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1.441 deraadt 19: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 ! cloder 22: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
! 23: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
! 24: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
! 26: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
! 27: future enhancements.
! 28: <p>
! 29:
! 30: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 31: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 32: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
33: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
34: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
35: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
36: North America mirror:
37: <ul>
1.449 jcs 38: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
39: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
40: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 41: </ul>
42: European mirror:
43: <ul>
44: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
45: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
46: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
47: </ul>
48: <p>
49:
50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 ! cloder 51: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
! 52: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
! 53: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 54: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
! 55: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
! 56: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
! 57: <p>
! 58:
! 59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 60: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
61: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
62: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
63: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
64: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
65: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
66: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
67: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 71: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
72: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
73: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
74: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
75: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
76: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
77: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
78: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 82: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 83: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 84: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
85: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
86: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
87: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
88: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
89: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
93: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 94: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 95: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
96: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
97: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
98: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
99: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 103: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
104: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
105: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 106: </strong></font><br>
107: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
108: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
109: with OpenBSD.
110: </ul>
111:
1.436 henning 112: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
113: <ul>
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 115: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
116: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
117: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
118: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
119: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
120: than closed source, as we have long contended.
121: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
122: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
123: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
124: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
125: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
126: <p>
127: This article can also be found online as
128: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
129: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 133: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
134: </strong></font><br>
135: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
136: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
137: <p>
138:
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 140: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
141: </strong></font><br>
142: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
143: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 144: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 145: the issues we had with IETF.
146: </ul>
147:
1.431 ian 148: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
149: <ul>
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 151: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
152: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
153: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
154: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
155: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
156: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
157: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 161: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
162: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
163: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
164: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
165: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
166: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 167: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 168: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
169: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
170: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
171: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
172: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
173: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
174: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
175: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
176:
177: </ul>
178:
1.427 matthieu 179: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
180: <ul>
181:
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 183: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
184: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
185: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
186: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
187: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
188: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
189: firmware.
1.434 ian 190: Similar articles can be found online at:
191: <ul>
192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
193: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
194: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
195: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
198: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
199: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
201: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
202: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
203: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
205: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
206: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
207: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
208: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 209: </ul>
210:
1.426 ian 211: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
212: <ul>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
215: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
216: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
217: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
218: This article talks about our systrace
219: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
220: mechanism: what it is and why and
221: how to use it, with examples.
222: Another excerpt from the book
223: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
224: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
228: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
229: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
230: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
231: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
232: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
233: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
234: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
235: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
236: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
237: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
238: This article is a sample chapter from
239: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
240: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
241: <p>
1.443 ian 242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
244: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
245: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
246: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
247: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
248: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
249: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
250: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
251: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
252: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
253: ends with a sidebar on security.
254: <p>
1.426 ian 255: </ul>
256:
1.424 ian 257: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
258: <ul>
259:
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 261: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
262: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
263: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
264: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
265: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
266: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
267: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
268: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
269: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
270: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
271: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
272: <p>
273: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
274: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
275: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
276: <p>
277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 279: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
280: Closed Source Hardware</a>
281: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
282: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
283: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
284: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
285: operating systems.
286: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
287: OpenBSD on his firewall.
288: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
289: systems, he writes:
290: <blockquote>
291: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
292: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
293: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
294: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
295: to the operating system...
296: <br/>
297: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
298: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
299: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
300: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
301: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
302: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
303: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
304: in a closed source operating system).
305: <br/>
306: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
307: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
308: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
309: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
310: </blockquote>
311: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
312: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
313: their hardware and software operates.
314: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
315: reverse-engineering the
316: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
317: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
318: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
319: <p>
320: </ul>
321:
1.417 pvalchev 322: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
323: <ul>
1.421 ian 324:
1.417 pvalchev 325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 326: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
327: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
328: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
329: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
330: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
331: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
332: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
333: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
334: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
335: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
336: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 337: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 338: <p>
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 340: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
341: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
342: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
343: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
344: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
345: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
346: it claims to do".
347: <p>
348:
349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 350: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
351: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
352: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
353: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
354: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 355: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 356: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
357: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
358: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
359: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
360: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
361: (yes, this is a hint).
362: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
363: picked up on the
364: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
365: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
366: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
367: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
368: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 372: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
373: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
374: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
375: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
376: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
377: questions about the significance and rationale behind
378: the current efforts.
379: <p>
380: </ul>
381:
1.407 henning 382: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
383: <ul>
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 385: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
386: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
387: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
388: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
389: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
390: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
391: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
392: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 396: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
397: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
398: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
399: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
400: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
401: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
402: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
403: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
404: of the important changes in 3.6.
405: </p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 408: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
409: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
410: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
411: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
412: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
413: overflow attacks... because
414: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
415: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
416: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
417: and propolice.
418: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
419: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
420: and that's when the science falls apart."
421: <p>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 424: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
425: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
426: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
427: Starts with the question:
428: <blockquote>
429: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
430: <br/>
431: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
432: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
433: <br/>
434: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
435: Should we believe them?"
436: </blockquote>
437: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
438: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
439: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
440: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
441: for your mail, web and other online activities.
442: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 446: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
447: Simple Simon</a>,
448: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
449: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
450: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
451: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
452: routing/firewall, and more.
453: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
454: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
455: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
456: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
457: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
458: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
459: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
460: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
461: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
462: </blockquote>
463: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
464: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
465: <p>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 468: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
469: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 470: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 471: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 472: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
473: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
474: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 475: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 476: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
477: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
478: in spite of it
479: (registration required, but worth it).
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
483: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
484: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
485: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
486: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
487: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
488: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
489: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 490: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 491: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
492: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
493: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
494: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
495: <p>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 498: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
499: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
500: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
501: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
502: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
503: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
504: <blockquote>
505: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
506: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
507: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
508: a lot of analysis.
509: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
510: </blockquote>
511: <p>
512: </ul>
513:
1.400 marco 514: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
515: <ul>
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 517: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
518: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
519: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
520: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
521: UNIX-like systems.
522: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
523: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
524: <p>
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 526: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
527: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 528: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
529: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
530: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
531: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
532: At one point, the article states:
533: <blockquote>
534: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
535: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
536: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
537: </blockquote>
538: And then quotes Theo as saying:
539: <blockquote>
540: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
541: fewer are reading or auditing code."
542: </blockquote>
543: <p>
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
545: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
546: marks its fifth birthday</a>
547: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
548: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
549: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
550: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
551: required).
552: <p>
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 554: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
555: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
556: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
557: </strong></font><br>
558: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
559: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
560: <p>
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 562: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
563: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 564: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 565: </strong></font><br>
566: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
567: <p>
568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 569: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
570: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 571: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 572: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 573: 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 574: <p>
575: </ul>
576:
1.396 henning 577: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
578: <ul>
579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 580: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
581: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
582: Unix Review, July, 2004
583: </strong></font><br>
584: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
585: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
586: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
587: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
588: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
589: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
590: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
591: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
592: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
593: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
594: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
595: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
596: and even spelling/wording errors.
597: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
598: <p>
599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 600: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 601: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
602: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
603: </strong></font><br>
604: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
605: <p>
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 607: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 608: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
609: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
610: </strong></font><br>
611: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
612: <p>
613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 614: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
615: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
616: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
617: </strong></font><br>
618: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
619: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
620: <p>
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 622: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
623: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
624: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
625: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
626: <p>
627: </ul>
628:
1.405 jolan 629: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
630: <ul>
631: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
632: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
633: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
634: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
635: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
636: details on how funds are dispersed.
637: <p>
638: </ul>
639:
1.393 david 640: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
641: <ul>
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 643: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
644: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
645: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
646: </strong></font><br>
647: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
648: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
649: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
650: on inserting large number of SQL records.
