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 569: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 570: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
571: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
572: </strong></font><br>
573: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
574: <p>
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 576: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
577: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
578: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
579: </strong></font><br>
580: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
581: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
582: <p>
583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 584: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
585: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
586: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
587: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
588: <p>
589: </ul>
590:
1.405 jolan 591: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
592: <ul>
593: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
594: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
595: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
596: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
597: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
598: details on how funds are dispersed.
599: <p>
600: </ul>
601:
1.393 david 602: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
603: <ul>
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 605: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
606: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
607: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
608: </strong></font><br>
609: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
610: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
611: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
612: on inserting large number of SQL records.
613: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
614: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
615: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 619: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
620: Secure by Default</a>,
621: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
622: </strong></font><br>
623: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
624: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
625: <p>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
628: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
629: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
630: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
631: </strong></font><br>
632: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
633: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
634: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
635: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
636: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
637: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
638: <p>
639:
640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
641: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
642: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
643: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
644: </strong></font><br>
645: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
646: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
647: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
648: <p>
649:
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
651: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
652: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
653: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
654: </strong></font><br>
655: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
656: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
657: <p>
658: </ul>
659:
1.388 mcbride 660: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
661: <ul>
1.394 jolan 662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
664: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
665: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
666: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
667: </strong></font><br>
668: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
669: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
670: available for sparc64.
671: <p>
672:
1.390 beck 673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 674: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
675: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
676: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
677: </strong></font><br>
678: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
679: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
680: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
681: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 685: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
686: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 687: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 688: </strong></font><br>
689: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
690: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
691: it does: CARP provides sharing
692: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
693: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
694: detail to get you started using it.
695: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
696: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
697: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
698: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
699: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
700: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
701: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 702: <p>
1.391 ian 703:
704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 705: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 706: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
707: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 708: </strong></font><br>
709: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 710: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 711: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 712: <p>
1.388 mcbride 713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
715: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
716: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 717: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 718: </strong></font><br>
719: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
720: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
721: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
722: unencumbered by patents.
723: <p>
724: </ul>
725:
1.378 henning 726: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
727: <ul>
1.384 jose 728:
729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 730: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
731: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
732: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
733: </strong></font><br>
734: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
735: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
736: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
737: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
738: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
739: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
740: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
741: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
742: in the page tables."
743: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
744: <p>
745:
746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 747: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
748: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
749: </strong></font><br>
750: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
751: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
752: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
753: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 754: <p>
1.384 jose 755:
1.378 henning 756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 757: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
758: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 759: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
760: </strong></font><br>
761: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
762: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
763: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
764: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
765: (quote:
766: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
767: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 768: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 769: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
770: the other developers for their work on the system.
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 774: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
775: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
776: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 777: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 778: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
779: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
780: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
781: too.
782: <p>
783:
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 785: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
786: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 787: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 788: OpenBSD source code using
789: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
790: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
791: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
792: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
793: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
794: <p>
795: </ul>
796:
1.374 jose 797: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
798: <ul>
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 800: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 801: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
802: </strong></font><br>
803: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
804: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
805: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
806: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
807: it."
808: <p>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 811: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
812: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
813: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
814: </strong></font><br/>
815: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
816: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
817: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
818: <p>
819: </ul>
820:
1.369 ian 821: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
822: <ul>
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 824: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
825: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
826: </strong></font><br/>
827: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
828: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
829: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
830: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
831: <p>
832:
833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 834: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
835: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
836: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
837: </strong></font><br/>
838: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
839: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
840: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
841: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
842: form factor.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
846: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
847: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
848: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
849: Features</a>,
850: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
851: </strong></font><br/>
852: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
853: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
854: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
855: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
856: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
857: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
858: <p>
859: This article can also be found online at:
860: <ul>
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 862: <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 863: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
864: </strong></font>
865: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
866: </ul>
867: <p>
1.392 david 868:
1.371 jose 869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 870: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
871: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 872: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
873: </strong></font><br/>
874: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
875: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
876: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 877: <p>
1.371 jose 878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 880: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 881: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 882: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 883: </strong></font><br/>
884: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
885: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
886: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
887: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
888: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
889: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
890: and its history with OpenBSD.
891: </ul>
892:
1.368 henning 893: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
894: <ul>
895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 896: [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 897: </strong></font><br>
898: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
899: </ul>
900:
1.364 jose 901: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
902: <ul>
903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 904: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
905: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
906: UNIX Review,
907: July, 2003.
908: </strong></font><br>
909: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
910: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
911: who want more information.
912: <p>
913:
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 915: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
916: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
917: Government Computer News,
918: July 22, 2003.
919: </strong></font><br>
920: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
921: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
922: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
923: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
924: <p>
925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
927: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
928: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
929: SANS Institute,
930: July 22, 2003.
931: </strong></font><br>
932: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 933: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 934: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
935: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
936: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
937: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
938: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
939: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
940: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
941: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
942: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
943: <p>
944:
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 946: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
947: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
948: OnLamp.com,
949: July 17, 2003.
950: </strong></font><br>
951: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
952: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
953: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
954: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
955: have been working on.
956:
957: </ul>
958:
1.356 jose 959: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 960: <ul>
961:
962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 963: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
964: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
965: UNIX Review,
966: June, 2003.
967: </strong></font><br>
968: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
969: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
970: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
971: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
972: <p>
973:
974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 975: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
976: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
977: eWeek,
978: June 23, 2003.
979: </strong></font><br>
980: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
981: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
982: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
983: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
984: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
985: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
986: <p>
987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 989: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
990: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
991: Software Development Online,
992: June, 2003.
993: </strong></font><br>
994: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
995: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
996: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
997: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
998: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
999: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1000: current activities.
1001: <p>
1002:
1003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1004: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1005: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1006: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1007: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1008: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1009: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1010: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1011: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1012: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1013: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1014: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1015: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1016: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1017: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1018: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1019: decisions.
1020: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1021: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1022: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1023: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1024: <p>
1025:
1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1027: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1028: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1029: Page 58, eWeek,
1030: June 2, 2003.
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1033: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1034: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1035: been addressed in -current.
1036: <p>
1037:
1.356 jose 1038: </ul>
1039:
1040: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1041: <ul>
1042:
1.355 jose 1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1044: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1045: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1046: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1047: </strong></font><br>
1048: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1049: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1050: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1051: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1052: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1053: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1054: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1055: <p>
1056:
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1058: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1059: Beyond Linux</a>,
1060: InfoWorld,
1061: May 23, 2003.
1062: </strong></font><br>
1063: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1064: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1065: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1066: compared to the GPL.
1067: <p>
1068:
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1070: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1071: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1072: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1073: May 17, 2003.
1074: </strong></font><br>
1075: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1076: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1077: the business section and half of another page inside
1078: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1079: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1080: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1081: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1082: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1083: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1084: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1085: <br>
1086: This article can also be found online at:
1087: <ul>
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1089: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1090: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1091: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1092: May 17, 2003
1093: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1094: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1096: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1097: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1098: Montreal Gazette,
1099: May 21, 2003
1100: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1101: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1102: <p>
1.346 ian 1103:
1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1105: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1106: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1107: May 7, 2003.
