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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.441 deraadt 19: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.448 deraadt 22: <a href="www.ctv.ca">
23: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
24: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
25: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
26: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
27: North America mirror:
28: <ul>
1.449 ! jcs 29: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
! 30: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
! 31: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 32: </ul>
33: European mirror:
34: <ul>
35: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
36: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
37: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
38: </ul>
39: <p>
40:
41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 42: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
43: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
44: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
45: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
46: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
47: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
48: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
49: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
50: <p>
51:
52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 53: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
54: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
55: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
56: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
57: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
58: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
59: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
60: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 64: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 65: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 66: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
67: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
68: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
69: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
70: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
71: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
75: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 76: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 77: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
78: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
79: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
80: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
81: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 85: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
86: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
87: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 88: </strong></font><br>
89: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
90: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
91: with OpenBSD.
92: </ul>
93:
1.436 henning 94: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
95: <ul>
96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 97: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
98: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
99: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
100: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
101: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
102: than closed source, as we have long contended.
103: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
104: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
105: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
106: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
107: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
108: <p>
109: This article can also be found online as
110: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
111: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 115: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
116: </strong></font><br>
117: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
118: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 122: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
123: </strong></font><br>
124: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
125: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 126: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 127: the issues we had with IETF.
128: </ul>
129:
1.431 ian 130: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
131: <ul>
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 133: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
134: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
135: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
136: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
137: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
138: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
139: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
140: <p>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 143: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
144: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
145: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
146: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
147: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
148: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 149: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 150: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
151: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
152: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
153: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
154: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
155: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
156: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
157: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
158:
159: </ul>
160:
1.427 matthieu 161: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
162: <ul>
163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 165: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
166: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
167: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
168: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
169: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
170: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
171: firmware.
1.434 ian 172: Similar articles can be found online at:
173: <ul>
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
175: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
176: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
177: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
179: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
180: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
181: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
183: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
184: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
185: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
187: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
188: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
189: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
190: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 191: </ul>
192:
1.426 ian 193: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
194: <ul>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
198: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
199: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
200: This article talks about our systrace
201: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
202: mechanism: what it is and why and
203: how to use it, with examples.
204: Another excerpt from the book
205: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
206: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
210: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
211: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
212: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
213: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
214: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
215: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
216: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
217: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
218: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
219: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
220: This article is a sample chapter from
221: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
222: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
223: <p>
1.443 ian 224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
226: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
227: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
228: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
229: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
230: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
231: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
232: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
233: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
234: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
235: ends with a sidebar on security.
236: <p>
1.426 ian 237: </ul>
238:
1.424 ian 239: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
240: <ul>
241:
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 243: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
244: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
245: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
246: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
247: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
248: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
249: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
250: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
251: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
252: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
253: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
254: <p>
255: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
256: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
257: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
258: <p>
259:
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 261: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
262: Closed Source Hardware</a>
263: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
264: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
265: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
266: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
267: operating systems.
268: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
269: OpenBSD on his firewall.
270: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
271: systems, he writes:
272: <blockquote>
273: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
274: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
275: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
276: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
277: to the operating system...
278: <br/>
279: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
280: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
281: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
282: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
283: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
284: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
285: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
286: in a closed source operating system).
287: <br/>
288: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
289: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
290: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
291: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
292: </blockquote>
293: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
294: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
295: their hardware and software operates.
296: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
297: reverse-engineering the
298: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
299: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
300: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
301: <p>
302: </ul>
303:
1.417 pvalchev 304: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
305: <ul>
1.421 ian 306:
1.417 pvalchev 307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 308: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
309: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
310: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
311: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
312: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
313: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
314: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
315: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
316: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
317: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
318: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 319: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 320: <p>
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 322: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
323: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
324: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
325: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
326: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
327: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
328: it claims to do".
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 332: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
333: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
334: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
335: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
336: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 337: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 338: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
339: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
340: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
341: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
342: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
343: (yes, this is a hint).
344: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
345: picked up on the
346: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
347: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
348: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
349: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
350: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 354: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
355: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
356: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
357: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
358: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
359: questions about the significance and rationale behind
360: the current efforts.
361: <p>
362: </ul>
363:
1.407 henning 364: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
365: <ul>
366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 367: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
368: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
369: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
370: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
371: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
372: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
373: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
374: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 378: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
379: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
380: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
381: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
382: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
383: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
384: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
385: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
386: of the important changes in 3.6.
387: </p>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 390: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
391: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
392: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
393: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
394: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
395: overflow attacks... because
396: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
397: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
398: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
399: and propolice.
400: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
401: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
402: and that's when the science falls apart."
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 406: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
407: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
408: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
409: Starts with the question:
410: <blockquote>
411: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
412: <br/>
413: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
414: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
415: <br/>
416: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
417: Should we believe them?"
418: </blockquote>
419: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
420: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
421: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
422: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
423: for your mail, web and other online activities.
424: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
425: <p>
426:
427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 428: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
429: Simple Simon</a>,
430: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
431: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
432: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
433: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
434: routing/firewall, and more.
435: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
436: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
437: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
438: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
439: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
440: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
441: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
442: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
443: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
444: </blockquote>
445: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
446: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 450: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
451: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 452: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 453: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 454: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
455: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
456: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 457: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 458: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
459: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
460: in spite of it
461: (registration required, but worth it).
462: <p>
463:
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
465: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
466: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
467: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
468: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
469: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
470: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
471: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 472: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 473: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
474: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
475: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
476: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 480: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
481: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
482: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
483: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
484: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
485: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
486: <blockquote>
487: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
488: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
489: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
490: a lot of analysis.
491: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
492: </blockquote>
493: <p>
494: </ul>
495:
1.400 marco 496: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
497: <ul>
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 499: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
500: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
501: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
502: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
503: UNIX-like systems.
504: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
505: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
506: <p>
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 508: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
509: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 510: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
511: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
512: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
513: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
514: At one point, the article states:
515: <blockquote>
516: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
517: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
518: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
519: </blockquote>
520: And then quotes Theo as saying:
521: <blockquote>
522: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
523: fewer are reading or auditing code."
524: </blockquote>
525: <p>
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
527: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
528: marks its fifth birthday</a>
529: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
530: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
531: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
532: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
533: required).
534: <p>
535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 536: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
537: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
538: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
539: </strong></font><br>
540: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
541: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
542: <p>
543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 544: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
545: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 546: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 547: </strong></font><br>
548: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
549: <p>
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 551: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
552: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 553: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 554: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 555: 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 556: <p>
557: </ul>
558:
1.396 henning 559: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
560: <ul>
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 562: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
563: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
564: Unix Review, July, 2004
565: </strong></font><br>
566: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
567: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
568: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
569: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
570: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
571: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
572: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
573: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
574: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
575: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
576: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
577: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
578: and even spelling/wording errors.
579: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
580: <p>
581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 582: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 583: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
584: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
585: </strong></font><br>
586: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
587: <p>
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 589: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 590: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
591: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
592: </strong></font><br>
593: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
594: <p>
595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 596: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
597: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
598: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
599: </strong></font><br>
600: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
601: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
602: <p>
603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 604: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
605: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
606: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
607: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
608: <p>
609: </ul>
610:
1.405 jolan 611: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
612: <ul>
613: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
614: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
615: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
616: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
617: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
618: details on how funds are dispersed.
619: <p>
620: </ul>
621:
1.393 david 622: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
623: <ul>
624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 625: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
626: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
627: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
628: </strong></font><br>
629: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
630: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
631: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
632: on inserting large number of SQL records.