651: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
652: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
653: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
654: <p>
655:
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 657: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
658: Secure by Default</a>,
659: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
660: </strong></font><br>
661: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
662: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
666: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
667: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
668: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
669: </strong></font><br>
670: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
671: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
672: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
673: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
674: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
675: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
679: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
680: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
681: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
682: </strong></font><br>
683: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
684: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
685: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
686: <p>
687:
688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
689: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
690: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
691: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
692: </strong></font><br>
693: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
694: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
695: <p>
696: </ul>
697:
1.388 mcbride 698: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
699: <ul>
1.394 jolan 700:
701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
702: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
703: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
704: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
705: </strong></font><br>
706: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
707: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
708: available for sparc64.
709: <p>
710:
1.390 beck 711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 712: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
713: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
714: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
715: </strong></font><br>
716: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
717: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
718: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
719: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 723: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
724: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 725: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 726: </strong></font><br>
727: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
728: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
729: it does: CARP provides sharing
730: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
731: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
732: detail to get you started using it.
733: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
734: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
735: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
736: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
737: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
738: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
739: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 740: <p>
1.391 ian 741:
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 743: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 744: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
745: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 746: </strong></font><br>
747: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 748: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 749: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 750: <p>
1.388 mcbride 751:
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
753: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
754: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 755: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 756: </strong></font><br>
757: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
758: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
759: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
760: unencumbered by patents.
761: <p>
762: </ul>
763:
1.378 henning 764: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
765: <ul>
1.384 jose 766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 768: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
769: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
770: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
771: </strong></font><br>
772: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
773: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
774: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
775: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
776: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
777: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
778: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
779: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
780: in the page tables."
781: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
782: <p>
783:
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 785: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
786: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
787: </strong></font><br>
788: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
789: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
790: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
791: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 792: <p>
1.384 jose 793:
1.378 henning 794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 795: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
796: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 797: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
798: </strong></font><br>
799: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
800: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
801: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
802: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
803: (quote:
804: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
805: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 806: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 807: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
808: the other developers for their work on the system.
809: <p>
810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 812: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
813: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
814: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 815: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 816: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
817: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
818: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
819: too.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 823: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
824: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 825: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 826: OpenBSD source code using
827: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
828: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
829: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
830: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
831: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
832: <p>
833: </ul>
834:
1.374 jose 835: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
836: <ul>
837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 838: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 839: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
840: </strong></font><br>
841: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
842: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
843: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
844: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
845: it."
846: <p>
847:
848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 849: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
850: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
851: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
852: </strong></font><br/>
853: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
854: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
855: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
856: <p>
857: </ul>
858:
1.369 ian 859: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
860: <ul>
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 862: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
863: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
864: </strong></font><br/>
865: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
866: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
867: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
868: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
869: <p>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 872: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
873: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
874: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
875: </strong></font><br/>
876: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
877: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
878: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
879: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
880: form factor.
881: <p>
882:
883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
884: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
885: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
886: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
887: Features</a>,
888: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
889: </strong></font><br/>
890: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
891: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
892: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
893: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
894: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
895: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
896: <p>
897: This article can also be found online at:
898: <ul>
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 900: <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 901: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
902: </strong></font>
903: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
904: </ul>
905: <p>
1.392 david 906:
1.371 jose 907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 908: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
909: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 910: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
911: </strong></font><br/>
912: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
913: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
914: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 915: <p>
1.371 jose 916:
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 918: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 919: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 920: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 921: </strong></font><br/>
922: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
923: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
924: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
925: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
926: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
927: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
928: and its history with OpenBSD.
929: </ul>
930:
1.368 henning 931: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
932: <ul>
933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 934: [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 935: </strong></font><br>
936: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
937: </ul>
938:
1.364 jose 939: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
940: <ul>
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 942: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
943: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
944: UNIX Review,
945: July, 2003.
946: </strong></font><br>
947: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
948: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
949: who want more information.
950: <p>
951:
952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 953: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
954: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
955: Government Computer News,
956: July 22, 2003.
957: </strong></font><br>
958: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
959: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
960: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
961: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
962: <p>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
965: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
966: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
967: SANS Institute,
968: July 22, 2003.
969: </strong></font><br>
970: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 971: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 972: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
973: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
974: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
975: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
976: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
977: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
978: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
979: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
980: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 984: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
985: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
986: OnLamp.com,
987: July 17, 2003.
988: </strong></font><br>
989: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
990: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
991: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
992: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
993: have been working on.
994:
995: </ul>
996:
1.356 jose 997: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 998: <ul>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1001: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1002: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1003: UNIX Review,
1004: June, 2003.
1005: </strong></font><br>
1006: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1007: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1008: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1009: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1010: <p>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1013: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1014: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1015: eWeek,
1016: June 23, 2003.
1017: </strong></font><br>
1018: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1019: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1020: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1021: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1022: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1023: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1024: <p>
1025:
1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1027: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1028: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1029: Software Development Online,
1030: June, 2003.
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1033: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1034: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1035: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1036: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1037: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1038: current activities.
1039: <p>
1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1042: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1043: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1044: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1045: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1046: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1047: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1048: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1049: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1050: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1051: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1052: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1053: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1054: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1055: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1056: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1057: decisions.
1058: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1059: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1060: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1061: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1062: <p>
1063:
1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1065: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1066: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1067: Page 58, eWeek,
1068: June 2, 2003.
1069: </strong></font><br>
1070: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1071: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1072: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1073: been addressed in -current.
1074: <p>
1075:
1.356 jose 1076: </ul>
1077:
1078: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1079: <ul>
1080:
1.355 jose 1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1082: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1083: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1084: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1085: </strong></font><br>
1086: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1087: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1088: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1089: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1090: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1091: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1092: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1093: <p>
1094:
1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1096: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1097: Beyond Linux</a>,
1098: InfoWorld,
1099: May 23, 2003.
1100: </strong></font><br>
1101: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1102: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1103: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1104: compared to the GPL.
1105: <p>
1106:
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1108: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1109: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1110: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1111: May 17, 2003.
1112: </strong></font><br>
1113: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1114: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1115: the business section and half of another page inside
1116: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1117: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1118: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1119: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1120: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1121: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1122: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1123: <br>
1124: This article can also be found online at:
1125: <ul>
1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1127: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1128: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1129: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1130: May 17, 2003
1131: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1132: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1134: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1135: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1136: Montreal Gazette,
1137: May 21, 2003
1138: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1139: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1140: <p>
1.346 ian 1141:
1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1143: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1144: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1145: May 7, 2003.
1146: </strong></font><br>
1147: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1148: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1149: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1150: <p>
1151:
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1153: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1154: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1155: OsOpinion,
1156: May 6, 2003.
1157: </strong></font><br>
1158: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1159: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1160: <br>
1161: This article can also be found online at:
1162: <ul>
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1164: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1165: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1166: NewsFactor Network.
1167: </strong></font>
1168: </ul>
1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1172: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1173: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1174: ITBusiness,
1175: May 2, 2003.
1176: </strong></font><br>
1177: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1178: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1179: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1180: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1181: <p>
1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1184: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1185: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1186: InfoWorld,
1187: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1188: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1189: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1190: <br>
1191: This article can also be found online at:
1192: <ul>
1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1194: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1195: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1196: IDG Singapore.
1197: </strong></font>
1198: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1199: <p>
1200:
1.339 jose 1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1202: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1203: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1204: ZDNet,
1205: May 1, 2003.
1206: </strong></font><br>
1207: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1208: someone using parts from previous articles.
1209: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1210: This article can also be found online at:
1211: <ul>
1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1213: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1214: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1215: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1216: </strong></font>
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1218: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1219: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1220: CNET News.com.
1221: </strong></font>
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1223: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1224: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1225: ZDNet UK.