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1110: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1111: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1115: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1116: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1117: OsOpinion,
1118: May 6, 2003.
1119: </strong></font><br>
1120: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1121: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1122: <br>
1123: This article can also be found online at:
1124: <ul>
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1126: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1127: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1128: NewsFactor Network.
1129: </strong></font>
1130: </ul>
1131: <p>
1132:
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1134: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1135: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1136: ITBusiness,
1137: May 2, 2003.
1138: </strong></font><br>
1139: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1140: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1141: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1142: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1143: <p>
1144:
1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1146: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1147: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1148: InfoWorld,
1149: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1150: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1151: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1152: <br>
1153: This article can also be found online at:
1154: <ul>
1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1156: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1157: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1158: IDG Singapore.
1159: </strong></font>
1160: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1161: <p>
1162:
1.339 jose 1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1164: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1165: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1166: ZDNet,
1167: May 1, 2003.
1168: </strong></font><br>
1169: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1170: someone using parts from previous articles.
1171: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1172: This article can also be found online at:
1173: <ul>
1174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1175: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1176: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1177: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1178: </strong></font>
1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1180: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1181: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1182: CNET News.com.
1183: </strong></font>
1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1185: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1186: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1187: ZDNet UK.
1188: </strong></font>
1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1190: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1191: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1192: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1193: </strong></font>
1194: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1195: <p>
1.339 jose 1196:
1.341 deraadt 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1198: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1199: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1200: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1201: May 1, 2003.
1202: </strong></font><br>
1203: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1204: that have been added
1205: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1206: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1207: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1208: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1209: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1210: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1211: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1212: <p>
1213:
1214: </ul>
1215:
1.253 ian 1216: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1217: <ul>
1.255 ian 1218:
1.260 ian 1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1220: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1221: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1222: TechRepublic,
1223: April 28, 2003.
1224: </strong></font><br>
1225: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1226: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1227: work.<br>
1228: Can also be found online at:
1229: <ul>
1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1231: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1232: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1233: ZDNet UK.
1234: </strong></font>
1235: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1236: <p>
1237:
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1239: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1240: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1241: IDG,
1242: April 24, 2003.
1243: </strong></font><br>
1244: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1245: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1246: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1247: Can also be found online at:
1248: <ul>
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1250: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1251: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1252: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1253: </strong></font>
1254: </ul>
1255: <p>
1256:
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1258: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1259: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1260: Slate,
1261: April 24, 2003.
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1264: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1265: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1266: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1267: <p>
1268:
1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1270: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1271: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1272: April 24, 2003.
1273: </strong></font><br>
1274: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1275: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1276: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1277: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1278: <p>
1279:
1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1281: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1282: April 24, 2003.
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1285: the free software community".
1286: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1287: other articles.
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1291: <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 1292: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1293: </strong></font><br>
1294: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1295: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1296: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1297: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1298: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1299: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1300: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1301: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1302: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1303: <br/>
1304: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1305: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1306: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1307: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1308: <br>
1309: Can also be found online at:
1310: <ul>
1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1312: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1313: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1314: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1315: </strong></font>
1316: </ul>
1.324 ian 1317: <p>
1318:
1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1320: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1321: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1322: </strong></font><br>
1323: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1324: article above.
1325: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1326: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1327: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1328: <br>
1329: Can also be found online at:
1330: <ul>
1331: <li>
1332: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1333: </strong></font>
1334: </ul>
1.324 ian 1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1338: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1339: </strong></font><br>
1340: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1341: <p>
1342:
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1344: <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.
1345: </strong></font><br>
1346: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1347: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1348: <p>
1349:
1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1351: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1352: April 23, 2003.
1353: </strong></font><br>
1354: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1355: <p>
1356:
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1358: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1359: April 22, 2003.
1360: </strong></font><br>
1361: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1362: <p>
1363:
1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1365: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1366: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1367: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1368: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1369: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1370: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1371: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1372: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1373: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1374: Can also be found online at:
1375: <ul>
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1377: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1378: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1379: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1380: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1382: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1383: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1384: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1385: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1386: </ul>
1387: <p>
1388:
1389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1390: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1391: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1392: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1393: </strong></font><br>
1394: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1395: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1396: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1397: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1398: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1399: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1400: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1401: <p>
1402:
1403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1404: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1405: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1406: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1407: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1408: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1409: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1410: at UPenn and DARPA.
1411: <p>
1412:
1413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1414: [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,
1415: France
1.315 deraadt 1416: April 18, 2003.
1417: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1418: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1422: [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 1423: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1424: </strong></font><br>
1425: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1426: <p>
1427:
1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1429: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1430: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1431: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1432: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1433: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1434: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1435: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1436: <p>
1437:
1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1439: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1440: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1441: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1442: </strong></font><br>
1443: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1444: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1445: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1446: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1447: <p>
1448:
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1450: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1451: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1452: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1453: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1454: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1455: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1456: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1457: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1458: Can also be found online at:
1459: <ul>
1460: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1461: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1462: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1463: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1464: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1465: <p>
1466:
1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1468: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1469: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1470: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1471: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1472: </strong></font><br>
1473: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1474: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1475: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1476: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1477: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1478:
1479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1480: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1481: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1482: New York Times.
1483: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1484:
1.273 deraadt 1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1486: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1487: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1488: ABC News.
1489: </strong></font>
1490:
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1492: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1493: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1494: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1495: </strong></font>
1496:
1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1498: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1499: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1500: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1501: </strong></font>
1502:
1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1504: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1505: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1506: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1507: </strong></font>
1508:
1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1510: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1511: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1512: Times Daily, AL.
1513: </strong></font>
1514:
1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1516: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1517: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1518: Boston.com, MA.
1519: </strong></font>
1520:
1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1522: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1523: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1524: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1525: </strong></font>
1526:
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1528: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1529: [Article was pulled]</a>
1530: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1531: </strong></font>
1532:
1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1534: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1535: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1536: Infoshop News.
1537: </strong></font>
1538:
1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1540: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1541: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1542: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1543: </strong></font>
1544:
1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1546: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1547: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1548: Raleigh News, NC.
1549: </strong></font>
1550:
1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1552: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1553: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1554: Napa News, CA.
1555: </strong></font>
1556:
1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1558: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1559: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1560: NEPA News, PA.
1561: </strong></font>
1562:
1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1564: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1565: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1566: Wired News.
1567: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1568: <br>
1569: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1570: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1571: [JAPANESE]
1572: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1573: Wired News Japan</a>
1574: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1575:
1.271 deraadt 1576: </ul>
1577: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1578: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1579: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1580: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1581: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1582: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1583: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1584: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1585: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1586: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1587: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1588: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1589: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1590: <p>
1591: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1592:
1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1594: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1595: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1596: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1597: </strong></font>
1598:
1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1600: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1601: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1602: Miami Herald, FL.
