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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>
1.452 ! marco 38: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 39: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
40: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 41: </ul>
1.452 ! marco 42: North America mirror compatible movies:
! 43: <ul>
! 44: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro-lo.mpg">Intro low quality</a>
! 45: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1-lo.mpg">spot 1 low quality</a><br>
! 46: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2-lo.mpg">spot 2 low quality</a>
! 47: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro-hi.mpg">Intro high quality</a>
! 48: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1-hi.mpg">spot 1 high quality</a><br>
! 49: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2-hi.mpg">spot 2 high quality</a>
! 50: </ul>
1.448 deraadt 51: European mirror:
52: <ul>
1.452 ! marco 53: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 54: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
55: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
56: </ul>
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 60: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
61: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
62: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
63: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
64: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
65: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 69: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
70: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
71: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
72: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
73: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
74: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
75: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
76: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 80: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
81: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
82: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
83: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
84: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
85: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
86: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
87: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 91: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 92: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 93: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
94: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
95: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
96: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
97: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
98: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
102: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 103: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 104: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
105: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
106: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
107: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
108: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 112: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
113: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
114: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 115: </strong></font><br>
116: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
117: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
118: with OpenBSD.
119: </ul>
120:
1.436 henning 121: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
122: <ul>
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 124: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
125: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
126: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
127: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
128: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
129: than closed source, as we have long contended.
130: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
131: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
132: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
133: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
134: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
135: <p>
136: This article can also be found online as
137: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
138: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 142: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
143: </strong></font><br>
144: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
145: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
146: <p>
147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 149: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
150: </strong></font><br>
151: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
152: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 153: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 154: the issues we had with IETF.
155: </ul>
156:
1.431 ian 157: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
158: <ul>
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 160: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
161: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
162: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
163: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
164: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
165: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
166: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 170: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
171: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
172: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
173: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
174: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
175: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 176: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 177: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
178: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
179: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
180: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
181: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
182: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
183: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
184: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
185:
186: </ul>
187:
1.427 matthieu 188: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
189: <ul>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 192: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
193: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
194: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
195: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
196: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
197: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
198: firmware.
1.434 ian 199: Similar articles can be found online at:
200: <ul>
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
202: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
203: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
204: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
206: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
207: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
208: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
210: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
211: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
212: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
214: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
215: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
216: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
217: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 218: </ul>
219:
1.426 ian 220: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
221: <ul>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
224: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
225: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
226: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
227: This article talks about our systrace
228: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
229: mechanism: what it is and why and
230: how to use it, with examples.
231: Another excerpt from the book
232: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
233: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
237: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
238: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
239: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
240: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
241: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
242: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
243: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
244: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
245: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
246: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
247: This article is a sample chapter from
248: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
249: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
250: <p>
1.443 ian 251:
252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
253: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
254: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
255: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
256: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
257: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
258: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
259: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
260: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
261: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
262: ends with a sidebar on security.
263: <p>
1.426 ian 264: </ul>
265:
1.424 ian 266: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
267: <ul>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 270: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
271: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
272: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
273: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
274: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
275: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
276: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
277: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
278: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
279: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
280: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
281: <p>
282: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
283: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
284: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
285: <p>
286:
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 288: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
289: Closed Source Hardware</a>
290: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
291: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
292: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
293: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
294: operating systems.
295: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
296: OpenBSD on his firewall.
297: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
298: systems, he writes:
299: <blockquote>
300: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
301: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
302: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
303: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
304: to the operating system...
305: <br/>
306: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
307: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
308: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
309: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
310: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
311: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
312: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
313: in a closed source operating system).
314: <br/>
315: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
316: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
317: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
318: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
319: </blockquote>
320: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
321: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
322: their hardware and software operates.
323: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
324: reverse-engineering the
325: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
326: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
327: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
328: <p>
329: </ul>
330:
1.417 pvalchev 331: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
332: <ul>
1.421 ian 333:
1.417 pvalchev 334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 335: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
336: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
337: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
338: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
339: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
340: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
341: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
342: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
343: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
344: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
345: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 346: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 347: <p>
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 349: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
350: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
351: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
352: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
353: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
354: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
355: it claims to do".