1226: </strong></font>
1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1228: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1229: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1230: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1231: </strong></font>
1232: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1233: <p>
1.339 jose 1234:
1.341 deraadt 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1236: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1237: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1238: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1239: May 1, 2003.
1240: </strong></font><br>
1241: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1242: that have been added
1243: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1244: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1245: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1246: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1247: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1248: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1249: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1250: <p>
1251:
1252: </ul>
1253:
1.253 ian 1254: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1255: <ul>
1.255 ian 1256:
1.260 ian 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1258: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1259: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1260: TechRepublic,
1261: April 28, 2003.
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1264: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1265: work.<br>
1266: Can also be found online at:
1267: <ul>
1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1269: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1270: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1271: ZDNet UK.
1272: </strong></font>
1273: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1274: <p>
1275:
1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1277: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1278: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1279: IDG,
1280: April 24, 2003.
1281: </strong></font><br>
1282: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1283: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1284: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1285: Can also be found online at:
1286: <ul>
1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1288: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1289: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1290: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1291: </strong></font>
1292: </ul>
1293: <p>
1294:
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1296: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1297: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1298: Slate,
1299: April 24, 2003.
1300: </strong></font><br>
1301: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1302: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1303: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1304: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1305: <p>
1306:
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1308: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1309: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1310: April 24, 2003.
1311: </strong></font><br>
1312: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1313: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1314: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1315: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1316: <p>
1317:
1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1319: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1320: April 24, 2003.
1321: </strong></font><br>
1322: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1323: the free software community".
1324: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1325: other articles.
1326: <p>
1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1329: <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 1330: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1331: </strong></font><br>
1332: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1333: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1334: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1335: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1336: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1337: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1338: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1339: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1340: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1341: <br/>
1342: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1343: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1344: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1345: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1346: <br>
1347: Can also be found online at:
1348: <ul>
1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1350: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1351: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1352: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1353: </strong></font>
1354: </ul>
1.324 ian 1355: <p>
1356:
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1358: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1359: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1360: </strong></font><br>
1361: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1362: article above.
1363: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1364: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1365: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1366: <br>
1367: Can also be found online at:
1368: <ul>
1369: <li>
1370: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1371: </strong></font>
1372: </ul>
1.324 ian 1373: <p>
1374:
1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1376: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1377: </strong></font><br>
1378: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1379: <p>
1380:
1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1382: <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.
1383: </strong></font><br>
1384: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1385: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1386: <p>
1387:
1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1389: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1390: April 23, 2003.
1391: </strong></font><br>
1392: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1393: <p>
1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1396: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1397: April 22, 2003.
1398: </strong></font><br>
1399: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1400: <p>
1401:
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1403: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1404: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1405: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1406: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1407: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1408: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1409: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1410: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1411: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1412: Can also be found online at:
1413: <ul>
1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1415: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1416: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1417: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1418: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1420: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1421: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1422: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1423: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1424: </ul>
1425: <p>
1426:
1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1428: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1429: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1430: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1431: </strong></font><br>
1432: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1433: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1434: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1435: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1436: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1437: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1438: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1439: <p>
1440:
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1442: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1443: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1444: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1445: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1446: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1447: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1448: at UPenn and DARPA.
1449: <p>
1450:
1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1452: [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,
1453: France
1.315 deraadt 1454: April 18, 2003.
1455: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1456: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1457: <p>
1458:
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1460: [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 1461: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1462: </strong></font><br>
1463: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1464: <p>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1467: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1468: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1469: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1470: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1471: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1472: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1473: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1474: <p>
1475:
1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1477: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1478: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1479: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1480: </strong></font><br>
1481: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1482: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1483: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1484: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1485: <p>
1486:
1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1488: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1489: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1490: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1491: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1492: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1493: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1494: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1495: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1496: Can also be found online at:
1497: <ul>
1498: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1499: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1500: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1501: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1502: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1503: <p>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1506: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1507: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1508: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1509: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1510: </strong></font><br>
1511: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1512: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1513: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1514: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1515: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1516:
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1518: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1519: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1520: New York Times.
1521: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1522:
1.273 deraadt 1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1524: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1525: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1526: ABC News.
1527: </strong></font>
1528:
1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1530: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1531: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1532: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1533: </strong></font>
1534:
1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1536: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1537: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1538: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1539: </strong></font>
1540:
1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1542: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1543: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1544: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1545: </strong></font>
1546:
1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1548: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1549: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1550: Times Daily, AL.
1551: </strong></font>
1552:
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1554: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1555: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1556: Boston.com, MA.
1557: </strong></font>
1558:
1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1560: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1561: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1562: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1563: </strong></font>
1564:
1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1566: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1567: [Article was pulled]</a>
1568: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1569: </strong></font>
1570:
1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1572: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1573: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1574: Infoshop News.
1575: </strong></font>
1576:
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1578: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1579: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1580: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1581: </strong></font>
1582:
1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1584: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1585: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1586: Raleigh News, NC.
1587: </strong></font>
1588:
1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1590: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1591: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1592: Napa News, CA.
1593: </strong></font>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1596: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1597: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1598: NEPA News, PA.
1599: </strong></font>
1600:
1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1602: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1603: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1604: Wired News.
1605: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1606: <br>
1607: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1608: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1609: [JAPANESE]
1610: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1611: Wired News Japan</a>
1612: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1613:
1.271 deraadt 1614: </ul>
1615: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1616: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1617: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1618: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1619: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1620: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1621: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1622: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1623: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1624: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1625: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1626: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1627: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1628: <p>
1629: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1630:
1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1632: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1633: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1634: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1635: </strong></font>
1636:
1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1638: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1639: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1640: Miami Herald, FL.
1641: </strong></font>
1642:
1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1644: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1645: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1646: </strong></font>
1647:
1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1649: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1650: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1651: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1652: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1653:
1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1655: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1656: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1657: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1658: ABC News.
1659: </strong></font>
1660:
1.276 deraadt 1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1662: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1663: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1664: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1665: </strong></font>
1666:
1.286 dhartmei 1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1668: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1669: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1670: Wilmington Star, NC.
1671: </strong></font>
1672:
1.300 jose 1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1674: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1675: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1676: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1677: </strong></font>
1678:
1.309 jose 1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1680: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1681: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1682: Globe Technology.
1683: </strong></font>
1684:
1.263 deraadt 1685: </ul>
1.262 beck 1686: <p>
1687:
1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1689: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1690: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1691: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1692: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1693: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1694: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1695: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1696: <p>
1697:
1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1699: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1700: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1701: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1702: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1703: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1704: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1705: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1706: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1707: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1708: and simply restates other press reports.
1709: <p>
1710:
1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1712: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1713: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1714: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1715: </strong></font><br>
1716: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1717: <p>
1718:
1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1720: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1721: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1722: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1723: </strong></font><br>
1724: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1725: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1726: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1730: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1731: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1732: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1733: April 17, 2003.
1734: </strong></font><br>
1735: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1736: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1737: Tech Anthems</a>
1738: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1739: 4 so far.
1740: <p>
1741:
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1743: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1744: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1745: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1746: </strong></font><br>
1747: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1748: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1749: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1750: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1751: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1752: Goes on to say:
1753: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1754: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1755: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1756: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1757: This article is also found online at:
1758: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1760: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1761: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1762: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1763: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1765: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1766: ZDnet</a>,
1767: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1768: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1770: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1771: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1772: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1773: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1774: </ul>
1.260 ian 1775: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1776:
1.260 ian 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1778: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1779: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1780: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1781: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1782: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1783: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1784: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1785: without notice or justification.
1786: <p>
1787:
1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1789: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1790: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1791: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1792: </strong></font><br>
1793: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1794: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1795: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1796: effective today, without any warning..."