1603: </strong></font>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1606: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1607: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1608: </strong></font>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1611: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1612: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1613: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1614: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1615:
1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1617: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1618: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1619: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1620: ABC News.
1621: </strong></font>
1622:
1.276 deraadt 1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1624: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1625: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1626: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1627: </strong></font>
1628:
1.286 dhartmei 1629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1630: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1631: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1632: Wilmington Star, NC.
1633: </strong></font>
1634:
1.300 jose 1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1636: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1637: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1638: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1639: </strong></font>
1640:
1.309 jose 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1642: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1643: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1644: Globe Technology.
1645: </strong></font>
1646:
1.263 deraadt 1647: </ul>
1.262 beck 1648: <p>
1649:
1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1651: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1652: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1653: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1654: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1655: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1656: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1657: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1658: <p>
1659:
1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1661: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1662: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1663: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1664: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1665: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1666: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1667: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1668: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1669: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1670: and simply restates other press reports.
1671: <p>
1672:
1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1674: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1675: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1676: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1677: </strong></font><br>
1678: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1679: <p>
1680:
1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1682: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1683: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1684: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1685: </strong></font><br>
1686: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1687: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1688: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1689: <p>
1690:
1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1692: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1693: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1694: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1695: April 17, 2003.
1696: </strong></font><br>
1697: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1698: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1699: Tech Anthems</a>
1700: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1701: 4 so far.
1702: <p>
1703:
1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1705: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1706: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1707: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1708: </strong></font><br>
1709: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1710: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1711: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1712: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1713: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1714: Goes on to say:
1715: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1716: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1717: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1718: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1719: This article is also found online at:
1720: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1722: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1723: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1724: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1727: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1728: ZDnet</a>,
1729: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1730: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1732: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1733: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1734: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1735: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1736: </ul>
1.260 ian 1737: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1738:
1.260 ian 1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1740: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1741: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1742: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1744: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1745: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1746: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1747: without notice or justification.
1748: <p>
1749:
1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1751: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1752: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1753: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1754: </strong></font><br>
1755: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1756: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1757: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1758: effective today, without any warning..."
1759: <p>
1.257 ian 1760:
1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1762: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1763: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1764: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1765: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1766: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1767: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1768: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1769: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1770: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1771: <p>
1772:
1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1774: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1775: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1776: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1777: </strong></font><br>
1778: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1779: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1780: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1781: quoting two of them:
1782: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1783: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1784: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1785: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1786: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1787: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1788: <p>
1789:
1.255 ian 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1791: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1792: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1793: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1794: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1795: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1799: [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 1800: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1801: </strong></font><br>
1802: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1803: <p>
1804:
1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1806: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1807: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1808: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1809: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1810: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1811: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1812: security experts for more than three decades."
1813: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1814: <p>
1.261 ian 1815:
1.254 drahn 1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1817: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1818: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1819: </strong></font><br>
1820: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1821: <p>
1822:
1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1824: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1825: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1826: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1827: </strong></font><br>
1828: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1829: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1830: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1831: <p>
1832:
1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1834: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1835: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1836: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1837: </strong></font><br>
1838: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1839: from US DARPA.
1840: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1841: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1842: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1843: the BSD license.
1844: <p>
1845: </ul>
1846:
1.251 ian 1847: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1848: <ul>
1849:
1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1851: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1852: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1853: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1854: </strong></font><br>
1855:
1856: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1857: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1858: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1859: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1860: <p>
1861:
1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1863: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1864: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1865: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1866: </strong></font><br>
1867: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1868: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1869: Mentions
1870: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1871: and
1872: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1873: programs.
1874: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1875: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1876: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1877: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1878: <p>
1.325 ian 1879: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1880: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1881:
1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1883: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1884: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1885: </strong></font><br>
1886: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1887: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1888: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1889: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1890: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1891: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1892: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1893: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1894: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1895: put into service."
1896: <p>
1897: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1898: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1899: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1900: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1901: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1902: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1903: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1904: computers with security features."
1905: <p>
1.329 ian 1906:
1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1908: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1909: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1910: Slate,
1911: March 3, 2003.
1912: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1913: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1914: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1915: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1916: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1917: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1918: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1919: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1920: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1921: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1922: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1923: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1924: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1925: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1926: of more secure open-source solutions like
1927: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1928: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1929: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1930: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1931: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1932: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1933: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1934: the Beltway."
1935: <p>
1.251 ian 1936: </ul>
1937:
1.249 jufi 1938: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1939: <ul>
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1941: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1942: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1943: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1944: </strong></font><br>
1945: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1946: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1947: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1948: <p>
1.334 ian 1949:
1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1951: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1952: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1953: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1954: </strong></font><br>
1955: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1956: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1957: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1958: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1959: "... the hypothetical question ...
1960: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1961: <br>
1962: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1963: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1964: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1965: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1966: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1967: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1968: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1969: support network security.
1970: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1971: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1972: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1973: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1974: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1975: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1976: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1977: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1978: <br>
1979: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1980: <p>
1981:
1.249 jufi 1982: </ul>
1983:
1.246 jufi 1984: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1985: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1986:
1.247 jufi 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1988: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1989: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1990: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1991: </strong></font><br>
1992: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1993: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1994: <p>
1995:
1.247 jufi 1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1997: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1998: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1999: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
2000: </strong></font><br>
2001: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2002: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2003: <p>
2004:
2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2006: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2007: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
2008: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2009: </strong></font><br>
2010: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2011: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2012: <p>
1.247 jufi 2013: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2014:
1.244 jufi 2015: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2016: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2017:
1.247 jufi 2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2019: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2020: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2021: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2022: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2023: </strong></font><br>
2024: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2025: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2026: md5 digests.
2027: <p>
2028:
1.247 jufi 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2030: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2031: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2032: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2033: </strong></font><br>
2034: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2035: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2036: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2037: right the first time."
2038: <p>
1.247 jufi 2039: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2040:
2041:
2042: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2043: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2046: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2047: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2048: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2049: </strong></font><br>
2050: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2051: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2052: part 6</a>.
2053: <p>
2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2056: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2057: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2058: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2059: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2060: </strong></font><br>
2061: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2062: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2063: <p>
1.301 jose 2064:
2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2066: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2067: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2068: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2069: </strong></font><br>
2070:
2071: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2072: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2073: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2074: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2075: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2076: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2077: <i>Here's the
2078: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2079: <p>
1.247 jufi 2080: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2081:
2082: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2083: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2086: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2087: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2088: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2089: </strong></font><br>
2090: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2091: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2092: <p>
2093:
1.247 jufi 2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2095: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2096: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2097: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2098: </strong></font><br>
2099: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2100: this time using pf.
2101: <p>
1.247 jufi 2102: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2103:
2104: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2105: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2108: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2109: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2110: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2111: </strong></font><br>
2112: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2113: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2114: their rotation.