356: <p>
357:
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 359: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
360: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
361: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
362: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
363: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 364: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 365: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
366: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
367: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
368: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
369: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
370: (yes, this is a hint).
371: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
372: picked up on the
373: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
374: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
375: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
376: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
377: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 381: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
382: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
383: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
384: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
385: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
386: questions about the significance and rationale behind
387: the current efforts.
388: <p>
389: </ul>
390:
1.407 henning 391: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
392: <ul>
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 394: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
395: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
396: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
397: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
398: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
399: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
400: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
401: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 405: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
406: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
407: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
408: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
409: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
410: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
411: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
412: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
413: of the important changes in 3.6.
414: </p>
415:
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 417: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
418: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
419: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
420: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
421: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
422: overflow attacks... because
423: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
424: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
425: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
426: and propolice.
427: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
428: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
429: and that's when the science falls apart."
430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 433: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
434: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
435: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
436: Starts with the question:
437: <blockquote>
438: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
439: <br/>
440: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
441: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
442: <br/>
443: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
444: Should we believe them?"
445: </blockquote>
446: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
447: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
448: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
449: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
450: for your mail, web and other online activities.
451: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
452: <p>
453:
454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 455: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
456: Simple Simon</a>,
457: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
458: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
459: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
460: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
461: routing/firewall, and more.
462: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
463: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
464: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
465: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
466: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
467: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
468: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
469: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
470: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
471: </blockquote>
472: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
473: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
474: <p>
475:
476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 477: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
478: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 479: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 480: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 481: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
482: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
483: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 484: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 485: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
486: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
487: in spite of it
488: (registration required, but worth it).
489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
492: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
493: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
494: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
495: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
496: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
497: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
498: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 499: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 500: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
501: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
502: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
503: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 507: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
508: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
509: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
510: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
511: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
512: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
513: <blockquote>
514: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
515: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
516: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
517: a lot of analysis.
518: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
519: </blockquote>
520: <p>
521: </ul>
522:
1.400 marco 523: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
524: <ul>
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 526: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
527: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
528: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
529: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
530: UNIX-like systems.
531: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
532: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
533: <p>
534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 535: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
536: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 537: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
538: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
539: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
540: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
541: At one point, the article states:
542: <blockquote>
543: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
544: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
545: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
546: </blockquote>
547: And then quotes Theo as saying:
548: <blockquote>
549: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
550: fewer are reading or auditing code."
551: </blockquote>
552: <p>
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
554: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
555: marks its fifth birthday</a>
556: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
557: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
558: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
559: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
560: required).
561: <p>
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 563: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
564: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
565: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
566: </strong></font><br>
567: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
568: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
569: <p>
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 571: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
572: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 573: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 574: </strong></font><br>
575: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
576: <p>
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 578: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
579: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 580: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 581: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 582: 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 583: <p>
584: </ul>
585:
1.396 henning 586: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
587: <ul>
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 589: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
590: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
591: Unix Review, July, 2004
592: </strong></font><br>
593: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
594: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
595: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
596: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
597: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
598: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
599: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
600: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
601: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
602: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
603: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
604: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
605: and even spelling/wording errors.
606: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
607: <p>
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 609: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 610: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
611: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
612: </strong></font><br>
613: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
614: <p>
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 616: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 617: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
618: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
619: </strong></font><br>
620: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
621: <p>
622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 623: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
624: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
625: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
626: </strong></font><br>
627: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
628: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
629: <p>
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 631: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
632: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
633: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
634: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
635: <p>
636: </ul>
637:
1.405 jolan 638: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
639: <ul>
640: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
641: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
642: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
643: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
644: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
645: details on how funds are dispersed.
646: <p>
647: </ul>
648:
1.393 david 649: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
650: <ul>
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 652: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
653: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
654: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
655: </strong></font><br>
656: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
657: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
658: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
659: on inserting large number of SQL records.