633: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
634: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
635: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 639: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
640: Secure by Default</a>,
641: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
642: </strong></font><br>
643: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
644: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
645: <p>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
648: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
649: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
650: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
651: </strong></font><br>
652: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
653: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
654: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
655: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
656: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
657: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
661: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
662: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
663: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
664: </strong></font><br>
665: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
666: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
667: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
668: <p>
669:
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
671: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
672: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
673: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
674: </strong></font><br>
675: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
676: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
677: <p>
678: </ul>
679:
1.388 mcbride 680: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
681: <ul>
1.394 jolan 682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
684: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
685: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
686: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
687: </strong></font><br>
688: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
689: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
690: available for sparc64.
691: <p>
692:
1.390 beck 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 694: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
695: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
696: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
697: </strong></font><br>
698: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
699: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
700: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
701: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
702: <p>
703:
704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 705: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
706: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 707: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 708: </strong></font><br>
709: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
710: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
711: it does: CARP provides sharing
712: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
713: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
714: detail to get you started using it.
715: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
716: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
717: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
718: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
719: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
720: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
721: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 722: <p>
1.391 ian 723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 725: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 726: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
727: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 728: </strong></font><br>
729: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 730: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 731: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 732: <p>
1.388 mcbride 733:
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
735: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
736: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 737: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 738: </strong></font><br>
739: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
740: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
741: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
742: unencumbered by patents.
743: <p>
744: </ul>
745:
1.378 henning 746: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
747: <ul>
1.384 jose 748:
749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 750: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
751: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
752: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
753: </strong></font><br>
754: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
755: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
756: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
757: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
758: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
759: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
760: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
761: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
762: in the page tables."
763: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
764: <p>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 767: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
768: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
769: </strong></font><br>
770: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
771: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
772: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
773: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 774: <p>
1.384 jose 775:
1.378 henning 776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 777: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
778: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 779: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
780: </strong></font><br>
781: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
782: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
783: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
784: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
785: (quote:
786: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
787: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 788: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 789: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
790: the other developers for their work on the system.
791: <p>
792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 794: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
795: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
796: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 797: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 798: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
799: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
800: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
801: too.
802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 805: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
806: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 807: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 808: OpenBSD source code using
809: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
810: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
811: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
812: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
813: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
814: <p>
815: </ul>
816:
1.374 jose 817: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
818: <ul>
819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 820: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 821: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
822: </strong></font><br>
823: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
824: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
825: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
826: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
827: it."
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 831: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
832: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
833: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
834: </strong></font><br/>
835: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
836: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
837: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
838: <p>
839: </ul>
840:
1.369 ian 841: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
842: <ul>
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 844: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
845: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
846: </strong></font><br/>
847: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
848: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
849: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
850: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
851: <p>
852:
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 854: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
855: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
856: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
857: </strong></font><br/>
858: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
859: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
860: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
861: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
862: form factor.
863: <p>
864:
865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
866: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
867: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
868: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
869: Features</a>,
870: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
871: </strong></font><br/>
872: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
873: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
874: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
875: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
876: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
877: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
878: <p>
879: This article can also be found online at:
880: <ul>
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 882: <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 883: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
884: </strong></font>
885: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
886: </ul>
887: <p>
1.392 david 888:
1.371 jose 889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 890: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
891: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 892: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
893: </strong></font><br/>
894: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
895: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
896: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 897: <p>
1.371 jose 898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 900: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 901: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 902: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 903: </strong></font><br/>
904: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
905: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
906: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
907: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
908: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
909: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
910: and its history with OpenBSD.
911: </ul>
912:
1.368 henning 913: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
914: <ul>
915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 916: [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 917: </strong></font><br>
918: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
919: </ul>
920:
1.364 jose 921: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
922: <ul>
923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 924: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
925: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
926: UNIX Review,
927: July, 2003.
928: </strong></font><br>
929: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
930: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
931: who want more information.
932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 935: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
936: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
937: Government Computer News,
938: July 22, 2003.
939: </strong></font><br>
940: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
941: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
942: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
943: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
944: <p>
945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
947: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
948: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
949: SANS Institute,
950: July 22, 2003.
951: </strong></font><br>
952: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 953: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 954: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
955: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
956: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
957: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
958: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
959: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
960: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
961: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
962: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
963: <p>
964:
965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 966: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
967: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
968: OnLamp.com,
969: July 17, 2003.
970: </strong></font><br>
971: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
972: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
973: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
974: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
975: have been working on.
976:
977: </ul>
978:
1.356 jose 979: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 980: <ul>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 983: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
984: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
985: UNIX Review,
986: June, 2003.
987: </strong></font><br>
988: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
989: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
990: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
991: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
992: <p>
993:
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 995: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
996: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
997: eWeek,
998: June 23, 2003.
999: </strong></font><br>
1000: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1001: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1002: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1003: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1004: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1005: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1006: <p>
1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1009: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1010: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1011: Software Development Online,
1012: June, 2003.
1013: </strong></font><br>
1014: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1015: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1016: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1017: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1018: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1019: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1020: current activities.
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1024: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1025: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1026: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1027: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1028: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1029: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1030: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1031: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1032: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1033: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1034: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1035: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1036: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1037: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1038: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1039: decisions.
1040: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1041: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1042: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1043: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1047: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1048: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1049: Page 58, eWeek,
1050: June 2, 2003.
1051: </strong></font><br>
1052: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1053: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1054: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1055: been addressed in -current.
1056: <p>
1057:
1.356 jose 1058: </ul>
1059:
1060: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1061: <ul>
1062:
1.355 jose 1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1064: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1065: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1066: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1067: </strong></font><br>
1068: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1069: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1070: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1071: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1072: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1073: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1074: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1078: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1079: Beyond Linux</a>,
1080: InfoWorld,
1081: May 23, 2003.
1082: </strong></font><br>
1083: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1084: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1085: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1086: compared to the GPL.
1087: <p>
1088:
1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1090: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1091: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1092: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1093: May 17, 2003.
1094: </strong></font><br>
1095: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1096: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1097: the business section and half of another page inside
1098: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1099: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1100: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1101: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1102: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1103: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1104: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1105: <br>
1106: This article can also be found online at:
1107: <ul>
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1109: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1110: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1111: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1112: May 17, 2003
1113: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1114: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1116: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1117: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1118: Montreal Gazette,
1119: May 21, 2003
1120: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1121: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1122: <p>
1.346 ian 1123:
1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1125: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1126: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1127: May 7, 2003.
1128: </strong></font><br>
1129: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1130: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1131: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1132: <p>
1133:
1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1135: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1136: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1137: OsOpinion,
1138: May 6, 2003.
1139: </strong></font><br>
1140: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1141: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1142: <br>
1143: This article can also be found online at:
1144: <ul>
1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1146: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1147: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1148: NewsFactor Network.
1149: </strong></font>
1150: </ul>
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1154: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1155: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1156: ITBusiness,
1157: May 2, 2003.
1158: </strong></font><br>
1159: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1160: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1161: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1162: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1163: <p>
1164:
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1166: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1167: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1168: InfoWorld,
1169: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1170: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1171: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1172: <br>
1173: This article can also be found online at:
1174: <ul>
1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1176: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1177: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1178: IDG Singapore.
1179: </strong></font>
1180: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1181: <p>
1182:
1.339 jose 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1184: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1185: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1186: ZDNet,
1187: May 1, 2003.
1188: </strong></font><br>
1189: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1190: someone using parts from previous articles.
1191: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1192: This article can also be found online at:
1193: <ul>
1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1195: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1196: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1197: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1198: </strong></font>
1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1200: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1201: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1202: CNET News.com.
1203: </strong></font>
1204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1205: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1206: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1207: ZDNet UK.
1208: </strong></font>
1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1210: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1211: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1212: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1213: </strong></font>
1214: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1215: <p>
1.339 jose 1216:
1.341 deraadt 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1218: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1219: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1220: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1221: May 1, 2003.