2115: <p>
2116:
1.247 jufi 2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2118: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2119: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2120: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2121: </strong></font><br>
2122: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2123: <p>
1.247 jufi 2124: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2125:
1.239 jufi 2126: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2127: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2128:
1.247 jufi 2129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2130: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2131: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2132: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2133: </strong></font><br>
2134: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2135: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2136: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2137: <p>
2138:
1.247 jufi 2139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2140: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2141: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2142: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2143: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2144: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2145: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2146: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2147: <p>
1.247 jufi 2148: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2149:
1.235 lebel 2150: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2151: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2152:
1.239 jufi 2153:
1.247 jufi 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2155: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2156: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2157: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2158: </strong></font><br>
2159: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2160: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2161: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2162: <p>
1.301 jose 2163:
1.247 jufi 2164: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2165:
1.228 horacio 2166: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2167: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2170: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2171: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2172: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2173: </strong></font><br>
2174: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2175: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2176: <p>
2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2179: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2180: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2181: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2182: </strong></font><br>
2183: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2184: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2185: <p>
2186:
1.247 jufi 2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2188: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2189: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2190: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2191: </strong></font><br>
2192: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2193: on the desktop of his parents.
2194: <p>
2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2197: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2198: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2199: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2200: </strong></font><br>
2201: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2202: using IPFilter.
2203:
2204: <p>
2205:
1.247 jufi 2206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2207: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2208: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2209: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2210: </strong></font><br>
2211: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2212: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2213: perspectives of the four OS.
2214: <br>
2215: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2216: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2217: <p>
2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2220: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2221: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2222: software and security</a>,
2223: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2224: </strong></font><br>
2225:
2226: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2227: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2228: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2229: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2230: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2231: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2232: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2233: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2234: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2235: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2236: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2237: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2238: <p>
1.247 jufi 2239: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2240:
1.225 horacio 2241: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2242: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2245: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2246: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2247: Interview</a>,
2248: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2249: </strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2252: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2253: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2254: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2255: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2256: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2257: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2258: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2259: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2260: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2261: of choice.
2262: <p>
1.247 jufi 2263: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2264:
2265: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2266: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2269: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2270: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2271: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2272: </strong></font><br>
2273:
2274: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2275: <p>
2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2278: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2279: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2280: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2284: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2285: <p>
1.247 jufi 2286: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2287:
1.218 horacio 2288: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2292: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2293: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2294: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2295: </strong></font><br>
2296:
2297: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2298: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2299: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2300: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2301: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2302: subjects. Worth a read.
2303: <p>
2304:
2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2307: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2308: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2309: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2310: </strong></font><br>
2311:
2312: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2313: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2314: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2315: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2316: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2317: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2318: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2319: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2320: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2321: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2322: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2323: on other operating systems.<br>
2324: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2325: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2326: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2327: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2328: <p>
2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2331: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2332: Operating System 2010</a>,
2333: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2334: </strong></font><br>
2335:
2336: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2337: covering the level of software integration into the core
2338: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2339: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2340: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2341: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2342: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2343: <p>
2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2346: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2347: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2348: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2349: </strong></font><br>
2350:
2351: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2352: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2353: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2354: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2355: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2356: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2357: <p>
1.247 jufi 2358: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2359:
1.210 jufi 2360: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2361: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2364: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2365: Already a Contender</a>,
2366: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2367: </strong></font><br>
2368:
2369: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2370: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2371: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2372: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2373: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2374: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2375: <p>
2376:
1.247 jufi 2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2378: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2379: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2380: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2381: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2382:
1.224 horacio 2383: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2384: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2385: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2386: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2387: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2388: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2389: <p>
1.247 jufi 2390: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2391:
2392: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2393: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2396: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2397: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2398: Division</a>,
2399: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2400: </strong></font><br>
2401:
2402: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2403: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2404: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2405: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2406: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2407: investment</em>.<br>
2408: The implementation details can be seen on their
2409: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2410: <p>
2411:
1.247 jufi 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2413: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2414: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2415: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2416: </strong></font><br>
2417:
2418: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2419: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2420: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2421: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2422: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2423: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2424: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2425: <p>
2426:
2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2428: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2429: Thinking about Security</a>,
2430: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2431: </strong></font><br>
2432:
2433: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2434: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2435: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2436: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2437: to time.<br>
2438: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2439: system and just the most secure system.
2440: <p>
2441:
1.247 jufi 2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2443: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2444: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2445: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2446: </strong></font><br>
2447:
2448: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2449: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2450: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2451: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2452: choice:<br>
2453: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2454: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2455: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2456: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2457: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2458: network security devices and as such must be well
2459: armored."</em><br>
2460: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2461: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2462: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2463: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2464: <br>
2465: Bravo!
2466: <p>
1.247 jufi 2467: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2468:
1.207 ian 2469: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2470: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2473: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2474: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2475: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2476:
1.207 ian 2477: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2478: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2479: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2480: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2481: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2482: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2483: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2484: <p>
1.247 jufi 2485: </ul>
1.207 ian 2486:
1.194 jufi 2487: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2488: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2489:
1.247 jufi 2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2491: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2492: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2493: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2494: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2495:
1.240 miod 2496: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2497: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2498: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2499: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2500: <p>
2501:
1.247 jufi 2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2503: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2504: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2505: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2506:
2507: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2508: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2509: <p>
2510:
2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2512: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2513: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2514: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2515:
2516: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2517: <p>
2518:
2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2520: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2521: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2522: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2523: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2524:
1.240 miod 2525: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2526: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2527: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2528: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2529: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2530: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2531: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2532: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2533: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2534: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2535: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2536: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2537: <p>
2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2540: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2541: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2542: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2543: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2544:
1.194 jufi 2545: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2546: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2547: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2548: <br>
2549: The new
2550: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2551: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2552: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2553: <p>
1.247 jufi 2554: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2555:
1.190 horacio 2556: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2557: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2560:
2561: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2562: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2563:
1.301 jose 2564:
1.191 jufi 2565: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2566: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2567:
2568: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2569: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2570:
1.212 horacio 2571: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2572: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2573: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2574:
1.211 horacio 2575: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2576: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2577: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2580: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2581:
1.247 jufi 2582: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2583: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2584:
1.212 horacio 2585: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2586: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2587: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2588:
2589: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2590: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2591:
2592: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2593: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2594:
1.301 jose 2595: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2596: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2597:
1.191 jufi 2598: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2599: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2600:
2601: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2602: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2603:
1.192 jufi 2604: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2605: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2606: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2607:
1.193 deraadt 2608: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2609: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2610: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2613: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2614:
1.247 jufi 2615: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2616: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2617: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2618:
1.213 horacio 2619: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2620: 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 2621: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2622:
1.190 horacio 2623: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2624: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2625: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2626: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2627: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2628: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2629: <p>
1.190 horacio 2630:
1.247 jufi 2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2632: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2633: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2634: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2635: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2636:
1.195 jufi 2637: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2638: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2639: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2640: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2641: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2642: <p>
2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2645: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2646: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2647: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2648: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2649:
1.191 jufi 2650: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2651: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2652: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2653: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2654: <p>
2655:
2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2657: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2658: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2659: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2662: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2663: <p>
1.247 jufi 2664: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2665:
1.191 jufi 2666:
1.186 jufi 2667: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2668: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2671: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2672: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2673: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2674: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2675:
1.188 jufi 2676: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2677: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2678: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2679: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2680: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2681: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2682: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2683: <p>
2684:
1.301 jose 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2686: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2687: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2688: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2689:
2690: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2691: <p>
1.191 jufi 2692:
1.247 jufi 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2694: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2695: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2696: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2697: </strong></font><br>
2698:
2699: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2700: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2701: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2702: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2703: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2704: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2705: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2706: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2707: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2708: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2709: familiar?