660: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
661: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
662: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 666: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
667: Secure by Default</a>,
668: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
669: </strong></font><br>
670: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
671: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
675: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
676: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
677: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
678: </strong></font><br>
679: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
680: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
681: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
682: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
683: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
684: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
688: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
689: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
690: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
691: </strong></font><br>
692: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
693: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
694: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
698: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
699: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
700: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
701: </strong></font><br>
702: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
703: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
704: <p>
705: </ul>
706:
1.388 mcbride 707: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
708: <ul>
1.394 jolan 709:
710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
711: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
712: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
713: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
714: </strong></font><br>
715: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
716: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
717: available for sparc64.
718: <p>
719:
1.390 beck 720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 721: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
722: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
723: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
724: </strong></font><br>
725: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
726: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
727: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
728: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
729: <p>
730:
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 732: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
733: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 734: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 735: </strong></font><br>
736: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
737: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
738: it does: CARP provides sharing
739: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
740: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
741: detail to get you started using it.
742: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
743: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
744: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
745: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
746: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
747: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
748: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 749: <p>
1.391 ian 750:
751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 752: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 753: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
754: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 755: </strong></font><br>
756: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 757: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 758: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 759: <p>
1.388 mcbride 760:
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
762: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
763: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 764: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 765: </strong></font><br>
766: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
767: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
768: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
769: unencumbered by patents.
770: <p>
771: </ul>
772:
1.378 henning 773: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
774: <ul>
1.384 jose 775:
776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 777: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
778: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
779: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
780: </strong></font><br>
781: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
782: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
783: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
784: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
785: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
786: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
787: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
788: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
789: in the page tables."
790: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
791: <p>
792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 794: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
795: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
796: </strong></font><br>
797: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
798: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
799: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
800: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 801: <p>
1.384 jose 802:
1.378 henning 803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 804: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
805: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 806: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
807: </strong></font><br>
808: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
809: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
810: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
811: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
812: (quote:
813: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
814: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 815: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 816: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
817: the other developers for their work on the system.
818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 821: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
822: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
823: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 824: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 825: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
826: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
827: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
828: too.
829: <p>
830:
831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 832: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
833: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 834: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 835: OpenBSD source code using
836: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
837: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
838: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
839: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
840: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
841: <p>
842: </ul>
843:
1.374 jose 844: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
845: <ul>
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 847: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 848: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
849: </strong></font><br>
850: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
851: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
852: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
853: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
854: it."
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 858: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
859: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
860: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
861: </strong></font><br/>
862: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
863: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
864: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
865: <p>
866: </ul>
867:
1.369 ian 868: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
869: <ul>
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 871: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
872: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
873: </strong></font><br/>
874: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
875: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
876: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
877: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 881: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
882: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
883: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
884: </strong></font><br/>
885: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
886: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
887: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
888: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
889: form factor.
890: <p>
891:
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
893: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
894: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
895: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
896: Features</a>,
897: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
898: </strong></font><br/>
899: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
900: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
901: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
902: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
903: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
904: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
905: <p>
906: This article can also be found online at:
907: <ul>
908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 909: <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 910: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
911: </strong></font>
912: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
913: </ul>
914: <p>
1.392 david 915:
1.371 jose 916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 917: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
918: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 919: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
920: </strong></font><br/>
921: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
922: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
923: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 924: <p>
1.371 jose 925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 927: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 928: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 929: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 930: </strong></font><br/>
931: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
932: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
933: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
934: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
935: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
936: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
937: and its history with OpenBSD.
938: </ul>
939:
1.368 henning 940: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
941: <ul>
942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 943: [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 944: </strong></font><br>
945: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
946: </ul>
947:
1.364 jose 948: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
949: <ul>
950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 951: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
952: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
953: UNIX Review,
954: July, 2003.
955: </strong></font><br>
956: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
957: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
958: who want more information.
959: <p>
960:
961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 962: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
963: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
964: Government Computer News,
965: July 22, 2003.
966: </strong></font><br>
967: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
968: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
969: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
970: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
971: <p>
972:
973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
974: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
975: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
976: SANS Institute,
977: July 22, 2003.
978: </strong></font><br>
979: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 980: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 981: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
982: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
983: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
984: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
985: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
986: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
987: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
988: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
989: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 993: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
994: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
995: OnLamp.com,
996: July 17, 2003.