1222: </strong></font><br>
1223: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1224: that have been added
1225: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1226: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1227: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1228: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1229: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1230: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1231: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1232: <p>
1233:
1234: </ul>
1235:
1.253 ian 1236: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1237: <ul>
1.255 ian 1238:
1.260 ian 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1240: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1241: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1242: TechRepublic,
1243: April 28, 2003.
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1246: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1247: work.<br>
1248: Can also be found online at:
1249: <ul>
1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1251: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1252: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1253: ZDNet UK.
1254: </strong></font>
1255: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1256: <p>
1257:
1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1259: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1260: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1261: IDG,
1262: April 24, 2003.
1263: </strong></font><br>
1264: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1265: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1266: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1267: Can also be found online at:
1268: <ul>
1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1270: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1271: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1272: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1273: </strong></font>
1274: </ul>
1275: <p>
1276:
1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1278: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1279: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1280: Slate,
1281: April 24, 2003.
1282: </strong></font><br>
1283: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1284: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1285: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1286: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1287: <p>
1288:
1289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1290: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1291: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1292: April 24, 2003.
1293: </strong></font><br>
1294: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1295: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1296: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1297: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1298: <p>
1299:
1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1301: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1302: April 24, 2003.
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1305: the free software community".
1306: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1307: other articles.
1308: <p>
1309:
1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1311: <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 1312: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1313: </strong></font><br>
1314: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1315: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1316: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1317: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1318: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1319: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1320: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1321: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1322: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1323: <br/>
1324: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1325: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1326: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1327: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1328: <br>
1329: Can also be found online at:
1330: <ul>
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1332: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1333: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1334: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1335: </strong></font>
1336: </ul>
1.324 ian 1337: <p>
1338:
1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1340: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1341: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1342: </strong></font><br>
1343: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1344: article above.
1345: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1346: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1347: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1348: <br>
1349: Can also be found online at:
1350: <ul>
1351: <li>
1352: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1353: </strong></font>
1354: </ul>
1.324 ian 1355: <p>
1356:
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1358: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1359: </strong></font><br>
1360: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1361: <p>
1362:
1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1364: <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.
1365: </strong></font><br>
1366: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1367: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1368: <p>
1369:
1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1371: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1372: April 23, 2003.
1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1375: <p>
1376:
1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1378: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1379: April 22, 2003.
1380: </strong></font><br>
1381: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1382: <p>
1383:
1384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1385: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1386: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1387: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1388: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1389: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1390: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1391: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1392: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1393: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1394: Can also be found online at:
1395: <ul>
1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1397: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1398: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1399: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1400: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1402: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1403: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1404: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1405: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1406: </ul>
1407: <p>
1408:
1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1410: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1411: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1412: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1413: </strong></font><br>
1414: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1415: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1416: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1417: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1418: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1419: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1420: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1421: <p>
1422:
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1424: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1425: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1426: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1427: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1428: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1429: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1430: at UPenn and DARPA.
1431: <p>
1432:
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1434: [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,
1435: France
1.315 deraadt 1436: April 18, 2003.
1437: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1438: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1439: <p>
1440:
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1442: [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 1443: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1444: </strong></font><br>
1445: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1446: <p>
1447:
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1449: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1450: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1451: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1452: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1453: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1454: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1455: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1456: <p>
1457:
1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1459: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1460: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1461: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1462: </strong></font><br>
1463: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1464: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1465: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1466: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1467: <p>
1468:
1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1470: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1471: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1472: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1473: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1474: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1475: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1476: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1477: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1478: Can also be found online at:
1479: <ul>
1480: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1481: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1482: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1483: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1484: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1485: <p>
1486:
1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1488: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1489: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1490: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1491: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1492: </strong></font><br>
1493: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1494: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1495: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1496: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1497: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1498:
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1500: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1501: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1502: New York Times.
1503: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1504:
1.273 deraadt 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1506: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1507: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1508: ABC News.
1509: </strong></font>
1510:
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1512: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1513: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1514: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1515: </strong></font>
1516:
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1518: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1519: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1520: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1521: </strong></font>
1522:
1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1524: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1525: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1526: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1527: </strong></font>
1528:
1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1530: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1531: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1532: Times Daily, AL.
1533: </strong></font>
1534:
1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1536: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1537: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1538: Boston.com, MA.
1539: </strong></font>
1540:
1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1542: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1543: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1544: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1545: </strong></font>
1546:
1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1548: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1549: [Article was pulled]</a>
1550: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1551: </strong></font>
1552:
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1554: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1555: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1556: Infoshop News.
1557: </strong></font>
1558:
1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1560: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1561: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1562: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1563: </strong></font>
1564:
1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1566: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1567: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1568: Raleigh News, NC.
1569: </strong></font>
1570:
1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1572: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1573: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1574: Napa News, CA.
1575: </strong></font>
1576:
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1578: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1579: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1580: NEPA News, PA.
1581: </strong></font>
1582:
1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1584: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1585: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1586: Wired News.
1587: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1588: <br>
1589: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1590: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1591: [JAPANESE]
1592: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1593: Wired News Japan</a>
1594: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1595:
1.271 deraadt 1596: </ul>
1597: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1598: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1599: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1600: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1601: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1602: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1603: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1604: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1605: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1606: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1607: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1608: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1609: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1610: <p>
1611: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1612:
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1614: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1615: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1616: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1617: </strong></font>
1618:
1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1620: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1621: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1622: Miami Herald, FL.
1623: </strong></font>
1624:
1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1626: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1627: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1628: </strong></font>
1629:
1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1631: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1632: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1633: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1634: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1635:
1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1637: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1638: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1639: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1640: ABC News.
1641: </strong></font>
1642:
1.276 deraadt 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1644: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1645: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1646: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1647: </strong></font>
1648:
1.286 dhartmei 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1650: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1651: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1652: Wilmington Star, NC.
1653: </strong></font>
1654:
1.300 jose 1655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1656: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1657: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1658: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1659: </strong></font>
1660:
1.309 jose 1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1662: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1663: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1664: Globe Technology.
1665: </strong></font>
1666:
1.263 deraadt 1667: </ul>
1.262 beck 1668: <p>
1669:
1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1671: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1672: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1673: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1674: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1675: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1676: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1677: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1678: <p>
1679:
1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1681: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1682: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1683: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1684: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1685: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1686: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1687: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1688: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1689: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1690: and simply restates other press reports.
1691: <p>
1692:
1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1694: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1695: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1696: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1699: <p>
1700:
1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1702: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1703: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1704: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1705: </strong></font><br>
1706: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1707: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1708: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1709: <p>
1710:
1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1712: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1713: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1714: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1715: April 17, 2003.
1716: </strong></font><br>
1717: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1718: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1719: Tech Anthems</a>
1720: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1721: 4 so far.
1722: <p>
1723:
1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1725: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1726: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1727: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1728: </strong></font><br>
1729: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1730: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1731: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1732: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1733: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1734: Goes on to say:
1735: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1736: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1737: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1738: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1739: This article is also found online at:
1740: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1742: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1743: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1744: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1745: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1747: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1748: ZDnet</a>,
1749: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1750: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1752: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1753: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1754: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1755: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1756: </ul>
1.260 ian 1757: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1758:
1.260 ian 1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1760: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1761: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1762: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1763: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1764: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1765: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1766: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1767: without notice or justification.
1768: <p>
1769:
1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1771: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1772: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1773: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1774: </strong></font><br>
1775: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1776: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1777: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1778: effective today, without any warning..."
1779: <p>
1.257 ian 1780:
1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1782: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1783: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1784: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1785: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1786: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1787: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1788: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1789: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1790: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1791: <p>
1792:
1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1794: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1795: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1796: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1797: </strong></font><br>
1798: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1799: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1800: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1801: quoting two of them:
1802: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1803: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1804: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1805: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1806: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1807: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1808: <p>
1809:
1.255 ian 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1811: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1812: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1813: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1814: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1815: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1816: <p>
1817:
1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1819: [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 1820: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1821: </strong></font><br>
1822: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1823: <p>
1824:
1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1826: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1827: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1828: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1829: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1830: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1831: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1832: security experts for more than three decades."