1797: <p>
1.257 ian 1798:
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1800: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1801: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1802: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1803: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1804: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1805: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1806: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1807: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1808: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1809: <p>
1810:
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1812: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1813: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1814: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1815: </strong></font><br>
1816: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1817: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1818: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1819: quoting two of them:
1820: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1821: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1822: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1823: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1824: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1825: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1826: <p>
1827:
1.255 ian 1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1829: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1830: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1831: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1832: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1833: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1834: <p>
1835:
1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1837: [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 1838: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1839: </strong></font><br>
1840: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1841: <p>
1842:
1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1844: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1845: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1846: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1847: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1848: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1849: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1850: security experts for more than three decades."
1851: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1852: <p>
1.261 ian 1853:
1.254 drahn 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1855: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1856: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1857: </strong></font><br>
1858: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1859: <p>
1860:
1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1862: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1863: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1864: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1865: </strong></font><br>
1866: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1867: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1868: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1869: <p>
1870:
1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1872: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1873: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1874: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1875: </strong></font><br>
1876: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1877: from US DARPA.
1878: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1879: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1880: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1881: the BSD license.
1882: <p>
1883: </ul>
1884:
1.251 ian 1885: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1886: <ul>
1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1889: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1890: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1891: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893:
1894: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1895: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1896: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1897: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1898: <p>
1899:
1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1901: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1902: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1903: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1904: </strong></font><br>
1905: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1906: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1907: Mentions
1908: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1909: and
1910: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1911: programs.
1912: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1913: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1914: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1915: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1916: <p>
1.325 ian 1917: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1918: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1919:
1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1921: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1922: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1923: </strong></font><br>
1924: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1925: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1926: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1927: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1928: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1929: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1930: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1931: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1932: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1933: put into service."
1934: <p>
1935: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1936: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1937: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1938: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1939: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1940: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1941: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1942: computers with security features."
1943: <p>
1.329 ian 1944:
1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1946: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1947: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1948: Slate,
1949: March 3, 2003.
1950: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1951: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1952: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1953: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1954: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1955: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1956: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1957: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1958: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1959: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1960: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1961: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1962: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1963: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1964: of more secure open-source solutions like
1965: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1966: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1967: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1968: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1969: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1970: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1971: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1972: the Beltway."
1973: <p>
1.251 ian 1974: </ul>
1975:
1.249 jufi 1976: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1977: <ul>
1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1979: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1980: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1981: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1982: </strong></font><br>
1983: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1984: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1985: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1986: <p>
1.334 ian 1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1989: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1990: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1991: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1994: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1995: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1996: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1997: "... the hypothetical question ...
1998: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1999: <br>
2000: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2001: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2002: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2003: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2004: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2005: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2006: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2007: support network security.
2008: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2009: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2010: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2011: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2012: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2013: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2014: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2015: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2016: <br>
2017: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2018: <p>
2019:
1.249 jufi 2020: </ul>
2021:
1.246 jufi 2022: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2023: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2026: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2027: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
2028: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2029: </strong></font><br>
2030: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2031: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2032: <p>
2033:
1.247 jufi 2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2035: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2036: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
2037: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2040: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2041: <p>
2042:
2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2044: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2045: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
2046: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2047: </strong></font><br>
2048: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2049: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2050: <p>
1.247 jufi 2051: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2052:
1.244 jufi 2053: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2054: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2057: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2058: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2059: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2060: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2061: </strong></font><br>
2062: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2063: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2064: md5 digests.
2065: <p>
2066:
1.247 jufi 2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2068: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2069: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2070: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2071: </strong></font><br>
2072: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2073: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2074: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2075: right the first time."
2076: <p>
1.247 jufi 2077: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2078:
2079:
2080: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2081: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2084: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2085: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2086: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2087: </strong></font><br>
2088: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2089: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2090: part 6</a>.
2091: <p>
2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2094: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2095: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2096: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2097: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2098: </strong></font><br>
2099: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2100: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2101: <p>
1.301 jose 2102:
2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2104: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2105: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2106: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2107: </strong></font><br>
2108:
2109: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2110: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2111: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2112: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2113: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2114: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2115: <i>Here's the
2116: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2117: <p>
1.247 jufi 2118: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2119:
2120: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2121: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2122:
1.247 jufi 2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2124: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2125: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2126: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2127: </strong></font><br>
2128: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2129: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2130: <p>
2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2133: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2134: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2135: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2136: </strong></font><br>
2137: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2138: this time using pf.
2139: <p>
1.247 jufi 2140: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2141:
2142: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2143: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2144:
1.247 jufi 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2146: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2147: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2148: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2149: </strong></font><br>
2150: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2151: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2152: their rotation.
2153: <p>
2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2156: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2157: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2158: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2159: </strong></font><br>
2160: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2161: <p>
1.247 jufi 2162: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2163:
1.239 jufi 2164: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2165: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2168: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2169: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2170: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2171: </strong></font><br>
2172: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2173: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2174: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2175: <p>
2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2178: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2179: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2180: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2181: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2182: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2183: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2184: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2185: <p>
1.247 jufi 2186: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2187:
1.235 lebel 2188: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2189: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2190:
1.239 jufi 2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2193: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2194: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2195: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2196: </strong></font><br>
2197: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2198: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2199: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2200: <p>
1.301 jose 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2203:
1.228 horacio 2204: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2205: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2209: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2210: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2211: </strong></font><br>
2212: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2213: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2214: <p>
2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2217: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2218: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2219: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2220: </strong></font><br>
2221: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2222: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2223: <p>
2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2226: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2227: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2228: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2229: </strong></font><br>
2230: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2231: on the desktop of his parents.
2232: <p>
2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2235: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2236: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2237: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2238: </strong></font><br>
2239: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2240: using IPFilter.
2241:
2242: <p>
2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2245: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2246: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2247: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2248: </strong></font><br>
2249: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2250: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2251: perspectives of the four OS.
2252: <br>
2253: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2254: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2255: <p>
2256:
1.247 jufi 2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2258: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2259: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2260: software and security</a>,
2261: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263:
2264: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2265: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2266: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2267: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2268: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2269: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2270: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2271: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2272: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2273: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2274: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2275: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2276: <p>
1.247 jufi 2277: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2278:
1.225 horacio 2279: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2280: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2281:
1.247 jufi 2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2283: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2284: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2285: Interview</a>,
2286: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2287: </strong></font><br>
2288:
2289: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2290: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2291: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2292: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2293: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2294: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2295: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2296: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2297: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2298: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2299: of choice.
2300: <p>
1.247 jufi 2301: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2302:
2303: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2304: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2307: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2308: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2309: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2310: </strong></font><br>
2311:
2312: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2313: <p>
2314:
1.247 jufi 2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2316: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2317: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2318: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2319: </strong></font><br>
2320:
2321: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2322: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2323: <p>
1.247 jufi 2324: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2325:
1.218 horacio 2326: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2327: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2330: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2331: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2332: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2333: </strong></font><br>
2334:
2335: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2336: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2337: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2338: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2339: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2340: subjects. Worth a read.