997: </strong></font><br>
998: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
999: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1000: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1001: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1002: have been working on.
1003:
1004: </ul>
1005:
1.356 jose 1006: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1007: <ul>
1008:
1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1010: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1011: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1012: UNIX Review,
1013: June, 2003.
1014: </strong></font><br>
1015: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1016: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1017: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1018: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1019: <p>
1020:
1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1022: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1023: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1024: eWeek,
1025: June 23, 2003.
1026: </strong></font><br>
1027: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1028: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1029: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1030: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1031: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1032: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1036: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1037: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1038: Software Development Online,
1039: June, 2003.
1040: </strong></font><br>
1041: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1042: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1043: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1044: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1045: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1046: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1047: current activities.
1048: <p>
1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1051: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1052: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1053: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1054: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1055: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1056: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1057: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1058: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1059: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1060: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1061: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1062: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1063: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1064: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1065: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1066: decisions.
1067: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1068: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1069: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1070: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1074: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1075: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1076: Page 58, eWeek,
1077: June 2, 2003.
1078: </strong></font><br>
1079: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1080: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1081: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1082: been addressed in -current.
1083: <p>
1084:
1.356 jose 1085: </ul>
1086:
1087: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1088: <ul>
1089:
1.355 jose 1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1091: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1092: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1093: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1094: </strong></font><br>
1095: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1096: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1097: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1098: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1099: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1100: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1101: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1102: <p>
1103:
1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1105: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1106: Beyond Linux</a>,
1107: InfoWorld,
1108: May 23, 2003.
1109: </strong></font><br>
1110: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1111: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1112: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1113: compared to the GPL.
1114: <p>
1115:
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1117: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1118: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1119: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1120: May 17, 2003.
1121: </strong></font><br>
1122: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1123: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1124: the business section and half of another page inside
1125: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1126: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1127: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1128: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1129: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1130: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1131: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1132: <br>
1133: This article can also be found online at:
1134: <ul>
1135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1136: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1137: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1138: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1139: May 17, 2003
1140: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1141: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1143: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1144: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1145: Montreal Gazette,
1146: May 21, 2003
1147: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1148: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1149: <p>
1.346 ian 1150:
1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1152: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1153: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1154: May 7, 2003.
1155: </strong></font><br>
1156: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1157: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1158: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1159: <p>
1160:
1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1162: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1163: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1164: OsOpinion,
1165: May 6, 2003.
1166: </strong></font><br>
1167: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1168: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1169: <br>
1170: This article can also be found online at:
1171: <ul>
1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1173: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1174: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1175: NewsFactor Network.
1176: </strong></font>
1177: </ul>
1178: <p>
1179:
1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1181: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1182: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1183: ITBusiness,
1184: May 2, 2003.
1185: </strong></font><br>
1186: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1187: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1188: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1189: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1190: <p>
1191:
1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1193: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1194: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1195: InfoWorld,
1196: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1197: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1198: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1199: <br>
1200: This article can also be found online at:
1201: <ul>
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1203: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1204: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1205: IDG Singapore.
1206: </strong></font>
1207: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1208: <p>
1209:
1.339 jose 1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1211: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1212: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1213: ZDNet,
1214: May 1, 2003.
1215: </strong></font><br>
1216: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1217: someone using parts from previous articles.
1218: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1219: This article can also be found online at:
1220: <ul>
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1222: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1223: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1224: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1225: </strong></font>
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1227: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1228: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1229: CNET News.com.
1230: </strong></font>
1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1232: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1233: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1234: ZDNet UK.
1235: </strong></font>
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1237: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1238: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1239: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1240: </strong></font>
1241: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1242: <p>
1.339 jose 1243:
1.341 deraadt 1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1245: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1246: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1247: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1248: May 1, 2003.
1249: </strong></font><br>
1250: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1251: that have been added
1252: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1253: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1254: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1255: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1256: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1257: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1258: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1259: <p>
1260:
1261: </ul>
1262:
1.253 ian 1263: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1264: <ul>
1.255 ian 1265:
1.260 ian 1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1267: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1268: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1269: TechRepublic,
1270: April 28, 2003.