2710: <p>
1.247 jufi 2711: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2712:
1.178 louis 2713: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2714: <ul>
1.178 louis 2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2717: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2718: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2719: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2720: </strong></font><br>
2721:
2722: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2723: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2724: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2725: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2726: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2727: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2728: <p>
2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2731: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2732: Open source under the hood</a>,
2733: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2734: </strong></font><br>
2735:
2736: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2737: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2738: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2739: <p>
2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2742: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2743: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2744: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2745: </strong></font><br>
2746:
2747: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2748: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2749: <p>
1.247 jufi 2750: </ul>
1.179 louis 2751:
1.174 louis 2752:
1.175 louis 2753: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2754: <ul>
1.175 louis 2755:
1.247 jufi 2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2757: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2758: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2759: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2760: </strong></font><br>
2761:
2762: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2763: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2764: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2765: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2766: <p>
2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2769: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2770: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2771: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2772: </strong></font><br>
2773:
2774: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2775: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2776: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2777: <p>
1.247 jufi 2778: </ul>
1.175 louis 2779:
1.176 louis 2780:
1.172 mickey 2781: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2782: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2785: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2786: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2787: </strong></font><br>
2788:
2789: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2790: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2791: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2792: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2793: <p>
2794:
1.247 jufi 2795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2796: <a
1.269 deraadt 2797: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2798: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2799: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2800: </strong></font><br>
2801:
2802: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2803: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2804: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2805: <p>
2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2808: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2809: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2810: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2811: </strong></font><br>
2812:
2813: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2814: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2815: <p>
2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2818: <a
1.269 deraadt 2819: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2820: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2821: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2822: </strong></font><br>
2823:
2824: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2825: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2826: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2827: our own Theo de Raadt.
2828: <p>
2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2831: <a
1.269 deraadt 2832: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2833: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2834: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2835: </strong></font><br>
2836:
2837: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2838: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2839: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2840: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2841: shut down.]
2842: <p>
2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2845: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2846: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2847: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2848: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2849: </strong></font><br>
2850:
2851: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2852: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2853: <p>
1.247 jufi 2854: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2855:
1.161 louis 2856: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2857: <ul>
1.161 louis 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2860: <a
1.269 deraadt 2861: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2862: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2863: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
2866: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2867: by John Wolley
2868: <p>
2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2871: <a
1.269 deraadt 2872: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2873: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2874: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2875: </strong></font><br>
2876:
2877: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2878: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2879: OpenBSD).
2880: <p>
2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2883: <a
1.247 jufi 2884: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2885: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2886: </strong></font><br>
2887:
2888: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2889: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2890: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2891: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2892: and hindsight.
2893: <p>
2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2896: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2897: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2898: </strong></font><br>
2899:
2900: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2901: <p>
2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2904: <a
1.168 provos 2905: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2906: December 7, 2000
2907: </strong></font><br>
2908:
2909: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2910: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2911: us explain.
2912: <p>
2913:
1.247 jufi 2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2915: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2916: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2917: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2918: December 6, 2000
2919: </strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2922: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2923: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2924: <p>
2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2927: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2928: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2929: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2930: </strong></font><br>
2931:
2932: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2933: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2934: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2935: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2936: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2937: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2938: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2939: <p>
2940:
2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2942: <a
1.226 horacio 2943: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2944: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2945: </strong></font><br>
2946:
2947: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2948: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2949: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2950: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2951: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2952: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2953: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2954: <p>
1.162 millert 2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2957: <a
1.161 louis 2958: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2959: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2960: </strong></font><br>
2961:
2962: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2963: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2964: <p>
2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2967: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2968: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2972: <p>
2973:
2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2976: <a
1.226 horacio 2977: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2978: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2979: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2980: </strong></font><br>
2981:
2982: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2983: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2984: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2985: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2986: <p>
1.247 jufi 2987: </ul>
1.169 louis 2988:
1.158 louis 2989: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2990: <ul>
1.147 louis 2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2993: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2994: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2995: </strong></font><br>
2996:
2997: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2998: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2999: <p>
3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3002: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3003: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3004: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3005: </strong></font><br>
3006: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3007: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3008: <p>
3009:
1.247 jufi 3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3011: <a
3012: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3013: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3014: </strong></font><br>
3015:
3016: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3017: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3018: <p>
3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3021: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3022: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3023: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3024:
1.213 horacio 3025: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3026: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3027: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3028: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3029: <p>
1.215 horacio 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3032: <a
3033: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3034: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3035: </strong></font><br>
3036:
3037: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3038: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3039: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3040: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3041: much of the attitude too).
3042: <p>
1.161 louis 3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3045: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3046: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3047: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3048:
1.157 louis 3049: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3050: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3051: <p>
1.247 jufi 3052: </ul>
1.157 louis 3053:
3054: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3055: <ul>
1.157 louis 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3058: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3059: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3063: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3064: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3065: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3066: <p>
3067:
1.247 jufi 3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3069: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3070: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3071: </strong></font><br>
3072:
3073: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3074: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3075: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3076: it because they love coding...
3077: <p>
3078:
1.247 jufi 3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3080: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3081: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3082: </strong></font><br>
3083:
3084: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3085: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3086: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3087: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3088: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3089: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3090: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3091: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3092: <p>
3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3095: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3096: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3097: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3101: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3102: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3103: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3104: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3105: the pizza.
3106: <p>
3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3109: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3110: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3111: </strong></font><br>
3112:
3113: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3114: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3115: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3116: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3117: problems.
3118: <p>
3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3121: <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 3122: </strong></font><br>
3123:
1.222 miod 3124: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3125: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3126: - whether they like it or not.
3127: <p>
3128:
1.247 jufi 3129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3130: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3131: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3132: </strong></font><br>
3133:
3134: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3135: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3136: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3137: <p>
1.148 aaron 3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3140: <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 3141: </strong></font><br>
3142:
3143: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3144: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3145: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3146: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3147: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3148: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3149: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3150: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3151: <p>
3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3154: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3155: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3156: </strong></font><br>
3157:
3158: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3159: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3160: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3161: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3162: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3163: <p>
1.247 jufi 3164: </ul>
1.147 louis 3165:
1.138 louis 3166: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3167: <ul>
1.138 louis 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3170: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3171: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3172: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3173: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3174: </strong></font><br>
3175:
1.227 horacio 3176: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3177: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3178: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3179: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3180: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3181: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3182: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3183: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3184: <p>
3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3187: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3188: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3189: </strong></font><br>
3190:
3191: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3192: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3193: groups, and even Linux.