1833: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1834: <p>
1.261 ian 1835:
1.254 drahn 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1837: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1838: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1839: </strong></font><br>
1840: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1841: <p>
1842:
1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1844: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1845: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1846: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1847: </strong></font><br>
1848: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1849: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1850: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1851: <p>
1852:
1853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1854: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1855: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1856: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1857: </strong></font><br>
1858: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1859: from US DARPA.
1860: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1861: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1862: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1863: the BSD license.
1864: <p>
1865: </ul>
1866:
1.251 ian 1867: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1868: <ul>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1871: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1872: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1873: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875:
1876: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1877: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1878: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1879: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1880: <p>
1881:
1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1883: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1884: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1885: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1886: </strong></font><br>
1887: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1888: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1889: Mentions
1890: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1891: and
1892: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1893: programs.
1894: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1895: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1896: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1897: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1898: <p>
1.325 ian 1899: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1900: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1901:
1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1903: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1904: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1905: </strong></font><br>
1906: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1907: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1908: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1909: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1910: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1911: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1912: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1913: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1914: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1915: put into service."
1916: <p>
1917: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1918: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1919: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1920: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1921: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1922: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1923: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1924: computers with security features."
1925: <p>
1.329 ian 1926:
1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1928: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1929: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1930: Slate,
1931: March 3, 2003.
1932: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1933: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1934: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1935: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1936: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1937: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1938: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1939: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1940: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1941: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1942: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1943: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1944: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1945: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1946: of more secure open-source solutions like
1947: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1948: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1949: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1950: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1951: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1952: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1953: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1954: the Beltway."
1955: <p>
1.251 ian 1956: </ul>
1957:
1.249 jufi 1958: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1959: <ul>
1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1961: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1962: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1963: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1964: </strong></font><br>
1965: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1966: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1967: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1968: <p>
1.334 ian 1969:
1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1971: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1972: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1973: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1974: </strong></font><br>
1975: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1976: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1977: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1978: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1979: "... the hypothetical question ...
1980: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1981: <br>
1982: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1983: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1984: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1985: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1986: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1987: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1988: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1989: support network security.
1990: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1991: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1992: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1993: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1994: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1995: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1996: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1997: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1998: <br>
1999: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2000: <p>
2001:
1.249 jufi 2002: </ul>
2003:
1.246 jufi 2004: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2005: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2008: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2009: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
2010: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2011: </strong></font><br>
2012: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2013: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2014: <p>
2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2017: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2018: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
2019: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
2020: </strong></font><br>
2021: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2022: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2023: <p>
2024:
2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2026: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2027: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
2028: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2029: </strong></font><br>
2030: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2031: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2032: <p>
1.247 jufi 2033: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2034:
1.244 jufi 2035: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2036: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2037:
1.247 jufi 2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2039: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2040: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2041: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2042: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2043: </strong></font><br>
2044: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2045: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2046: md5 digests.
2047: <p>
2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2050: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2051: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2052: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2053: </strong></font><br>
2054: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2055: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2056: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2057: right the first time."
2058: <p>
1.247 jufi 2059: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2060:
2061:
2062: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2063: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2066: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2067: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2068: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2069: </strong></font><br>
2070: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2071: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2072: part 6</a>.
2073: <p>
2074:
1.247 jufi 2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2076: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2077: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2078: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2079: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2080: </strong></font><br>
2081: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2082: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2083: <p>
1.301 jose 2084:
2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2086: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2087: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2088: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2089: </strong></font><br>
2090:
2091: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2092: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2093: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2094: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2095: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2096: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2097: <i>Here's the
2098: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2099: <p>
1.247 jufi 2100: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2101:
2102: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2103: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2104:
1.247 jufi 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2106: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2107: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2108: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2109: </strong></font><br>
2110: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2111: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2112: <p>
2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2115: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2116: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2117: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2118: </strong></font><br>
2119: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2120: this time using pf.
2121: <p>
1.247 jufi 2122: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2123:
2124: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2125: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2128: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2129: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2130: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2131: </strong></font><br>
2132: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2133: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2134: their rotation.
2135: <p>
2136:
1.247 jufi 2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2138: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2139: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2140: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2141: </strong></font><br>
2142: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2143: <p>
1.247 jufi 2144: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2145:
1.239 jufi 2146: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2147: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2150: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2151: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2152: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2153: </strong></font><br>
2154: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2155: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2156: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2157: <p>
2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2160: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2161: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2162: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2163: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2164: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2165: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2166: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2167: <p>
1.247 jufi 2168: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2169:
1.235 lebel 2170: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2171: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2172:
1.239 jufi 2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2175: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2176: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2177: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2178: </strong></font><br>
2179: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2180: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2181: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2182: <p>
1.301 jose 2183:
1.247 jufi 2184: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2185:
1.228 horacio 2186: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2187: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2188:
1.247 jufi 2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2190: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2191: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2192: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2193: </strong></font><br>
2194: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2195: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2196: <p>
2197:
1.247 jufi 2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2199: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2200: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2201: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2202: </strong></font><br>
2203: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2204: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2205: <p>
2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2208: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2209: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2210: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2211: </strong></font><br>
2212: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2213: on the desktop of his parents.
2214: <p>
2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2217: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2218: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2219: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2220: </strong></font><br>
2221: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2222: using IPFilter.
2223:
2224: <p>
2225:
1.247 jufi 2226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2227: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2228: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2229: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2230: </strong></font><br>
2231: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2232: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2233: perspectives of the four OS.
2234: <br>
2235: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2236: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2237: <p>
2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2240: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2241: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2242: software and security</a>,
2243: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2244: </strong></font><br>
2245:
2246: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2247: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2248: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2249: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2250: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2251: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2252: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2253: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2254: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2255: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2256: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2257: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2258: <p>
1.247 jufi 2259: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2260:
1.225 horacio 2261: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2262: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2263:
1.247 jufi 2264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2265: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2266: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2267: Interview</a>,
2268: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2269: </strong></font><br>
2270:
2271: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2272: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2273: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2274: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2275: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2276: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2277: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2278: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2279: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2280: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2281: of choice.
2282: <p>
1.247 jufi 2283: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2284:
2285: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2286: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2287:
1.247 jufi 2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2289: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2290: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2291: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2292: </strong></font><br>
2293:
2294: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2295: <p>
2296:
1.247 jufi 2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2298: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2299: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2300: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2301: </strong></font><br>
2302:
2303: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2304: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2305: <p>
1.247 jufi 2306: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2307:
1.218 horacio 2308: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2309: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2312: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2313: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2314: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2315: </strong></font><br>
2316:
2317: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2318: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2319: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2320: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2321: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2322: subjects. Worth a read.