1271: </strong></font><br>
1272: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1273: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1274: work.<br>
1275: Can also be found online at:
1276: <ul>
1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1278: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1279: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1280: ZDNet UK.
1281: </strong></font>
1282: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1283: <p>
1284:
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1286: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1287: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1288: IDG,
1289: April 24, 2003.
1290: </strong></font><br>
1291: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1292: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1293: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1294: Can also be found online at:
1295: <ul>
1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1297: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1298: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1299: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1300: </strong></font>
1301: </ul>
1302: <p>
1303:
1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1305: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1306: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1307: Slate,
1308: April 24, 2003.
1309: </strong></font><br>
1310: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1311: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1312: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1313: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1314: <p>
1315:
1316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1317: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1318: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1319: April 24, 2003.
1320: </strong></font><br>
1321: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1322: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1323: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1324: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1325: <p>
1326:
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1328: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1329: April 24, 2003.
1330: </strong></font><br>
1331: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1332: the free software community".
1333: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1334: other articles.
1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1338: <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 1339: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1340: </strong></font><br>
1341: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1342: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1343: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1344: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1345: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1346: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1347: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1348: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1349: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1350: <br/>
1351: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1352: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1353: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1354: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1355: <br>
1356: Can also be found online at:
1357: <ul>
1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1359: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1360: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1361: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1362: </strong></font>
1363: </ul>
1.324 ian 1364: <p>
1365:
1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1367: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1368: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1369: </strong></font><br>
1370: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1371: article above.
1372: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1373: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1374: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1375: <br>
1376: Can also be found online at:
1377: <ul>
1378: <li>
1379: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1380: </strong></font>
1381: </ul>
1.324 ian 1382: <p>
1383:
1384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1385: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1386: </strong></font><br>
1387: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1388: <p>
1389:
1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1391: <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.
1392: </strong></font><br>
1393: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1394: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1395: <p>
1396:
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1398: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1399: April 23, 2003.
1400: </strong></font><br>
1401: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1402: <p>
1403:
1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1405: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1406: April 22, 2003.
1407: </strong></font><br>
1408: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1409: <p>
1410:
1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1412: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1413: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1414: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1415: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1416: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1417: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1418: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1419: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1420: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1421: Can also be found online at:
1422: <ul>
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1424: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1425: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1426: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1427: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1429: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1430: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1431: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1432: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1433: </ul>
1434: <p>
1435:
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1437: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1438: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1439: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1440: </strong></font><br>
1441: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1442: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1443: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1444: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1445: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1446: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1447: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1448: <p>
1449:
1450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1451: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1452: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1453: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1454: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1455: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1456: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1457: at UPenn and DARPA.
1458: <p>
1459:
1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1461: [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,
1462: France
1.315 deraadt 1463: April 18, 2003.
1464: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1465: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1466: <p>
1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1469: [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 1470: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1471: </strong></font><br>
1472: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1473: <p>
1474:
1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1476: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1477: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1478: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1479: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1480: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1481: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1482: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1483: <p>
1484:
1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1486: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1487: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1488: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1489: </strong></font><br>
1490: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1491: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1492: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1493: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1494: <p>
1495:
1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1497: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1498: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1499: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1500: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1501: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1502: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1503: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1504: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1505: Can also be found online at:
1506: <ul>
1507: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1508: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1509: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1510: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1511: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1515: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1516: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1517: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1518: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1519: </strong></font><br>
1520: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1521: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1522: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1523: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1524: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1525:
1526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1527: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1528: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1529: New York Times.
1530: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1531:
1.273 deraadt 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1533: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1534: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1535: ABC News.
1536: </strong></font>
1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1539: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1540: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1541: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1542: </strong></font>
1543:
1544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1545: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1546: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1547: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1548: </strong></font>
1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1551: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1552: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1553: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1554: </strong></font>
1555:
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1557: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1558: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1559: Times Daily, AL.
1560: </strong></font>
1561:
1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1563: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1564: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1565: Boston.com, MA.