3194: <p>
3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3197: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3198: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3199: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3200: </strong></font><br>
3201:
3202: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3203: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3204: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3205: library after installing the OS.
3206: <p>
3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3209: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3210: Sys Admin, September 2000
3211: </strong></font><br>
3212:
3213: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3214: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3215: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3216: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3217: (<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>,
3218: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3219: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3220: <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 3221: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3222: out of the system.
3223: <p>
3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3226: <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
3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3230: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3231: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3232: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3233: the IP filtering and address translation.
3234: <p>
1.301 jose 3235:
3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3237: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3238: </strong></font><br>
3239:
3240: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3241: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3242: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3243: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3244: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3245: <p>
1.247 jufi 3246: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3247:
1.131 louis 3248: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3249: <ul>
1.131 louis 3250:
1.247 jufi 3251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3252: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3253: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3254: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3255: </strong></font><br>
3256:
3257: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3258: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3259: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3260: <p>
3261:
1.247 jufi 3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3263: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3264: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3265: </strong></font><br>
3266:
3267: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3268: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3269: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3270: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3271: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3272: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3273: note of"</i>.
3274: <p>
3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3277: <a
1.247 jufi 3278: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3279: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3280: </strong></font><br>
3281:
3282: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3283: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3284: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3285: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3286: <p>
3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3289: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3290: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3291: </strong></font><br>
3292:
3293: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3294: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3295: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3296: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3297: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3298: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3299: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3300: <p>
3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3303: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3304: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3305: 2000
3306: </strong></font><br>
3307:
3308: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3309: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3310: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3311: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3312: against current industry practices.
3313: <p>
3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3316: <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
3317: </strong></font><br>
3318:
3319: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3320: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3321: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3322: <p>
3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3325: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3326: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3327: </strong></font><br>
3328:
3329: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3330: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3331: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3332: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3333: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3334: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3335: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3336: <p>
3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3339: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3340: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3341: </strong></font><br>
3342:
3343: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3344: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3345: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3346: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3347: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3348: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3349: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3350: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3351: <p>
1.247 jufi 3352: </ul>
1.131 louis 3353:
1.118 louis 3354: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3355: <ul>
1.118 louis 3356:
1.247 jufi 3357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3358: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3359: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3360: </strong></font><br>
3361:
3362: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3363: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3364: about time. The article mentions that
3365: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3366: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3367: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3368: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3369: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3370: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3371: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3372: <p>
3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3375: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3376: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3377: </strong></font><br>
3378:
3379: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3380: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3381: of OpenSSH.
3382: <p>
3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3385: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3386: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3387: </strong></font><br>
3388:
3389: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3390: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3391: bridging.
3392: <p>
3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3395: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3396: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3397: </strong></font><br>
3398:
1.121 deraadt 3399: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3400: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3401: <p>
3402:
1.247 jufi 3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3404: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3405: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3406: </strong></font><br>
3407:
3408: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3409: <p>
3410:
1.247 jufi 3411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3412: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3413: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3414: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3415: </strong></font><br>
3416:
1.120 deraadt 3417: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3418: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3419: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3420: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3421: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3422: <p>
3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3425: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3426: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3427: </strong></font><br>
3428:
1.222 miod 3429: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3430: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3431: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3432: protocols and their quirks.
3433: <p>
3434:
1.247 jufi 3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3436: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3437: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3438: </strong></font><br>
3439:
3440: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3441: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3442: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3443: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3444: <p>
3445:
1.247 jufi 3446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3447: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3448: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3449: </strong></font><br>
3450:
3451: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3452: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3453: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3454: <p>
3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3457: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3458: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3459: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3460: </strong></font><br>
3461:
3462: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3463: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3464: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3465: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3466: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3467: <p>
1.247 jufi 3468: </ul>
1.118 louis 3469:
1.104 louis 3470: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3471: <ul>
1.104 louis 3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3474: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3475: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3476: </strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3479: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3480: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3481: be a bit dry.
3482: <p>
3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3485: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3486: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3487: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3488: </strong></font><br>
3489: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3490: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3491: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3492: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3493: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3494: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3495: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3496: <p>
3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3499: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3500: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3501: 2000
1.128 louis 3502: </strong></font><br>
3503:
3504: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3505: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3506: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3507: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3508: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3509: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3510: <p>
3511:
1.247 jufi 3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3513: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3514: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3515: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3516:
3517: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3518: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3519: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3520: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3521: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3522: <p>
1.110 louis 3523:
1.247 jufi 3524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3525: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3526: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3527: </strong></font><br>
3528:
3529: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3530: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3531: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3532: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3533: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3534: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3535: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3536: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3537: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3538: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3539: <p>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3542: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3543: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3544:
3545: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3546: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3547: <p>
1.108 louis 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3550: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3551: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3552: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3553:
3554: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3555: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3556: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3557: <p>
1.106 louis 3558:
1.247 jufi 3559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3560: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3561: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3562: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3563:
3564: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3565: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3566: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3567: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3568: <p>
1.107 louis 3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3571: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3572: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3573: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3574:
3575: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3576: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3577: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3578: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3579: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3580: <p>
1.105 louis 3581:
1.247 jufi 3582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3583: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3584: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3585: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3586:
1.113 naddy 3587: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3588: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3589: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3590: <p>
1.104 louis 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3593: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3594: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3595: </strong></font><br>
3596:
3597: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3598: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3599: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3600: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3601: <p>
1.301 jose 3602:
3603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3604: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3605: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3606: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3607:
3608: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3609: hardware-supported cryptography.