2341: <p>
2342:
2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2345: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2346: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2347: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2348: </strong></font><br>
2349:
2350: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2351: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2352: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2353: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2354: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2355: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2356: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2357: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2358: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2359: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2360: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2361: on other operating systems.<br>
2362: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2363: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2364: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2365: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2366: <p>
2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2369: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2370: Operating System 2010</a>,
2371: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2375: covering the level of software integration into the core
2376: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2377: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2378: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2379: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2380: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2381: <p>
2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2384: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2385: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2386: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2387: </strong></font><br>
2388:
2389: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2390: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2391: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2392: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2393: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2394: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2395: <p>
1.247 jufi 2396: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2397:
1.210 jufi 2398: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2399: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2402: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2403: Already a Contender</a>,
2404: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2405: </strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2408: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2409: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2410: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2411: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2412: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2413: <p>
2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2416: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2417: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2418: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2419: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2420:
1.224 horacio 2421: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2422: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2423: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2424: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2425: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2426: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2427: <p>
1.247 jufi 2428: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2429:
2430: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2431: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2434: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2435: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2436: Division</a>,
2437: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2438: </strong></font><br>
2439:
2440: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2441: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2442: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2443: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2444: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2445: investment</em>.<br>
2446: The implementation details can be seen on their
2447: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2448: <p>
2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2451: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2452: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2453: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2457: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2458: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2459: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2460: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2461: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2462: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2463: <p>
2464:
2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2466: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2467: Thinking about Security</a>,
2468: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2469: </strong></font><br>
2470:
2471: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2472: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2473: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2474: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2475: to time.<br>
2476: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2477: system and just the most secure system.
2478: <p>
2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2481: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2482: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2483: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2484: </strong></font><br>
2485:
2486: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2487: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2488: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2489: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2490: choice:<br>
2491: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2492: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2493: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2494: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2495: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2496: network security devices and as such must be well
2497: armored."</em><br>
2498: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2499: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2500: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2501: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2502: <br>
2503: Bravo!
2504: <p>
1.247 jufi 2505: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2506:
1.207 ian 2507: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2508: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2511: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2512: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2513: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2514:
1.207 ian 2515: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2516: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2517: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2518: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2519: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2520: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2521: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2522: <p>
1.247 jufi 2523: </ul>
1.207 ian 2524:
1.194 jufi 2525: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2526: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2529: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2530: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2531: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2532: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2533:
1.240 miod 2534: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2535: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2536: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2537: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2538: <p>
2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2541: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2542: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2543: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2544:
2545: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2546: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2547: <p>
2548:
2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2550: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2551: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2552: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2553:
2554: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2558: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2559: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2560: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2561: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2562:
1.240 miod 2563: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2564: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2565: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2566: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2567: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2568: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2569: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2570: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2571: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2572: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2573: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2574: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2575: <p>
2576:
1.247 jufi 2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2578: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2579: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2580: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2581: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2582:
1.194 jufi 2583: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2584: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2585: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2586: <br>
2587: The new
2588: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2589: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2590: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2591: <p>
1.247 jufi 2592: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2593:
1.190 horacio 2594: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2595: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2598:
2599: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2600: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2601:
1.301 jose 2602:
1.191 jufi 2603: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2604: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2605:
2606: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2607: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2608:
1.212 horacio 2609: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2610: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2611: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2612:
1.211 horacio 2613: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2614: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2615: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2618: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2619:
1.247 jufi 2620: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2621: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2622:
1.212 horacio 2623: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2624: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2625: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2626:
2627: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2628: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2629:
2630: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2631: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2632:
1.301 jose 2633: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2634: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2635:
1.191 jufi 2636: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2637: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2638:
2639: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2640: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2641:
1.192 jufi 2642: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2643: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2644: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2645:
1.193 deraadt 2646: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2647: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2648: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2651: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2654: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2655: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2656:
1.213 horacio 2657: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2658: 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 2659: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2660:
1.190 horacio 2661: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2662: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2663: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2664: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2665: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2666: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2667: <p>
1.190 horacio 2668:
1.247 jufi 2669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2670: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2671: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2672: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2673: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2674:
1.195 jufi 2675: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2676: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2677: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2678: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2679: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2680: <p>
2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2683: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2684: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2685: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2686: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2687:
1.191 jufi 2688: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2689: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2690: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2691: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2692: <p>
2693:
2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2695: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2696: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2697: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2698:
2699: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2700: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2701: <p>
1.247 jufi 2702: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2703:
1.191 jufi 2704:
1.186 jufi 2705: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2706: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2709: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2710: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2711: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2713:
1.188 jufi 2714: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2715: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2716: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2717: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2718: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2719: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2720: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2721: <p>
2722:
1.301 jose 2723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2724: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2725: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2726: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2727:
2728: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2729: <p>
1.191 jufi 2730:
1.247 jufi 2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2732: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2733: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2734: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2735: </strong></font><br>
2736:
2737: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2738: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2739: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2740: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2741: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2742: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2743: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2744: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2745: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2746: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2747: familiar?
2748: <p>
1.247 jufi 2749: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2750:
1.178 louis 2751: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2752: <ul>
1.178 louis 2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2755: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2756: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2757: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2758: </strong></font><br>
2759:
2760: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2761: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2762: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2763: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2764: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2765: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2766: <p>
2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2769: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2770: Open source under the hood</a>,
2771: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2772: </strong></font><br>
2773:
2774: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2775: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2776: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2777: <p>
2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2780: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2781: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2782: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2783: </strong></font><br>
2784:
2785: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2786: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2787: <p>
1.247 jufi 2788: </ul>
1.179 louis 2789:
1.174 louis 2790:
1.175 louis 2791: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2792: <ul>
1.175 louis 2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2795: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2796: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2797: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2798: </strong></font><br>
2799:
2800: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2801: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2802: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2803: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2804: <p>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2807: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2808: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2809: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2810: </strong></font><br>
2811:
2812: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2813: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2814: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2815: <p>
1.247 jufi 2816: </ul>
1.175 louis 2817:
1.176 louis 2818:
1.172 mickey 2819: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2820: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2823: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2824: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2825: </strong></font><br>
2826:
2827: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2828: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2829: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2830: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2831: <p>
2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2834: <a
1.269 deraadt 2835: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2836: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2837: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2838: </strong></font><br>
2839:
2840: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2841: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2842: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2843: <p>
2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2846: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2847: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2848: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2849: </strong></font><br>
2850:
2851: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2852: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2853: <p>
2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2856: <a
1.269 deraadt 2857: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2858: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2859: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2860: </strong></font><br>
2861:
2862: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2863: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2864: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2865: our own Theo de Raadt.
2866: <p>
2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2869: <a
1.269 deraadt 2870: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2871: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2872: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2873: </strong></font><br>
2874:
2875: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2876: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2877: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2878: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2879: shut down.]
2880: <p>
2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2883: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2884: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2885: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2886: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
2889: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2890: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2891: <p>
1.247 jufi 2892: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2893:
1.161 louis 2894: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2895: <ul>
1.161 louis 2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2898: <a
1.269 deraadt 2899: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2900: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2901: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2902: </strong></font><br>
2903:
2904: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2905: by John Wolley
2906: <p>
2907:
1.247 jufi 2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2909: <a
1.269 deraadt 2910: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2911: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2912: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2913: </strong></font><br>
2914:
2915: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2916: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2917: OpenBSD).
2918: <p>
2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2921: <a
1.247 jufi 2922: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2923: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2924: </strong></font><br>
2925:
2926: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2927: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2928: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2929: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2930: and hindsight.
2931: <p>
2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2934: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2935: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2936: </strong></font><br>
2937:
2938: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2939: <p>
2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2942: <a
1.168 provos 2943: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2944: December 7, 2000
2945: </strong></font><br>
2946:
2947: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2948: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2949: us explain.