1566: </strong></font>
1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1569: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1570: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1571: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1572: </strong></font>
1573:
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1575: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1576: [Article was pulled]</a>
1577: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1578: </strong></font>
1579:
1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1581: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1582: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1583: Infoshop News.
1584: </strong></font>
1585:
1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1587: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1588: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1589: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1590: </strong></font>
1591:
1592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1593: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1594: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1595: Raleigh News, NC.
1596: </strong></font>
1597:
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1599: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1600: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1601: Napa News, CA.
1602: </strong></font>
1603:
1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1605: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1606: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1607: NEPA News, PA.
1608: </strong></font>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1611: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1612: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1613: Wired News.
1614: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1615: <br>
1616: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1617: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1618: [JAPANESE]
1619: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1620: Wired News Japan</a>
1621: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1622:
1.271 deraadt 1623: </ul>
1624: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1625: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1626: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1627: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1628: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1629: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1630: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1631: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1632: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1633: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1634: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1635: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1636: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1637: <p>
1638: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1639:
1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1641: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1642: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1643: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1644: </strong></font>
1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1647: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1648: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1649: Miami Herald, FL.
1650: </strong></font>
1651:
1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1653: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1654: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1655: </strong></font>
1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1658: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1659: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1660: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1661: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1662:
1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1664: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1665: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1666: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1667: ABC News.
1668: </strong></font>
1669:
1.276 deraadt 1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1671: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1672: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1673: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1674: </strong></font>
1675:
1.286 dhartmei 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1677: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1678: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1679: Wilmington Star, NC.
1680: </strong></font>
1681:
1.300 jose 1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1683: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1684: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1685: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1686: </strong></font>
1687:
1.309 jose 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1689: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1690: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1691: Globe Technology.
1692: </strong></font>
1693:
1.263 deraadt 1694: </ul>
1.262 beck 1695: <p>
1696:
1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1698: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1699: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1700: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1701: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1702: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1703: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1704: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1708: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1709: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1710: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1711: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1712: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1713: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1714: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1715: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1716: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1717: and simply restates other press reports.
1718: <p>
1719:
1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1721: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1722: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1723: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1724: </strong></font><br>
1725: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1726: <p>
1727:
1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1729: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1730: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1731: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1732: </strong></font><br>
1733: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1734: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1735: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1736: <p>
1737:
1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1739: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1740: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1741: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1742: April 17, 2003.
1743: </strong></font><br>
1744: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1745: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1746: Tech Anthems</a>
1747: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1748: 4 so far.
1749: <p>
1750:
1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1752: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1753: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1754: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1755: </strong></font><br>
1756: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1757: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1758: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1759: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1760: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1761: Goes on to say:
1762: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1763: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1764: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1765: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1766: This article is also found online at:
1767: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1769: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1770: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1771: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1774: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1775: ZDnet</a>,
1776: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1777: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1779: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1780: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1781: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1782: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1783: </ul>
1.260 ian 1784: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1785:
1.260 ian 1786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1787: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1788: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1789: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1790: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1791: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1792: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1793: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1794: without notice or justification.
1795: <p>
1796:
1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1798: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1799: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1800: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1801: </strong></font><br>
1802: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1803: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1804: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1805: effective today, without any warning..."
1806: <p>
1.257 ian 1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1809: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1810: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1811: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1813: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1814: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1815: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1816: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1817: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1818: <p>
1819:
1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1821: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1822: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1823: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1824: </strong></font><br>
1825: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1826: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1827: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1828: quoting two of them:
1829: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1830: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1831: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1832: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1833: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1834: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1835: <p>
1836:
1.255 ian 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1838: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1839: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1840: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1841: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1842: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1843: <p>
1844:
1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1846: [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 1847: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1848: </strong></font><br>
1849: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1850: <p>
1851:
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1853: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1854: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1855: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1856: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1857: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1858: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1859: security experts for more than three decades."
1860: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1861: <p>
1.261 ian 1862:
1.254 drahn 1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1864: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1865: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1866: </strong></font><br>
1867: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1868: <p>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1871: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1872: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1873: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1876: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1877: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1878: <p>
1879:
1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1881: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1882: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1883: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1884: </strong></font><br>
1885: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1886: from US DARPA.