3610: <p>
1.247 jufi 3611: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3612:
1.85 louis 3613: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3614: <ul>
1.85 louis 3615:
1.247 jufi 3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3617: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3618: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3619: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3620:
3621: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3622: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3623: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3624: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3625: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3626: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3627: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.99 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3631: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3632: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3634:
3635: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3636: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3637: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3638: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3639: <p>
1.100 louis 3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3642: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3643: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3644: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3645:
3646: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3647: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3648: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3649: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3650: <p>
1.95 louis 3651:
1.247 jufi 3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3653: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3654: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3655: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3656:
3657: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3658: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3659: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3660: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3661: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3662: <p>
1.92 louis 3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3665: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3666: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3667: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3668:
3669: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3670: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3671: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3672: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3673: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3674: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3675: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3676: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3677: <p>
1.91 louis 3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3680: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3681: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3682: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3683:
3684: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3685: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3686: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3687: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3688: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3689: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3690: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3691: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3692: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3693: <p>
1.90 louis 3694:
1.247 jufi 3695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3696: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3697: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3698: </strong></font><br>
3699: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3700: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3701: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3702: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3703: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3704: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3705: <p>
3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3708: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3709: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3711:
1.113 naddy 3712: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3713: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3714: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3715: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3716: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3717: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3718: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3719: <p>
1.87 louis 3720:
1.247 jufi 3721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3722: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3723: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3724: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3725:
3726: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3727: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3728: <p>
1.85 louis 3729:
1.247 jufi 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3731: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3732: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3733: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3734:
3735: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3736: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3737: <p>
3738:
3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3740: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3741: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3742: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3743:
3744: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3745: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3746: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3747: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3748: <p>
1.89 louis 3749:
1.247 jufi 3750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3751: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3752: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3753: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3754:
3755: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3756: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3757: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3758: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3759: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3760: </ul>
1.85 louis 3761:
1.78 deraadt 3762: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3763: <ul>
1.74 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3766: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3767: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3768: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3769: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3770:
3771: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3772: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3773: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3774: <p>
1.83 louis 3775:
1.247 jufi 3776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3777: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3778: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3779: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3780:
3781: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3782: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3783: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3784: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3785: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3786: <p>
1.93 louis 3787:
1.247 jufi 3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3789: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3790: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3791: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3792: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3793:
1.83 louis 3794: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3795: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3796: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3797: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3798: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3799: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3800: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3801: <p>
1.82 aaron 3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3804: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3805: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3806: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3807:
1.83 louis 3808: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3809: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3810: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3811: <p>
1.80 louis 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3814: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3815: Bad Press</a>,
3816: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3817: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3818:
3819: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3820: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3821: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3822: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3823: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3824: <p>
1.247 jufi 3825: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3826:
3827: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3828: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3829:
1.247 jufi 3830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3831: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3832: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3833: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3834: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3835:
3836: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3837: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3838: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3839: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3840: <p>
1.74 louis 3841:
1.247 jufi 3842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3843: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3844: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3845: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3846:
1.219 horacio 3847: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3848: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3849: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3850: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3851: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3852: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3853: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3854: <p>
1.88 louis 3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3857: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3858: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3859: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3860:
3861: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3862: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3863: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3864: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3865: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3866: <p>
1.81 louis 3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3869: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3870: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3871: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3872:
3873: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3874: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3875: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3876: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3877: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3878: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3879: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3880: <p>
1.90 louis 3881:
1.247 jufi 3882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3883: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3884: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3885: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3886:
3887: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3888: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3889: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3890: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3891: <p>
1.247 jufi 3892: </ul>
1.71 louis 3893:
1.69 deraadt 3894: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3895: <ul>
1.70 louis 3896:
1.247 jufi 3897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3898: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3899: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3900: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3901:
3902: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3903: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3904: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3905: <p>
1.70 louis 3906:
1.247 jufi 3907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3908: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3909: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3910: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3911:
3912: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3913: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3914: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3915: <p>
1.68 louis 3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3918: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3919: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3920: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3921: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3922:
1.111 jufi 3923: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3924: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3925: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3926: "secure by default" installation.
3927: <p>
1.64 louis 3928:
1.247 jufi 3929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3930: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3931: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3932: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3933:
1.113 naddy 3934: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3935: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3936: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3937: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3938: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3939: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3940: <p>
1.66 louis 3941:
1.247 jufi 3942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3943: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3944: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3945: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3946:
3947: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3948: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3949: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3950: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3951: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3952: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3953: <p>
1.83 louis 3954:
1.247 jufi 3955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3956: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3957: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3958: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3959:
3960: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3961: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3962: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3963: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3964: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3965: <p>
1.64 louis 3966:
1.247 jufi 3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3968: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3969: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3970: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3971:
3972: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3973: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3974: <p>
1.301 jose 3975:
3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3977: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3978: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3979: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3980: </strong></font><br>
3981:
3982: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3983: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3984: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3985: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3986: Giving way to
3987: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3988: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3989: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3990: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3991: <p>
1.247 jufi 3992: </ul>
1.65 louis 3993:
1.69 deraadt 3994: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3995: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3998: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3999: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4000: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4001:
4002: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4003: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4004: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4005: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4006: <p>
1.88 louis 4007:
1.247 jufi 4008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4009: <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 4010: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4011:
4012: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4013: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4014: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4015: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4016: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4017: <p>
1.60 louis 4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4020: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4021: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4022: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4023: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4024:
4025: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4026: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4027: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4028: <p>
1.58 louis 4029:
1.247 jufi 4030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4031: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4032: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4033:
4034: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4035: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4036: <p>
1.53 louis 4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4039: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4040: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4041: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4042:
4043: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4044: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4045: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4046: <p>
1.99 louis 4047:
1.247 jufi 4048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4049: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4050: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4051:
4052: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4053: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4054: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4055: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4056: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4057:
1.247 jufi 4058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4059: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4060: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4061: </strong></font><br>
4062:
4063: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4064: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4065: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4066: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4067: <p>
4068:
1.247 jufi 4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4070: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4071: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4072: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4073:
4074: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4075: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4076: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4077:
1.247 jufi 4078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4079: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4080: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4081:
4082: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4083: in
1.247 jufi 4084: <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 4085: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4086: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4087: <p>
1.53 louis 4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4090: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4091: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4092: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4093: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4094:
1.58 louis 4095: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4096: <p>
1.301 jose 4097:
4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4099: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4100: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4101: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4102: Informacyjny, January 2000
4103: </strong></font><br>
4104:
4105: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4106: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4107: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4108: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4109: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4110: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4111: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4112: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4113: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4114: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4115: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4116: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4117: <p>
4118:
4119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4120: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4121: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4122: </strong></font><br>
4123:
4124: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4125: <p>
4126: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4127:
1.69 deraadt 4128: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4129: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4130:
1.247 jufi 4131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4132: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4133: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4134: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4135: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4136:
1.58 louis 4137: Kurt Seifried
4138: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4139: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4140: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4141: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4142:
1.247 jufi 4143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4144: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4145: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4146: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4147:
4148: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4149: <p>
1.96 louis 4150:
1.247 jufi 4151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4152: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4153: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4154: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4155: </strong></font><br>
4156:
4157: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4158: <p>
4159:
4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4161: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4162: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4163: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4164:
4165: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4166: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4167: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4168: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4169: <p>
1.247 jufi 4170: </ul>
1.86 louis 4171:
1.69 deraadt 4172: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4173: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4174:
1.247 jufi 4175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4176: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4177: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4178: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4179:
4180: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4181: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4182: <p>
1.61 louis 4183:
1.247 jufi 4184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4185: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4186: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4187: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4188: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4189:
4190: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4191: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4192: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4193: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4194: right -- or at least strives to".
