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1.18 deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 18:
1.44 philen 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
20: Security Portal, October 27 1999
21: </strong></font><p>
22:
23: Kurt Seifried
24: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
25: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
26: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
27: <p>
28:
1.41 louis 29: <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>,
30: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
31: </strong></font><p>
32:
33: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
34: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
35:
1.37 louis 36: <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>,
37: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
38: </strong></font><p>
39:
40: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 41: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 42:
1.36 louis 43: <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>,
44: New York Times, October 11, 1999
45: </strong></font><p>
46:
47: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
48: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
49: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
50: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
51: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
52:
53: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991006/ny_ntwrk_s_2.html>NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 54: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
55: </strong></font><p>
56:
1.36 louis 57: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
58: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 59:
1.38 louis 60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 61: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
62: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.38 louis 63: </strong></font><p>
64:
65: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
66: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
67:
1.30 deraadt 68: <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 69: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.30 deraadt 70: </strong></font><p>
1.32 louis 71:
72: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
73: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
74: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 75:
1.29 louis 76: <li><strong>
77: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 78: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.29 louis 79: </strong></font><p>
80:
81: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
82: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
83: with the
84: town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his terminal:
85: <blockquote>
86: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
87: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
88: <br>
89: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
90: </code>
91: </blockquote>
92: <p>
93:
1.16 louis 94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 95: <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<br>
96: <li><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
1.24 deraadt 97: </strong></font><p>
98:
99: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
100: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 101: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 102: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 103:
104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 105: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.19 louis 106: </strong></font><p>
107:
108: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
109: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
110: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
111: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
112: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
113: operating system in the world."<p>
114: <p>
115:
1.43 louis 116: <li><strong>
117: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.16 louis 118: </strong></font><p>
119:
120: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
121: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
122: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.43 louis 123: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved to the archives, free registration required.<p>
1.16 louis 124: <p>
125:
1.1 deraadt 126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 127: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
128: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
129:
130: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
131: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 135: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 136: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.21 louis 137: </strong></font><p>
138:
1.23 louis 139: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
140: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
141: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
142: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
143: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 144: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 145:
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 147: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 148: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.38 louis 149: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.12 louis 150:
151: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
152: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
153: of OpenBSD.<p>
154: <p>
155:
156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 157: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 158: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.38 louis 159: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 160:
161: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
162: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 163: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
164: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
165: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
166: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
167: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 171: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 172: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.38 louis 173: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 174:
1.20 louis 175: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
176: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 180: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20 louis 181: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 182:
183: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
184: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
185: available."
186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 189: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
190: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><p>
191:
192: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
193: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
194: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
195: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
196: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 200: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
201: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
202: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
203: </strong></font><p>
204:
205: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
206: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
207:
208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.23 louis 209: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
210:
211: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
212:
213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
214: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
215: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
216:
217: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
218: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
219:
220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 221: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.38 louis 222: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 223:
224: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
225: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
226: <p>
227:
1.7 deraadt 228: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 230: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 231: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.38 louis 232: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 233:
234: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
235: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
236: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
237: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
238: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
239: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 243: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
244: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.38 louis 245: February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.15 louis 246:
247: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
248: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
249: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
250: over to OpenBSD.
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 254: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
255: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.38 louis 256: February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 257:
258: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
259: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
260: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
261: columns."
262: <p>
263:
1.2 deraadt 264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
265: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 266: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.2 deraadt 267: </strong></font><p>
268:
269: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
270: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
271: Implementation, including a brief interview with
272: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 273: <p>
274:
275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
276: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 277: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 278:
279: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
280: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
284: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 285: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
286: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
287: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.38 louis 288: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 289:
290: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
291: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
292: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
293: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
294: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
298: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
299: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.38 louis 300: July, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 301:
302: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
303: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
304: <p>
305:
306: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.38 louis 307: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><p>
1.18 deraadt 308: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
309: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 310: <p>
311:
1.38 louis 312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
313: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
314: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><p>
315:
316: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
317: OpenBSD is.
318: <p>
319:
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1.27 deraadt 323: <hr>
1.45 ! philen 324: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 325:
1.17 deraadt 326: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
328: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.39 louis 329: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 330:
331: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
332: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
333: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
337: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 338: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 339: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.39 louis 340: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 341:
1.20 louis 342: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
343: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 344: explains the licensing issues and points to our
345: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
346: <p>
347:
1.17 deraadt 348: </dl>
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1.27 deraadt 350: <hr>
1.20 louis 351: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
352:
353: <dl>
354:
355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
356: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
357: Sept. 28, 1999
358: </strong></font><p>
359:
360: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
361: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
362: translating and reprinting articles from
363: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
364: <p>
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