1887: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1888: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1889: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1890: the BSD license.
1891: <p>
1892: </ul>
1893:
1.251 ian 1894: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1895: <ul>
1896:
1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1898: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1899: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1900: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1901: </strong></font><br>
1902:
1903: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1904: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1905: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1906: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1907: <p>
1908:
1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1910: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1911: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1912: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1913: </strong></font><br>
1914: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1915: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1916: Mentions
1917: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1918: and
1919: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1920: programs.
1921: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1922: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1923: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1924: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1925: <p>
1.325 ian 1926: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1927: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1928:
1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1930: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1931: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1932: </strong></font><br>
1933: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1934: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1935: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1936: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1937: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1938: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1939: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1940: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1941: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1942: put into service."
1943: <p>
1944: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1945: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1946: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1947: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1948: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1949: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1950: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1951: computers with security features."
1952: <p>
1.329 ian 1953:
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1955: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1956: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1957: Slate,
1958: March 3, 2003.
1959: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1960: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1961: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1962: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1963: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1964: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1965: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1966: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1967: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1968: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1969: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1970: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1971: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1972: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1973: of more secure open-source solutions like
1974: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1975: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1976: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1977: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1978: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1979: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1980: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1981: the Beltway."
1982: <p>
1.251 ian 1983: </ul>
1984:
1.249 jufi 1985: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1986: <ul>
1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1988: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1989: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1990: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1991: </strong></font><br>
1992: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1993: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1994: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1995: <p>
1.334 ian 1996:
1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1998: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1999: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2000: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2001: </strong></font><br>
2002: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2003: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2004: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2005: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2006: "... the hypothetical question ...
2007: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2008: <br>
2009: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2010: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2011: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2012: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2013: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2014: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2015: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2016: support network security.
2017: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2018: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2019: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2020: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2021: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2022: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2023: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2024: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2025: <br>
2026: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2027: <p>
2028:
1.249 jufi 2029: </ul>
2030:
1.246 jufi 2031: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2032: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2033:
1.247 jufi 2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2035: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2036: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
2037: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2040: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2041: <p>
2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2044: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2045: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
2046: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
2047: </strong></font><br>
2048: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2049: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2050: <p>
2051:
2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2053: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2054: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
2055: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2056: </strong></font><br>
2057: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2058: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2059: <p>
1.247 jufi 2060: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2061:
1.244 jufi 2062: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2063: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2066: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2067: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2068: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2069: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2070: </strong></font><br>
2071: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2072: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2073: md5 digests.
2074: <p>
2075:
1.247 jufi 2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2077: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2078: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2079: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2080: </strong></font><br>
2081: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2082: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2083: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2084: right the first time."
2085: <p>
1.247 jufi 2086: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2087:
2088:
2089: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2090: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2093: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2094: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2095: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2098: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2099: part 6</a>.
2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2103: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2104: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2105: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2106: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2107: </strong></font><br>
2108: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2109: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2110: <p>
1.301 jose 2111:
2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2113: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2114: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2115: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2116: </strong></font><br>
2117:
2118: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2119: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2120: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2121: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2122: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2123: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2124: <i>Here's the
2125: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2126: <p>
1.247 jufi 2127: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2128:
2129: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2130: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2133: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2134: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2135: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2136: </strong></font><br>
2137: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2138: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2142: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2143: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2144: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2145: </strong></font><br>
2146: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2147: this time using pf.
2148: <p>
1.247 jufi 2149: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2150:
2151: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2152: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2153:
1.247 jufi 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2155: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2156: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2157: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2158: </strong></font><br>
2159: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2160: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2161: their rotation.