2323: <p>
2324:
2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2327: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2328: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2329: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2330: </strong></font><br>
2331:
2332: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2333: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2334: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2335: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2336: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2337: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2338: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2339: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2340: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2341: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2342: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2343: on other operating systems.<br>
2344: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2345: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2346: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2347: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2348: <p>
2349:
1.247 jufi 2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2351: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2352: Operating System 2010</a>,
2353: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2354: </strong></font><br>
2355:
2356: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2357: covering the level of software integration into the core
2358: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2359: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2360: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2361: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2362: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2363: <p>
2364:
1.247 jufi 2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2366: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2367: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2368: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2369: </strong></font><br>
2370:
2371: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2372: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2373: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2374: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2375: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2376: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2377: <p>
1.247 jufi 2378: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2379:
1.210 jufi 2380: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2381: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2384: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2385: Already a Contender</a>,
2386: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2387: </strong></font><br>
2388:
2389: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2390: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2391: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2392: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2393: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2394: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2395: <p>
2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2398: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2399: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2400: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2401: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2402:
1.224 horacio 2403: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2404: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2405: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2406: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2407: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2408: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2409: <p>
1.247 jufi 2410: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2411:
2412: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2413: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2416: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2417: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2418: Division</a>,
2419: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421:
2422: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2423: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2424: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2425: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2426: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2427: investment</em>.<br>
2428: The implementation details can be seen on their
2429: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2430: <p>
2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2433: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2434: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2435: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2436: </strong></font><br>
2437:
2438: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2439: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2440: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2441: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2442: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2443: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2444: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2445: <p>
2446:
2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2448: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2449: Thinking about Security</a>,
2450: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2451: </strong></font><br>
2452:
2453: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2454: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2455: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2456: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2457: to time.<br>
2458: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2459: system and just the most secure system.
2460: <p>
2461:
1.247 jufi 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2463: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2464: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2465: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2466: </strong></font><br>
2467:
2468: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2469: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2470: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2471: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2472: choice:<br>
2473: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2474: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2475: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2476: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2477: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2478: network security devices and as such must be well
2479: armored."</em><br>
2480: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2481: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2482: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2483: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2484: <br>
2485: Bravo!
2486: <p>
1.247 jufi 2487: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2488:
1.207 ian 2489: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2490: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2493: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2494: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2495: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2496:
1.207 ian 2497: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2498: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2499: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2500: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2501: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2502: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2503: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2504: <p>
1.247 jufi 2505: </ul>
1.207 ian 2506:
1.194 jufi 2507: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2508: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2511: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2512: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2513: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2514: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2515:
1.240 miod 2516: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2517: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2518: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2519: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2520: <p>
2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2523: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2524: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2525: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2526:
2527: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2528: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2529: <p>
2530:
2531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2532: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2533: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2534: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2535:
2536: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2537: <p>
2538:
2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2540: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2541: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2542: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2543: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2544:
1.240 miod 2545: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2546: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2547: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2548: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2549: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2550: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2551: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2552: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2553: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2554: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2555: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2556: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2557: <p>
2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2560: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2561: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2562: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2564:
1.194 jufi 2565: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2566: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2567: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2568: <br>
2569: The new
2570: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2571: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2572: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2573: <p>
1.247 jufi 2574: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2575:
1.190 horacio 2576: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2577: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2580:
2581: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2582: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2583:
1.301 jose 2584:
1.191 jufi 2585: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2586: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2587:
2588: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2589: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2590:
1.212 horacio 2591: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2592: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2593: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2594:
1.211 horacio 2595: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2596: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2597: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2600: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2603: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2604:
1.212 horacio 2605: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2606: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2607: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2608:
2609: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2610: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2611:
2612: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2613: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2614:
1.301 jose 2615: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2616: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2617:
1.191 jufi 2618: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2619: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2620:
2621: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2622: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2623:
1.192 jufi 2624: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2625: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2626: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2627:
1.193 deraadt 2628: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2629: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2630: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2633: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2636: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2637: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2638:
1.213 horacio 2639: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2640: 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 2641: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2642:
1.190 horacio 2643: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2644: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2645: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2646: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2647: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2648: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2649: <p>
1.190 horacio 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2652: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2653: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2654: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2655: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2656:
1.195 jufi 2657: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2658: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2659: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2660: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2661: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2662: <p>
2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2665: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2666: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2667: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2668: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2669:
1.191 jufi 2670: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2671: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2672: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2673: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2674: <p>
2675:
2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2677: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2678: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2679: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2680:
2681: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2682: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2683: <p>
1.247 jufi 2684: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2685:
1.191 jufi 2686:
1.186 jufi 2687: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2688: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2689:
1.247 jufi 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2691: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2692: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2693: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2694: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2695:
1.188 jufi 2696: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2697: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2698: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2699: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2700: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2701: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2702: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2703: <p>
2704:
1.301 jose 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2706: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2707: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2708: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2709:
2710: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2711: <p>
1.191 jufi 2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2714: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2715: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2716: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2717: </strong></font><br>
2718:
2719: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2720: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2721: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2722: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2723: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2724: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2725: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2726: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2727: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2728: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2729: familiar?
2730: <p>
1.247 jufi 2731: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2732:
1.178 louis 2733: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2734: <ul>
1.178 louis 2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2737: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2738: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2739: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2740: </strong></font><br>
2741:
2742: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2743: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2744: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2745: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2746: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2747: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2748: <p>
2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2751: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2752: Open source under the hood</a>,
2753: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2754: </strong></font><br>
2755:
2756: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2757: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2758: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2759: <p>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2762: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2763: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2764: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2765: </strong></font><br>
2766:
2767: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2768: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2769: <p>
1.247 jufi 2770: </ul>
1.179 louis 2771:
1.174 louis 2772:
1.175 louis 2773: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2774: <ul>
1.175 louis 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2777: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2778: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2779: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2780: </strong></font><br>
2781:
2782: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2783: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2784: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2785: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2786: <p>
2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2789: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2790: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2791: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2792: </strong></font><br>
2793:
2794: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2795: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2796: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2797: <p>
1.247 jufi 2798: </ul>
1.175 louis 2799:
1.176 louis 2800:
1.172 mickey 2801: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2802: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2805: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2806: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2807: </strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2810: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2811: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2812: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2813: <p>
2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2816: <a
1.269 deraadt 2817: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2818: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2819: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2820: </strong></font><br>
2821:
2822: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2823: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2824: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2825: <p>
2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2828: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2829: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2830: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2831: </strong></font><br>
2832:
2833: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2834: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2835: <p>
2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2838: <a
1.269 deraadt 2839: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2840: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2841: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2842: </strong></font><br>
2843:
2844: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2845: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2846: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2847: our own Theo de Raadt.
2848: <p>
2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2851: <a
1.269 deraadt 2852: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2853: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2854: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2855: </strong></font><br>
2856:
2857: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2858: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2859: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2860: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2861: shut down.]
2862: <p>
2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2865: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2866: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2867: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2868: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2869: </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2872: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2873: <p>
1.247 jufi 2874: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2875:
1.161 louis 2876: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2877: <ul>
1.161 louis 2878:
1.247 jufi 2879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2880: <a
1.269 deraadt 2881: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2882: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2883: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2884: </strong></font><br>
2885:
2886: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2887: by John Wolley
2888: <p>
2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2891: <a
1.269 deraadt 2892: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2893: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2894: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2895: </strong></font><br>
2896:
2897: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2898: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2899: OpenBSD).
2900: <p>
2901:
1.247 jufi 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2903: <a
1.247 jufi 2904: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2905: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2906: </strong></font><br>
2907:
2908: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2909: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2910: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2911: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2912: and hindsight.
2913: <p>
2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2916: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2917: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2918: </strong></font><br>
2919:
2920: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2921: <p>
2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2924: <a
1.168 provos 2925: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2926: December 7, 2000
2927: </strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2930: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2931: us explain.