2950: <p>
2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2953: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2954: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2955: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2956: December 6, 2000
2957: </strong></font><br>
2958:
2959: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2960: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2961: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2962: <p>
2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2965: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2966: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2967: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2968: </strong></font><br>
2969:
2970: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2971: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2972: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2973: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2974: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2975: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2976: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2977: <p>
2978:
2979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2980: <a
1.226 horacio 2981: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2982: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2983: </strong></font><br>
2984:
2985: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2986: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2987: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2988: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2989: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2990: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2991: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2992: <p>
1.162 millert 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2995: <a
1.161 louis 2996: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2997: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2998: </strong></font><br>
2999:
3000: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3001: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3002: <p>
3003:
1.247 jufi 3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3005: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3006: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3007: </strong></font><br>
3008:
3009: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3010: <p>
3011:
3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3014: <a
1.226 horacio 3015: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3016: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3017: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3018: </strong></font><br>
3019:
3020: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3021: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3022: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3023: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3024: <p>
1.247 jufi 3025: </ul>
1.169 louis 3026:
1.158 louis 3027: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3028: <ul>
1.147 louis 3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3031: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3032: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3033: </strong></font><br>
3034:
3035: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3036: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3037: <p>
3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3040: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3041: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3042: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3043: </strong></font><br>
3044: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3045: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3046: <p>
3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3049: <a
3050: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3051: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3052: </strong></font><br>
3053:
3054: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3055: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3056: <p>
3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3059: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3060: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3061: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3062:
1.213 horacio 3063: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3064: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3065: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3066: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3067: <p>
1.215 horacio 3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3070: <a
3071: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3072: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3073: </strong></font><br>
3074:
3075: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3076: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3077: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3078: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3079: much of the attitude too).
3080: <p>
1.161 louis 3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3083: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3084: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3085: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3086:
1.157 louis 3087: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3088: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3089: <p>
1.247 jufi 3090: </ul>
1.157 louis 3091:
3092: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3093: <ul>
1.157 louis 3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3096: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3097: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3101: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3102: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3103: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3104: <p>
3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3107: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3108: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3109: </strong></font><br>
3110:
3111: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3112: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3113: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3114: it because they love coding...
3115: <p>
3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3118: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3119: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3120: </strong></font><br>
3121:
3122: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3123: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3124: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3125: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3126: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3127: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3128: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3129: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3130: <p>
3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3133: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3134: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3135: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3136: </strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3139: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3140: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3141: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3142: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3143: the pizza.
3144: <p>
3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3147: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3148: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3149: </strong></font><br>
3150:
3151: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3152: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3153: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3154: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3155: problems.
3156: <p>
3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3159: <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 3160: </strong></font><br>
3161:
1.222 miod 3162: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3163: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3164: - whether they like it or not.
3165: <p>
3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3168: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3169: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3170: </strong></font><br>
3171:
3172: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3173: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3174: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3175: <p>
1.148 aaron 3176:
1.247 jufi 3177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3178: <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 3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3182: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3183: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3184: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3185: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3186: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3187: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3188: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3189: <p>
3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3192: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3193: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3194: </strong></font><br>
3195:
3196: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3197: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3198: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3199: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3200: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3201: <p>
1.247 jufi 3202: </ul>
1.147 louis 3203:
1.138 louis 3204: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3205: <ul>
1.138 louis 3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3208: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3209: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3210: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3211: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3212: </strong></font><br>
3213:
1.227 horacio 3214: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3215: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3216: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3217: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3218: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3219: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3220: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3221: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3222: <p>
3223:
1.247 jufi 3224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3225: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3226: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3230: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3231: groups, and even Linux.
3232: <p>
3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3235: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3236: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3237: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3238: </strong></font><br>
3239:
3240: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3241: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3242: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3243: library after installing the OS.
3244: <p>
3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3247: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3248: Sys Admin, September 2000
3249: </strong></font><br>
3250:
3251: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3252: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3253: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3254: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3255: (<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>,
3256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3257: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3258: <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 3259: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3260: out of the system.
3261: <p>
3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3264: <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
3265: </strong></font><br>
3266:
3267: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3268: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3269: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3270: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3271: the IP filtering and address translation.
3272: <p>
1.301 jose 3273:
3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3275: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3276: </strong></font><br>
3277:
3278: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3279: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3280: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3281: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3282: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3283: <p>
1.247 jufi 3284: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3285:
1.131 louis 3286: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3287: <ul>
1.131 louis 3288:
1.247 jufi 3289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3290: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3291: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3292: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3293: </strong></font><br>
3294:
3295: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3296: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3297: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3298: <p>
3299:
1.247 jufi 3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3301: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3302: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3303: </strong></font><br>
3304:
3305: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3306: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3307: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3308: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3309: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3310: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3311: note of"</i>.
3312: <p>
3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3315: <a
1.247 jufi 3316: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3317: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3321: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3322: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3323: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3324: <p>
3325:
1.247 jufi 3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3327: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3328: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3329: </strong></font><br>
3330:
3331: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3332: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3333: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3334: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3335: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3336: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3337: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3338: <p>
3339:
1.247 jufi 3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3341: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3342: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3343: 2000
3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3347: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3348: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3349: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3350: against current industry practices.
3351: <p>
3352:
1.247 jufi 3353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3354: <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
3355: </strong></font><br>
3356:
3357: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3358: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3359: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3360: <p>
3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3363: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3364: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3365: </strong></font><br>
3366:
3367: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3368: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3369: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3370: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3371: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3372: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3373: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3374: <p>
3375:
1.247 jufi 3376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3377: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3378: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3379: </strong></font><br>
3380:
3381: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3382: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3383: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3384: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3385: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3386: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3387: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3388: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3389: <p>
1.247 jufi 3390: </ul>
1.131 louis 3391:
1.118 louis 3392: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3393: <ul>
1.118 louis 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3396: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3397: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3398: </strong></font><br>
3399:
3400: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3401: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3402: about time. The article mentions that
3403: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3404: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3405: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3406: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3407: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3408: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3409: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3410: <p>
3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3413: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3414: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3415: </strong></font><br>
3416:
3417: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3418: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3419: of OpenSSH.
3420: <p>
3421:
1.247 jufi 3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3423: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3424: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3425: </strong></font><br>
3426:
3427: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3428: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3429: bridging.
3430: <p>
3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3433: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3434: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3435: </strong></font><br>
3436:
1.121 deraadt 3437: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3438: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3439: <p>
3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3442: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3443: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3444: </strong></font><br>
3445:
3446: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3447: <p>
3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3450: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3451: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3452: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3453: </strong></font><br>
3454:
1.120 deraadt 3455: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3456: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3457: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3458: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3459: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3460: <p>
3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3463: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3464: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3465: </strong></font><br>
3466:
1.222 miod 3467: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3468: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3469: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3470: protocols and their quirks.
3471: <p>
3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3474: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3475: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3476: </strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3479: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3480: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3481: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3482: <p>
3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3485: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3486: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3487: </strong></font><br>
3488:
3489: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3490: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3491: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3492: <p>
3493:
1.247 jufi 3494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3495: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3496: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3497: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3498: </strong></font><br>
3499:
3500: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3501: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3502: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3503: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3504: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3505: <p>
1.247 jufi 3506: </ul>
1.118 louis 3507:
1.104 louis 3508: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3509: <ul>
1.104 louis 3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3512: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3513: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3514: </strong></font><br>
3515:
3516: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3517: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3518: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3519: be a bit dry.
3520: <p>
3521:
1.247 jufi 3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3523: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3524: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3525: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3526: </strong></font><br>
3527: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3528: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3529: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3530: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3531: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3532: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3533: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3534: <p>
3535:
1.247 jufi 3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3537: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3538: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3539: 2000
1.128 louis 3540: </strong></font><br>
3541:
3542: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3543: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3544: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3545: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3546: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3547: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3548: <p>
3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3551: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3552: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3553: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3554:
3555: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3556: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3557: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3558: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3559: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3560: <p>
1.110 louis 3561:
1.247 jufi 3562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3563: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3564: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3565: </strong></font><br>
3566:
3567: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3568: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3569: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3570: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3571: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3572: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3573: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3574: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3575: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3576: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3577: <p>
3578:
1.247 jufi 3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3580: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3581: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3582:
3583: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3584: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3585: <p>
1.108 louis 3586:
1.247 jufi 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3588: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3589: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3590: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3591:
3592: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3593: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3594: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3595: <p>
1.106 louis 3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3598: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3599: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3600: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3601:
3602: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3603: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3604: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3605: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3606: <p>
1.107 louis 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3609: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3610: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3611: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3612:
3613: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3614: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3615: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3616: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3617: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3618: <p>
1.105 louis 3619:
1.247 jufi 3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3621: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3622: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3623: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3624:
1.113 naddy 3625: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3626: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3627: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3628: <p>
1.104 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3631: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3632: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3633: </strong></font><br>
3634:
3635: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3636: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3637: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3638: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3639: <p>
1.301 jose 3640:
3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3642: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3643: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3644: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3645:
3646: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3647: hardware-supported cryptography.