4195: <p>
1.48 louis 4196:
1.247 jufi 4197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4198: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4199: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4200: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4201: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4202: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4203: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4204: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4205: <p>
1.61 louis 4206:
1.247 jufi 4207: <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 4208: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4209: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4210:
4211: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4212: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4213: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4214: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4215: <p>
1.46 louis 4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4218: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4219: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4220: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4221:
4222: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4223: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4224: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4225:
1.247 jufi 4226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4227: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4228: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4229: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4230:
4231: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4232: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4233: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4234: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4235: <p>
1.247 jufi 4236: </ul>
1.70 louis 4237:
1.69 deraadt 4238: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4239: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4240:
1.247 jufi 4241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4242: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4243: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4244: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4245: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4246:
4247: Kurt Seifried
4248: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4249: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4250: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4251: <p>
1.44 philen 4252:
1.247 jufi 4253: <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 4254: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4255: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4256:
4257: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4258: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <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 4261: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4262: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4263:
4264: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4265: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4266:
1.247 jufi 4267: <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 4268: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4269: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4270:
4271: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4272: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4273: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4274: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4275: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4276:
1.247 jufi 4277: <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 4278: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4279: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4280:
1.36 louis 4281: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4282: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4283:
1.247 jufi 4284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4285: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4286: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4287: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4288:
4289: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4290: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4291: </ul>
1.38 louis 4292:
1.69 deraadt 4293: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4294: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4295:
1.247 jufi 4296: <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 4297: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4298: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4299:
4300: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4301: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4302: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4303:
1.113 naddy 4304: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4305: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4306: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4307: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4308:
4309: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4310: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4311: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4312: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4313: <blockquote>
4314: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4315: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4316: <br>
4317: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4318: </code>
4319: </blockquote>
4320: <p>
4321:
1.247 jufi 4322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4323: <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 4324: <p>
4325:
4326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4327: <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 4328: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4329:
4330: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4331: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4332: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4333: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4334:
1.247 jufi 4335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4336: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4337: Sept. 28, 1999
4338: </strong></font><br>
4339:
4340: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4341: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4342: translating and reprinting articles from
4343: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4344: <p>
4345:
4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4347: <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 4348: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4349:
4350: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4351: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4352: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4353: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4354: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4355: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4356: <p>
1.19 louis 4357:
1.113 naddy 4358: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4359: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4360: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4361:
4362: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4363: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4364: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4365: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4366: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4367: <p>
1.16 louis 4368:
1.247 jufi 4369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4370: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4371: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4372: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4373:
1.57 louis 4374: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4375: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4376: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4377: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4380: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4381: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4382: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4383:
1.113 naddy 4384: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4385:
1.247 jufi 4386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4387: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4388: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4389: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4390:
1.23 louis 4391: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4392: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4393: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4394: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4395: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4396: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4397:
1.247 jufi 4398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4399: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4400: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4401: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4402:
1.199 pvalchev 4403: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4404: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4405: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4406: installation.
1.113 naddy 4407: <p>
1.47 louis 4408:
1.247 jufi 4409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4410: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4411: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4412: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4413:
1.301 jose 4414: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4415: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4416: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4417: </ul>
1.57 louis 4418:
1.69 deraadt 4419: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4420: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4421:
1.247 jufi 4422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4423: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4424: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4425: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4426:
4427: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4428: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4429: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4430: <p>
1.12 louis 4431:
1.247 jufi 4432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4433: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4434: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4435: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4436:
4437: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4438: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4439: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4440: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4441: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4442: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4443: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4444: <p>
1.247 jufi 4445: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4446:
1.69 deraadt 4447: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4448: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4449:
1.247 jufi 4450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4451: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4452: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4453:
4454: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4455: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4456: available."
1.113 naddy 4457: <p>
1.301 jose 4458:
4459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4460: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4461: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4462: </strong></font><br>
4463:
4464: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4465: <p>
1.247 jufi 4466: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4467:
1.69 deraadt 4468: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4469: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4470:
1.247 jufi 4471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4472: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4473: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4474:
4475: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4476: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4477: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4478: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4479: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4480: <p>
1.33 louis 4481:
1.247 jufi 4482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4483: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4484: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4485: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4486:
1.113 naddy 4487: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4488: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4489: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4490: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4491: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4492: <p>
1.247 jufi 4493: </ul>
1.57 louis 4494:
1.69 deraadt 4495: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4496: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4497:
1.247 jufi 4498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4499: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4500: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4501: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4502:
4503: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4504: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4505: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4506:
1.247 jufi 4507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4508: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4509: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4510: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4511: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4512:
4513: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4514: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4515:
1.247 jufi 4516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4517: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4518:
1.113 naddy 4519: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4520:
1.247 jufi 4521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4522: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4523: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4524: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4525:
4526: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4527: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4528: </ul>
1.23 louis 4529:
1.69 deraadt 4530: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4531: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4532:
1.247 jufi 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4534: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4535: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4536:
4537: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4538: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4539: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4540:
1.247 jufi 4541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4542: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4543: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4544: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4545:
4546: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4547: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4548: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4549: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4550: </ul>
1.57 louis 4551:
1.69 deraadt 4552: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4553: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4556: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4557: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4558: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4559:
4560: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4561: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4562: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4563: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4564: <p>
1.15 louis 4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4567: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4568: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4569: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4570:
4571: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4572: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4573: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4574: columns."
1.113 naddy 4575: <p>
1.247 jufi 4576: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4577:
1.69 deraadt 4578: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4579: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4580:
1.247 jufi 4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4582: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4583: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4584: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4585:
4586: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4587: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4588:
1.113 naddy 4589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4590: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4591: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4592:
4593: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4594: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4595: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4596: </ul>
1.57 louis 4597:
1.69 deraadt 4598: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4599: <ul>
1.301 jose 4600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4601: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4602: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4603: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4604:
4605: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4606: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4607: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4608: <p>
4609:
4610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4611: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4612: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4613: Nov 13, 1998 and
4614: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4615: Datateknik</a>,
4616: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4617:
1.380 saad 4618: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4619: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4620: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4621: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4622: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4623:
1.113 naddy 4624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4625: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4626: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4627: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4628:
1.222 miod 4629: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4630: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4631: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4632: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4633: <p>
1.247 jufi 4634: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4635:
1.69 deraadt 4636: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4637: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4640: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4641: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4642:
1.69 deraadt 4643: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4644: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4645: <p>
1.247 jufi 4646: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4647:
1.69 deraadt 4648: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4649: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4650:
1.247 jufi 4651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4652: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4653: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4654: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4655:
1.383 jcs 4656: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4657: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4658: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4661: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4662: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4663: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4664: <p>
1.247 jufi 4665: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4666:
1.69 deraadt 4667: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4668: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4669:
1.247 jufi 4670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4671: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4672: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4673: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4674: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4675: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4676:
4677: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4678: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4679: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4680: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4681: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4682: <p>
1.247 jufi 4683: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4684:
4685: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4686: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4687:
1.247 jufi 4688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4689: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4690: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4691:
1.69 deraadt 4692: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4693: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4694: <p>
1.112 naddy 4695:
1.247 jufi 4696: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4697: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4698:
1.292 camield 4699: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4700: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4701: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.447 ! cloder 4702: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.446 2005/05/20 02:46:48 cloder Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4703:
4704: </body>
4705: </html>