2932: <p>
2933:
1.247 jufi 2934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2935: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2936: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2937: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2938: December 6, 2000
2939: </strong></font><br>
2940:
2941: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2942: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2943: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2944: <p>
2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2947: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2948: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2949: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2950: </strong></font><br>
2951:
2952: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2953: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2954: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2955: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2956: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2957: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2958: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2959: <p>
2960:
2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2962: <a
1.226 horacio 2963: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2964: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2965: </strong></font><br>
2966:
2967: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2968: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2969: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2970: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2971: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2972: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2973: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2974: <p>
1.162 millert 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2977: <a
1.161 louis 2978: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2979: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2980: </strong></font><br>
2981:
2982: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2983: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2984: <p>
2985:
1.247 jufi 2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2987: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2988: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2989: </strong></font><br>
2990:
2991: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2992: <p>
2993:
2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2996: <a
1.226 horacio 2997: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2998: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2999: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3000: </strong></font><br>
3001:
3002: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3003: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3004: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3005: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3006: <p>
1.247 jufi 3007: </ul>
1.169 louis 3008:
1.158 louis 3009: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3010: <ul>
1.147 louis 3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3013: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3014: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3018: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3019: <p>
3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3022: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3023: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3024: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3025: </strong></font><br>
3026: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3027: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3028: <p>
3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3031: <a
3032: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3033: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3034: </strong></font><br>
3035:
3036: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3037: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3038: <p>
3039:
1.247 jufi 3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3041: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3042: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3043: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3044:
1.213 horacio 3045: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3046: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3047: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3048: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3049: <p>
1.215 horacio 3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3052: <a
3053: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3054: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3058: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3059: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3060: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3061: much of the attitude too).
3062: <p>
1.161 louis 3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3065: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3066: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3067: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3068:
1.157 louis 3069: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3070: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3071: <p>
1.247 jufi 3072: </ul>
1.157 louis 3073:
3074: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3075: <ul>
1.157 louis 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3078: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3079: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3080: </strong></font><br>
3081:
3082: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3083: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3084: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3085: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3086: <p>
3087:
1.247 jufi 3088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3089: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3090: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3091: </strong></font><br>
3092:
3093: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3094: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3095: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3096: it because they love coding...
3097: <p>
3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3100: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3101: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3102: </strong></font><br>
3103:
3104: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3105: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3106: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3107: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3108: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3109: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3110: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3111: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3112: <p>
3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3115: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3116: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3117: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3121: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3122: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3123: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3124: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3125: the pizza.
3126: <p>
3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3129: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3130: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3131: </strong></font><br>
3132:
3133: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3134: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3135: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3136: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3137: problems.
3138: <p>
3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3141: <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 3142: </strong></font><br>
3143:
1.222 miod 3144: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3145: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3146: - whether they like it or not.
3147: <p>
3148:
1.247 jufi 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3150: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3151: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3152: </strong></font><br>
3153:
3154: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3155: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3156: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3157: <p>
1.148 aaron 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3160: <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 3161: </strong></font><br>
3162:
3163: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3164: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3165: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3166: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3167: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3168: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3169: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3170: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3171: <p>
3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3174: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3175: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3176: </strong></font><br>
3177:
3178: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3179: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3180: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3181: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3182: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3183: <p>
1.247 jufi 3184: </ul>
1.147 louis 3185:
1.138 louis 3186: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3187: <ul>
1.138 louis 3188:
1.247 jufi 3189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3190: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3191: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3192: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3193: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3194: </strong></font><br>
3195:
1.227 horacio 3196: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3197: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3198: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3199: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3200: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3201: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3202: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3203: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3204: <p>
3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3207: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3208: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3209: </strong></font><br>
3210:
3211: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3212: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3213: groups, and even Linux.
3214: <p>
3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3217: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3218: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3219: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3220: </strong></font><br>
3221:
3222: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3223: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3224: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3225: library after installing the OS.
3226: <p>
3227:
1.247 jufi 3228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3229: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3230: Sys Admin, September 2000
3231: </strong></font><br>
3232:
3233: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3234: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3235: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3236: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3237: (<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>,
3238: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3239: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3240: <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 3241: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3242: out of the system.
3243: <p>
3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3246: <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
3247: </strong></font><br>
3248:
3249: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3250: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3251: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3252: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3253: the IP filtering and address translation.
3254: <p>
1.301 jose 3255:
3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3257: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3258: </strong></font><br>
3259:
3260: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3261: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3262: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3263: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3264: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3265: <p>
1.247 jufi 3266: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3267:
1.131 louis 3268: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3269: <ul>
1.131 louis 3270:
1.247 jufi 3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3272: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3273: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3274: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3275: </strong></font><br>
3276:
3277: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3278: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3279: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3280: <p>
3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3283: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3284: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3285: </strong></font><br>
3286:
3287: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3288: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3289: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3290: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3291: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3292: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3293: note of"</i>.
3294: <p>
3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3297: <a
1.247 jufi 3298: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3299: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3300: </strong></font><br>
3301:
3302: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3303: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3304: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3305: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3306: <p>
3307:
1.247 jufi 3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3309: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3310: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
3313: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3314: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3315: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3316: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3317: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3318: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3319: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3320: <p>
3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3323: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3324: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3325: 2000
3326: </strong></font><br>
3327:
3328: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3329: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3330: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3331: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3332: against current industry practices.
3333: <p>
3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3336: <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
3337: </strong></font><br>
3338:
3339: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3340: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3341: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3342: <p>
3343:
1.247 jufi 3344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3345: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3346: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3347: </strong></font><br>
3348:
3349: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3350: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3351: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3352: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3353: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3354: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3355: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3356: <p>
3357:
1.247 jufi 3358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3359: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3360: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3361: </strong></font><br>
3362:
3363: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3364: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3365: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3366: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3367: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3368: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3369: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3370: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3371: <p>
1.247 jufi 3372: </ul>
1.131 louis 3373:
1.118 louis 3374: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3375: <ul>
1.118 louis 3376:
1.247 jufi 3377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3378: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3379: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3380: </strong></font><br>
3381:
3382: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3383: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3384: about time. The article mentions that
3385: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3386: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3387: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3388: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3389: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3390: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3391: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3392: <p>
3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3395: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3396: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3397: </strong></font><br>
3398:
3399: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3400: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3401: of OpenSSH.
3402: <p>
3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3405: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3406: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3407: </strong></font><br>
3408:
3409: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3410: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3411: bridging.
3412: <p>
3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3415: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3416: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3417: </strong></font><br>
3418:
1.121 deraadt 3419: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3420: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3421: <p>
3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3424: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3425: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3426: </strong></font><br>
3427:
3428: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3429: <p>
3430:
1.247 jufi 3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3432: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3433: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3434: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3435: </strong></font><br>
3436:
1.120 deraadt 3437: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3438: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3439: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3440: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3441: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3442: <p>
3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3445: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3446: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3447: </strong></font><br>
3448:
1.222 miod 3449: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3450: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3451: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3452: protocols and their quirks.
3453: <p>
3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3456: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3457: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3458: </strong></font><br>
3459:
3460: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3461: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3462: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3463: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3464: <p>
3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3467: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3468: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3469: </strong></font><br>
3470:
3471: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3472: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3473: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3474: <p>
3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3477: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3478: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3479: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3480: </strong></font><br>
3481:
3482: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3483: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3484: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3485: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3486: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3487: <p>
1.247 jufi 3488: </ul>
1.118 louis 3489:
1.104 louis 3490: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3491: <ul>
1.104 louis 3492:
1.247 jufi 3493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3494: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3495: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3496: </strong></font><br>
3497:
3498: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3499: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3500: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3501: be a bit dry.
3502: <p>
3503:
1.247 jufi 3504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3505: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3506: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3507: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3508: </strong></font><br>
3509: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3510: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3511: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3512: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3513: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3514: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3515: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3516: <p>
3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3519: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3520: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3521: 2000
1.128 louis 3522: </strong></font><br>
3523:
3524: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3525: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3526: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3527: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3528: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3529: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3533: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3534: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3535: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3536:
3537: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3538: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3539: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3540: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3541: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3542: <p>
1.110 louis 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3545: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3546: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3547: </strong></font><br>
3548:
3549: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3550: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3551: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3552: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3553: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3554: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3555: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3556: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3557: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3558: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3559: <p>
3560:
1.247 jufi 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3562: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3563: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3564:
3565: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3566: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3567: <p>
1.108 louis 3568:
1.247 jufi 3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3570: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3571: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3572: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3573:
3574: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3575: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3576: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3577: <p>
1.106 louis 3578:
1.247 jufi 3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3580: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3581: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3582: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3583:
3584: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3585: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3586: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3587: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3588: <p>
1.107 louis 3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3591: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3592: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3593: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3594:
3595: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3596: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3597: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3598: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3599: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3600: <p>
1.105 louis 3601:
1.247 jufi 3602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3603: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3604: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3605: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3606:
1.113 naddy 3607: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3608: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3609: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3610: <p>
1.104 louis 3611:
1.247 jufi 3612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3613: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3614: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3615: </strong></font><br>
3616:
3617: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3618: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3619: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3620: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3621: <p>
1.301 jose 3622:
3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3624: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3625: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3626: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3627:
3628: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3629: hardware-supported cryptography.