3648: <p>
1.247 jufi 3649: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3650:
1.85 louis 3651: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3652: <ul>
1.85 louis 3653:
1.247 jufi 3654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3655: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3656: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3657: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3658:
3659: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3660: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3661: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3662: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3663: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3664: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3665: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3666: <p>
1.99 louis 3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3669: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3670: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3671: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3672:
3673: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3674: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3675: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3676: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3677: <p>
1.100 louis 3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3680: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3681: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3682: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3683:
3684: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3685: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3686: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3687: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3688: <p>
1.95 louis 3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3691: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3692: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3693: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3694:
3695: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3696: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3697: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3698: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3699: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3700: <p>
1.92 louis 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3703: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3704: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3705: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3706:
3707: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3708: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3709: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3710: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3711: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3712: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3713: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3714: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3715: <p>
1.91 louis 3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3718: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3719: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3720: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3721:
3722: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3723: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3724: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3725: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3726: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3727: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3728: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3729: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3730: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3731: <p>
1.90 louis 3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3734: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3735: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3736: </strong></font><br>
3737: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3738: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3739: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3740: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3741: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3742: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3743: <p>
3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3746: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3747: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3748: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3749:
1.113 naddy 3750: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3751: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3752: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3753: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3754: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3755: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3756: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3757: <p>
1.87 louis 3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3760: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3761: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3762: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3763:
3764: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3765: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3766: <p>
1.85 louis 3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3769: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3770: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3771: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3772:
3773: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3774: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3775: <p>
3776:
3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3778: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3779: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3780: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3781:
3782: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3783: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3784: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3785: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3786: <p>
1.89 louis 3787:
1.247 jufi 3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3789: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3790: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3791: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3792:
3793: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3794: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3795: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3796: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3797: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3798: </ul>
1.85 louis 3799:
1.78 deraadt 3800: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3801: <ul>
1.74 louis 3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3804: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3805: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3806: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3807: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3808:
3809: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3810: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3811: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3812: <p>
1.83 louis 3813:
1.247 jufi 3814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3815: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3816: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3817: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3818:
3819: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3820: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3821: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3822: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3823: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3824: <p>
1.93 louis 3825:
1.247 jufi 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3827: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3828: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3829: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3830: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3831:
1.83 louis 3832: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3833: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3834: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3835: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3836: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3837: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3838: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3839: <p>
1.82 aaron 3840:
1.247 jufi 3841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3842: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3843: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3844: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3845:
1.83 louis 3846: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3847: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3848: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3849: <p>
1.80 louis 3850:
1.247 jufi 3851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3852: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3853: Bad Press</a>,
3854: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3855: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3856:
3857: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3858: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3859: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3860: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3861: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3862: <p>
1.247 jufi 3863: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3864:
3865: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3866: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3869: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3870: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3871: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3872: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3873:
3874: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3875: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3876: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3877: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3878: <p>
1.74 louis 3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3881: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3882: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3883: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3884:
1.219 horacio 3885: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3886: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3887: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3888: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3889: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3890: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3891: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3892: <p>
1.88 louis 3893:
1.247 jufi 3894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3895: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3896: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3897: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3898:
3899: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3900: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3901: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3902: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3903: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3904: <p>
1.81 louis 3905:
1.247 jufi 3906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3907: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3908: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3909: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3910:
3911: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3912: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3913: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3914: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3915: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3916: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3917: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3918: <p>
1.90 louis 3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3921: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3922: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3923: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3924:
3925: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3926: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3927: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3928: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3929: <p>
1.247 jufi 3930: </ul>
1.71 louis 3931:
1.69 deraadt 3932: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3933: <ul>
1.70 louis 3934:
1.247 jufi 3935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3936: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3937: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3938: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3939:
3940: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3941: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3942: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3943: <p>
1.70 louis 3944:
1.247 jufi 3945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3946: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3947: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3948: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3949:
3950: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3951: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3952: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3953: <p>
1.68 louis 3954:
1.247 jufi 3955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3956: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3957: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3958: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3959: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3960:
1.111 jufi 3961: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3962: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3963: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3964: "secure by default" installation.
3965: <p>
1.64 louis 3966:
1.247 jufi 3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3968: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3969: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3970: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3971:
1.113 naddy 3972: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3973: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3974: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3975: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3976: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3977: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3978: <p>
1.66 louis 3979:
1.247 jufi 3980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3981: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3982: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3983: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3984:
3985: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3986: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3987: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3988: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3989: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3990: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3991: <p>
1.83 louis 3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3994: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3995: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3996: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3997:
3998: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3999: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4000: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4001: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4002: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4003: <p>
1.64 louis 4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4006: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4007: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4008: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4009:
4010: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4011: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4012: <p>
1.301 jose 4013:
4014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4015: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4016: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4017: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4018: </strong></font><br>
4019:
4020: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4021: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4022: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4023: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4024: Giving way to
4025: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4026: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4027: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4028: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4029: <p>
1.247 jufi 4030: </ul>
1.65 louis 4031:
1.69 deraadt 4032: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4033: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4034:
1.247 jufi 4035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4036: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4037: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4038: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4039:
4040: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4041: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4042: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4043: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4044: <p>
1.88 louis 4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4047: <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 4048: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4049:
4050: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4051: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4052: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4053: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4054: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4055: <p>
1.60 louis 4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4058: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4059: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4060: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4061: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4062:
4063: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4064: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4065: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4066: <p>
1.58 louis 4067:
1.247 jufi 4068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4069: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4070: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4071:
4072: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4073: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4074: <p>
1.53 louis 4075:
1.247 jufi 4076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4077: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4078: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4079: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4080:
4081: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4082: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4083: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4084: <p>
1.99 louis 4085:
1.247 jufi 4086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4087: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4088: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4089:
4090: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4091: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4092: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4093: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4094: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4095:
1.247 jufi 4096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4097: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4098: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4099: </strong></font><br>
4100:
4101: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4102: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4103: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4104: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4108: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4109: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4110: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4111:
4112: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4113: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4114: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4117: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4118: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4119:
4120: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4121: in
1.247 jufi 4122: <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 4123: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4124: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4125: <p>
1.53 louis 4126:
1.247 jufi 4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4128: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4129: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4130: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4131: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4132:
1.58 louis 4133: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4134: <p>
1.301 jose 4135:
4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4137: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4138: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4139: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4140: Informacyjny, January 2000
4141: </strong></font><br>
4142:
4143: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4144: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4145: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4146: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4147: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4148: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4149: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4150: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4151: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4152: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4153: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4154: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4155: <p>
4156:
4157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4158: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4159: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4160: </strong></font><br>
4161:
4162: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4163: <p>
4164: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4165:
1.69 deraadt 4166: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4167: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4168:
1.247 jufi 4169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4170: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4171: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4172: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4173: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4174:
1.58 louis 4175: Kurt Seifried
4176: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4177: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4178: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4179: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4180:
1.247 jufi 4181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4182: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4183: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4184: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4185:
4186: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4187: <p>
1.96 louis 4188:
1.247 jufi 4189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4190: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4191: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4192: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4193: </strong></font><br>
4194:
4195: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4196: <p>
4197:
4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4199: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4200: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4201: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4202:
4203: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4204: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4205: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4206: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4207: <p>
1.247 jufi 4208: </ul>
1.86 louis 4209:
1.69 deraadt 4210: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4211: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4212:
1.247 jufi 4213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4214: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4215: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4216: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4217:
4218: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4219: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4220: <p>
1.61 louis 4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4223: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4224: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4225: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4226: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4227:
4228: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4229: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4230: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4231: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4232: right -- or at least strives to".