3630: <p>
1.247 jufi 3631: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3632:
1.85 louis 3633: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3634: <ul>
1.85 louis 3635:
1.247 jufi 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3637: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3638: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3639: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3640:
3641: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3642: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3643: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3644: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3645: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3646: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3647: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3648: <p>
1.99 louis 3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3651: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3652: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3653: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3654:
3655: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3656: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3657: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3658: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3659: <p>
1.100 louis 3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3662: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3663: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3664: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3665:
3666: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3667: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3668: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3669: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3670: <p>
1.95 louis 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3673: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3674: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3675: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3676:
3677: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3678: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3679: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3680: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3681: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3682: <p>
1.92 louis 3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3685: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3686: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3687: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3688:
3689: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3690: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3691: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3692: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3693: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3694: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3695: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3696: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3697: <p>
1.91 louis 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3700: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3701: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3702: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3703:
3704: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3705: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3706: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3707: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3708: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3709: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3710: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3711: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3712: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3713: <p>
1.90 louis 3714:
1.247 jufi 3715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3716: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3717: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3718: </strong></font><br>
3719: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3720: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3721: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3722: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3723: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3724: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3725: <p>
3726:
1.247 jufi 3727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3728: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3729: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3730: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3731:
1.113 naddy 3732: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3733: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3734: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3735: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3736: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3737: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3738: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3739: <p>
1.87 louis 3740:
1.247 jufi 3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3742: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3743: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3744: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3745:
3746: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3747: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3748: <p>
1.85 louis 3749:
1.247 jufi 3750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3751: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3752: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3753: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3754:
3755: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3756: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3757: <p>
3758:
3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3760: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3761: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3762: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3763:
3764: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3765: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3766: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3767: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3768: <p>
1.89 louis 3769:
1.247 jufi 3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3771: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3772: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3773: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3774:
3775: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3776: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3777: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3778: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3779: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3780: </ul>
1.85 louis 3781:
1.78 deraadt 3782: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3783: <ul>
1.74 louis 3784:
1.247 jufi 3785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3786: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3787: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3788: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3789: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3790:
3791: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3792: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3793: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3794: <p>
1.83 louis 3795:
1.247 jufi 3796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3797: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3798: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3799: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3800:
3801: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3802: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3803: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3804: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3805: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3806: <p>
1.93 louis 3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3809: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3810: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3811: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3812: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3813:
1.83 louis 3814: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3815: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3816: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3817: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3818: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3819: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3820: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3821: <p>
1.82 aaron 3822:
1.247 jufi 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3824: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3825: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3826: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3827:
1.83 louis 3828: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3829: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3830: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3831: <p>
1.80 louis 3832:
1.247 jufi 3833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3834: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3835: Bad Press</a>,
3836: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3837: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3838:
3839: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3840: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3841: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3842: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3843: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3844: <p>
1.247 jufi 3845: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3846:
3847: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3848: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3851: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3852: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3853: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3854: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3855:
3856: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3857: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3858: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3859: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3860: <p>
1.74 louis 3861:
1.247 jufi 3862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3863: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3864: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3865: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3866:
1.219 horacio 3867: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3868: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3869: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3870: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3871: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3872: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3873: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3874: <p>
1.88 louis 3875:
1.247 jufi 3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3877: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3878: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3879: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3880:
3881: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3882: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3883: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3884: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3885: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3886: <p>
1.81 louis 3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3889: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3890: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3891: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3892:
3893: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3894: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3895: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3896: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3897: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3898: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3899: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3900: <p>
1.90 louis 3901:
1.247 jufi 3902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3903: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3904: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3905: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3906:
3907: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3908: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3909: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3910: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3911: <p>
1.247 jufi 3912: </ul>
1.71 louis 3913:
1.69 deraadt 3914: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3915: <ul>
1.70 louis 3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3918: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3919: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3920: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3921:
3922: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3923: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3924: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3925: <p>
1.70 louis 3926:
1.247 jufi 3927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3928: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3929: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3930: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3931:
3932: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3933: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3934: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3935: <p>
1.68 louis 3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3938: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3939: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3940: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3941: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3942:
1.111 jufi 3943: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3944: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3945: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3946: "secure by default" installation.
3947: <p>
1.64 louis 3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3950: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3951: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3952: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3953:
1.113 naddy 3954: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3955: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3956: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3957: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3958: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3959: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3960: <p>
1.66 louis 3961:
1.247 jufi 3962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3963: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3964: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3965: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3966:
3967: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3968: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3969: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3970: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3971: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3972: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3973: <p>
1.83 louis 3974:
1.247 jufi 3975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3976: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3977: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3978: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3979:
3980: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3981: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3982: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3983: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3984: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3985: <p>
1.64 louis 3986:
1.247 jufi 3987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3988: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3989: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3990: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3991:
3992: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3993: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3994: <p>
1.301 jose 3995:
3996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3997: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3998: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3999: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4000: </strong></font><br>
4001:
4002: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4003: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4004: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4005: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4006: Giving way to
4007: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4008: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4009: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4010: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4011: <p>
1.247 jufi 4012: </ul>
1.65 louis 4013:
1.69 deraadt 4014: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4015: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4016:
1.247 jufi 4017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4018: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4019: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4020: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4021:
4022: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4023: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4024: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4025: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4026: <p>
1.88 louis 4027:
1.247 jufi 4028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4029: <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 4030: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4031:
4032: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4033: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4034: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4035: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4036: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4037: <p>
1.60 louis 4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4040: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4041: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4042: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4043: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4044:
4045: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4046: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4047: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4048: <p>
1.58 louis 4049:
1.247 jufi 4050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4051: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4052: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4053:
4054: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4055: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4056: <p>
1.53 louis 4057:
1.247 jufi 4058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4059: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4060: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4061: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4062:
4063: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4064: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4065: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4066: <p>
1.99 louis 4067:
1.247 jufi 4068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4069: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4070: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4071:
4072: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4073: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4074: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4075: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4076: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4077:
1.247 jufi 4078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4079: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4080: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4081: </strong></font><br>
4082:
4083: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4084: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4085: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4086: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4087: <p>
4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4090: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4091: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4092: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4093:
4094: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4095: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4096: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4099: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4100: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4101:
4102: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4103: in
1.247 jufi 4104: <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 4105: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4106: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4107: <p>
1.53 louis 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4110: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4111: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4112: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4113: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4114:
1.58 louis 4115: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4116: <p>
1.301 jose 4117:
4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4119: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4120: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4121: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4122: Informacyjny, January 2000
4123: </strong></font><br>
4124:
4125: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4126: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4127: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4128: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4129: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4130: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4131: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4132: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4133: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4134: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4135: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4136: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4137: <p>
4138:
4139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4140: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4141: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4142: </strong></font><br>
4143:
4144: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4145: <p>
4146: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4147:
1.69 deraadt 4148: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4149: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4150:
1.247 jufi 4151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4152: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4153: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4154: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4155: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4156:
1.58 louis 4157: Kurt Seifried
4158: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4159: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4160: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4161: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4162:
1.247 jufi 4163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4164: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4165: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4166: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4167:
4168: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4169: <p>
1.96 louis 4170:
1.247 jufi 4171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4172: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4173: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4174: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4175: </strong></font><br>
4176:
4177: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4178: <p>
4179:
4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4181: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4182: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4184:
4185: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4186: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4187: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4188: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4189: <p>
1.247 jufi 4190: </ul>
1.86 louis 4191:
1.69 deraadt 4192: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4193: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4194:
1.247 jufi 4195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4196: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4197: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4198: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4199:
4200: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4201: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4202: <p>
1.61 louis 4203:
1.247 jufi 4204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4205: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4206: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4207: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4208: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4209:
4210: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4211: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4212: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4213: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4214: right -- or at least strives to".
4215: <p>
1.48 louis 4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4218: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4219: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4220: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4221: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4222: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4223: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4224: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4225: <p>
1.61 louis 4226:
1.247 jufi 4227: <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 4228: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4229: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4230:
4231: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4232: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4233: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4234: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4235: <p>
1.46 louis 4236:
1.247 jufi 4237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4238: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4239: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4240: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4241:
4242: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4243: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4244: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4245:
1.247 jufi 4246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4247: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4248: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4250:
4251: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4252: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4253: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4254: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4255: <p>
1.247 jufi 4256: </ul>
1.70 louis 4257:
1.69 deraadt 4258: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4259: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4260:
1.247 jufi 4261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4262: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4263: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4264: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4265: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4266:
4267: Kurt Seifried
4268: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4269: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4270: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4271: <p>
1.44 philen 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <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 4274: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4275: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4276:
4277: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4278: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4279:
1.247 jufi 4280: <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 4281: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4282: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4283:
4284: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4285: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <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 4288: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4289: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4290:
4291: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4292: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4293: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4294: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4295: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <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 4298: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4299: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4300:
1.36 louis 4301: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4302: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4303:
1.247 jufi 4304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4305: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4306: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4307: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4308:
4309: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4310: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4311: </ul>
1.38 louis 4312:
1.69 deraadt 4313: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4314: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4315:
1.247 jufi 4316: <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 4317: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4318: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4319:
4320: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4321: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4322: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4323:
1.113 naddy 4324: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4325: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4326: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4327: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4328:
4329: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4330: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4331: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4332: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4333: <blockquote>
4334: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4335: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4336: <br>
4337: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4338: </code>
4339: </blockquote>
4340: <p>
4341:
1.247 jufi 4342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4343: <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 4344: <p>
4345:
4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4347: <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 4348: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4349:
4350: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4351: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4352: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4353: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4356: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4357: Sept. 28, 1999
4358: </strong></font><br>
4359:
4360: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4361: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4362: translating and reprinting articles from
4363: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4364: <p>
4365:
4366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4367: <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 4368: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4369:
4370: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4371: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4372: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4373: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4374: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4375: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4376: <p>
1.19 louis 4377:
1.113 naddy 4378: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4379: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4380: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4381:
4382: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4383: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4384: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4385: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4386: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4387: <p>
1.16 louis 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4390: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4391: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4392: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4393:
1.57 louis 4394: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4395: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4396: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4397: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4398:
1.247 jufi 4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4400: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4401: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4402: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4403:
1.113 naddy 4404: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4407: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4408: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4409: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4410:
1.23 louis 4411: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4412: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4413: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4414: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4415: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4416: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4417:
1.247 jufi 4418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4419: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4420: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4421: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4422:
1.199 pvalchev 4423: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4424: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4425: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4426: installation.
1.113 naddy 4427: <p>
1.47 louis 4428:
1.247 jufi 4429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4430: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4431: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4432: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4433:
1.301 jose 4434: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4435: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4436: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4437: </ul>
1.57 louis 4438:
1.69 deraadt 4439: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4440: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4441:
1.247 jufi 4442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4443: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4444: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4445: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4446:
4447: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4448: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4449: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4450: <p>
1.12 louis 4451:
1.247 jufi 4452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4453: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4454: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4455: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4456:
4457: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4458: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4459: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4460: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4461: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4462: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4463: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4464: <p>
1.247 jufi 4465: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4466:
1.69 deraadt 4467: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4468: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4469:
1.247 jufi 4470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4471: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4472: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4473:
4474: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4475: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4476: available."
1.113 naddy 4477: <p>
1.301 jose 4478:
4479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4480: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4481: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4482: </strong></font><br>
4483:
4484: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4485: <p>
1.247 jufi 4486: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4487:
1.69 deraadt 4488: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4489: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4490:
1.247 jufi 4491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4492: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4493: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4494:
4495: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4496: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4497: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4498: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4499: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4500: <p>
1.33 louis 4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4503: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4504: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4505: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4506:
1.113 naddy 4507: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4508: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4509: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4510: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4511: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4512: <p>
1.247 jufi 4513: </ul>
1.57 louis 4514:
1.69 deraadt 4515: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4516: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4517:
1.247 jufi 4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4519: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4520: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4521: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4522:
4523: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4524: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4525: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4528: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4529: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4530: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4531: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4532:
4533: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4534: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4535:
1.247 jufi 4536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4537: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4538:
1.113 naddy 4539: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4540:
1.247 jufi 4541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4542: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4543: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4544: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4545:
4546: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4547: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4548: </ul>
1.23 louis 4549:
1.69 deraadt 4550: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4551: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4552:
1.247 jufi 4553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4554: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4555: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4556:
4557: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4558: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4559: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4560:
1.247 jufi 4561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4562: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4563: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4564: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4565:
4566: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4567: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4568: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4569: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4570: </ul>
1.57 louis 4571:
1.69 deraadt 4572: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4573: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4574:
1.247 jufi 4575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4576: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4577: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4578: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4579:
4580: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4581: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4582: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4583: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4584: <p>
1.15 louis 4585:
1.247 jufi 4586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4587: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4588: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4589: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4590:
4591: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4592: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4593: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4594: columns."
1.113 naddy 4595: <p>
1.247 jufi 4596: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4597:
1.69 deraadt 4598: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4599: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4600:
1.247 jufi 4601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4602: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4603: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4604: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4605:
4606: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4607: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4608:
1.113 naddy 4609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4610: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4611: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4612:
4613: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4614: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4615: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4616: </ul>
1.57 louis 4617:
1.69 deraadt 4618: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4619: <ul>
1.301 jose 4620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4621: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4622: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4623: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4624:
4625: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4626: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4627: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4628: <p>
4629:
4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4631: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4632: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4633: Nov 13, 1998 and
4634: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4635: Datateknik</a>,
4636: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4637:
1.380 saad 4638: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4639: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4640: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4641: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4642: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4643:
1.113 naddy 4644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4645: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4646: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4647: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4648:
1.222 miod 4649: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4650: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4651: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4652: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4653: <p>
1.247 jufi 4654: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4655:
1.69 deraadt 4656: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4657: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4658:
1.247 jufi 4659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4660: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4661: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4662:
1.69 deraadt 4663: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4664: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4665: <p>
1.247 jufi 4666: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4667:
1.69 deraadt 4668: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4669: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4672: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4673: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4674: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4675:
1.383 jcs 4676: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4677: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4678: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4681: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4682: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4683: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4684: <p>
1.247 jufi 4685: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4686:
1.69 deraadt 4687: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4688: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4689:
1.247 jufi 4690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4691: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4692: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4693: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4694: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4695: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4696:
4697: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4698: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4699: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4700: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4701: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4702: <p>
1.247 jufi 4703: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4704:
4705: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4706: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4707:
1.247 jufi 4708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4709: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4710: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4711:
1.69 deraadt 4712: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4713: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4714: <p>
1.112 naddy 4715:
1.247 jufi 4716: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4717: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4718:
1.292 camield 4719: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4720: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4721: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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