4233: <p>
1.48 louis 4234:
1.247 jufi 4235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4236: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4237: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4238: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4239: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4240: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4241: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4242: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4243: <p>
1.61 louis 4244:
1.247 jufi 4245: <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 4246: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4248:
4249: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4250: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4251: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4252: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4253: <p>
1.46 louis 4254:
1.247 jufi 4255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4256: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4257: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4258: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4259:
4260: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4261: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4262: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4263:
1.247 jufi 4264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4265: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4266: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4267: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4268:
4269: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4270: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4271: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4272: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4273: <p>
1.247 jufi 4274: </ul>
1.70 louis 4275:
1.69 deraadt 4276: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4277: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4278:
1.247 jufi 4279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4280: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4281: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4282: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4283: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4284:
4285: Kurt Seifried
4286: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4287: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4288: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4289: <p>
1.44 philen 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <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 4292: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4293: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4294:
4295: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4296: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4297:
1.247 jufi 4298: <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 4299: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4300: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4301:
4302: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4303: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4304:
1.247 jufi 4305: <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 4306: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4307: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4308:
4309: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4310: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4311: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4312: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4313: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4314:
1.247 jufi 4315: <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 4316: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4317: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4318:
1.36 louis 4319: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4320: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4321:
1.247 jufi 4322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4323: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4324: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4325: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4326:
4327: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4328: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4329: </ul>
1.38 louis 4330:
1.69 deraadt 4331: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4332: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <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 4335: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4336: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4337:
4338: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4339: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4340: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4341:
1.113 naddy 4342: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4343: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4344: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4345: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4346:
4347: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4348: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4349: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4350: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4351: <blockquote>
4352: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4353: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4354: <br>
4355: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4356: </code>
4357: </blockquote>
4358: <p>
4359:
1.247 jufi 4360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4361: <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 4362: <p>
4363:
4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4365: <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 4366: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4367:
4368: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4369: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4370: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4371: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4372:
1.247 jufi 4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4374: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4375: Sept. 28, 1999
4376: </strong></font><br>
4377:
4378: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4379: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4380: translating and reprinting articles from
4381: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4382: <p>
4383:
4384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4385: <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 4386: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4387:
4388: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4389: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4390: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4391: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4392: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4393: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4394: <p>
1.19 louis 4395:
1.113 naddy 4396: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4397: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4398: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4399:
4400: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4401: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4402: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4403: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4404: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4405: <p>
1.16 louis 4406:
1.247 jufi 4407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4408: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4409: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4410: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4411:
1.57 louis 4412: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4413: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4414: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4415: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4416:
1.247 jufi 4417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4418: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4419: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4420: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4421:
1.113 naddy 4422: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4423:
1.247 jufi 4424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4425: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4426: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4428:
1.23 louis 4429: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4430: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4431: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4432: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4433: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4434: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4435:
1.247 jufi 4436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4437: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4438: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4439: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4440:
1.199 pvalchev 4441: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4442: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4443: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4444: installation.
1.113 naddy 4445: <p>
1.47 louis 4446:
1.247 jufi 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4448: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4449: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4450: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4451:
1.301 jose 4452: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4453: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4454: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4455: </ul>
1.57 louis 4456:
1.69 deraadt 4457: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4458: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4461: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4462: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4463: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4464:
4465: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4466: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4467: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4468: <p>
1.12 louis 4469:
1.247 jufi 4470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4471: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4472: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4473: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4474:
4475: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4476: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4477: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4478: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4479: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4480: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4481: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4482: <p>
1.247 jufi 4483: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4484:
1.69 deraadt 4485: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4486: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4487:
1.247 jufi 4488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4489: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4490: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4491:
4492: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4493: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4494: available."
1.113 naddy 4495: <p>
1.301 jose 4496:
4497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4498: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4499: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4500: </strong></font><br>
4501:
4502: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4503: <p>
1.247 jufi 4504: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4505:
1.69 deraadt 4506: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4507: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4508:
1.247 jufi 4509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4510: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4511: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4512:
4513: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4514: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4515: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4516: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4517: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4518: <p>
1.33 louis 4519:
1.247 jufi 4520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4521: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4522: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4523: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4524:
1.113 naddy 4525: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4526: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4527: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4528: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4529: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4530: <p>
1.247 jufi 4531: </ul>
1.57 louis 4532:
1.69 deraadt 4533: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4534: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4535:
1.247 jufi 4536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4537: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4538: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4539: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4540:
4541: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4542: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4543: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4544:
1.247 jufi 4545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4546: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4547: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4548: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4550:
4551: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4552: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4555: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4556:
1.113 naddy 4557: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4558:
1.247 jufi 4559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4560: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4561: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4562: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4563:
4564: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4565: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4566: </ul>
1.23 louis 4567:
1.69 deraadt 4568: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4569: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4570:
1.247 jufi 4571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4572: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4573: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4574:
4575: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4576: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4577: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4580: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4581: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4582: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4583:
4584: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4585: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4586: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4587: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4588: </ul>
1.57 louis 4589:
1.69 deraadt 4590: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4591: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4592:
1.247 jufi 4593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4594: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4595: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4596: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4597:
4598: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4599: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4600: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4601: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4602: <p>
1.15 louis 4603:
1.247 jufi 4604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4605: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4606: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4607: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4608:
4609: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4610: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4611: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4612: columns."
1.113 naddy 4613: <p>
1.247 jufi 4614: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4615:
1.69 deraadt 4616: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4617: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4620: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4621: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4622: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4623:
4624: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4625: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4626:
1.113 naddy 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4628: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4629: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4630:
4631: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4632: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4633: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4634: </ul>
1.57 louis 4635:
1.69 deraadt 4636: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4637: <ul>
1.301 jose 4638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4639: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4640: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4641: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4642:
4643: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4644: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4645: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4646: <p>
4647:
4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4649: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4650: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4651: Nov 13, 1998 and
4652: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4653: Datateknik</a>,
4654: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4655:
1.380 saad 4656: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4657: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4658: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4659: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4660: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4661:
1.113 naddy 4662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4663: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4664: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4665: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4666:
1.222 miod 4667: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4668: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4669: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4670: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4671: <p>
1.247 jufi 4672: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4673:
1.69 deraadt 4674: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4675: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4676:
1.247 jufi 4677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4678: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4679: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4680:
1.69 deraadt 4681: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4682: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4683: <p>
1.247 jufi 4684: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4685:
1.69 deraadt 4686: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4687: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4688:
1.247 jufi 4689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4690: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4691: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4692: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4693:
1.383 jcs 4694: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4695: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4696: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4697:
1.247 jufi 4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4699: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4700: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4701: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4702: <p>
1.247 jufi 4703: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4704:
1.69 deraadt 4705: <h2>June, 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://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4710: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4711: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4712: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4713: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4714:
4715: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4716: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4717: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4718: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4719: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4720: <p>
1.247 jufi 4721: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4722:
4723: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4724: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4725:
1.247 jufi 4726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4727: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4728: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4729:
1.69 deraadt 4730: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4731: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4732: <p>
1.112 naddy 4733:
1.247 jufi 4734: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4735: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4736:
1.292 camield 4737: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4738: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4739: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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