2162: <p>
2163:
1.247 jufi 2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2165: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2166: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2167: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2168: </strong></font><br>
2169: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2170: <p>
1.247 jufi 2171: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2172:
1.239 jufi 2173: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2174: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2177: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2178: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2179: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2180: </strong></font><br>
2181: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2182: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2183: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2184: <p>
2185:
1.247 jufi 2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2187: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2188: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2189: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2190: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2191: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2192: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2193: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2194: <p>
1.247 jufi 2195: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2196:
1.235 lebel 2197: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2198: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2199:
1.239 jufi 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2202: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2203: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2204: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2205: </strong></font><br>
2206: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2207: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2208: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2209: <p>
1.301 jose 2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2212:
1.228 horacio 2213: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2214: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2217: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2218: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2219: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2220: </strong></font><br>
2221: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2222: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2223: <p>
2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2226: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2227: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2228: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2229: </strong></font><br>
2230: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2231: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2232: <p>
2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2235: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2236: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2237: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2238: </strong></font><br>
2239: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2240: on the desktop of his parents.
2241: <p>
2242:
1.247 jufi 2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2244: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2245: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2246: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2247: </strong></font><br>
2248: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2249: using IPFilter.
2250:
2251: <p>
2252:
1.247 jufi 2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2254: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2255: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2256: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2257: </strong></font><br>
2258: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2259: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2260: perspectives of the four OS.
2261: <br>
2262: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2263: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2264: <p>
2265:
1.247 jufi 2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2267: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2268: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2269: software and security</a>,
2270: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272:
2273: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2274: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2275: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2276: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2277: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2278: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2279: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2280: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2281: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2282: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2283: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2284: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2285: <p>
1.247 jufi 2286: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2287:
1.225 horacio 2288: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2292: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2293: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2294: Interview</a>,
2295: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2296: </strong></font><br>
2297:
2298: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2299: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2300: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2301: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2302: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2303: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2304: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2305: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2306: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2307: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2308: of choice.
2309: <p>
1.247 jufi 2310: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2311:
2312: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2313: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2314:
1.247 jufi 2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2316: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2317: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2318: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2319: </strong></font><br>
2320:
2321: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2322: <p>
2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2325: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2326: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2327: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2328: </strong></font><br>
2329:
2330: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2331: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2332: <p>
1.247 jufi 2333: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2334:
1.218 horacio 2335: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2336: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2339: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2340: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2341: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
2344: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2345: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2346: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2347: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2348: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2349: subjects. Worth a read.
2350: <p>
2351:
2352:
1.247 jufi 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2354: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2355: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2356: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2357: </strong></font><br>
2358:
2359: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2360: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2361: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2362: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2363: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2364: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2365: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2366: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2367: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2368: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2369: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2370: on other operating systems.<br>
2371: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2372: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2373: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2374: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2375: <p>
2376:
1.247 jufi 2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2378: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2379: Operating System 2010</a>,
2380: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2381: </strong></font><br>
2382:
2383: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2384: covering the level of software integration into the core
2385: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2386: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2387: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2388: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2389: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2390: <p>
2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2393: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2394: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2395: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2396: </strong></font><br>
2397:
2398: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2399: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2400: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2401: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2402: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2403: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2404: <p>
1.247 jufi 2405: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2406:
1.210 jufi 2407: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2408: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2411: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2412: Already a Contender</a>,
2413: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2414: </strong></font><br>
2415:
2416: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2417: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2418: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2419: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2420: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2421: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2422: <p>
2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2425: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2426: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2427: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2428: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2429:
1.224 horacio 2430: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2431: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2432: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2433: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2434: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2435: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2436: <p>
1.247 jufi 2437: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2438:
2439: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2440: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2441:
1.247 jufi 2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2443: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2444: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2445: Division</a>,
2446: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2447: </strong></font><br>
2448:
2449: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2450: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2451: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2452: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2453: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2454: investment</em>.<br>
2455: The implementation details can be seen on their
2456: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2457: <p>
2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2460: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2461: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2462: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2466: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2467: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2468: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2469: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2470: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2471: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2472: <p>
2473:
2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2475: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2476: Thinking about Security</a>,
2477: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2478: </strong></font><br>
2479:
2480: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2481: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2482: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2483: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2484: to time.<br>
2485: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2486: system and just the most secure system.
2487: <p>
2488:
1.247 jufi 2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2490: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2491: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2492: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2493: </strong></font><br>
2494:
2495: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2496: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2497: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2498: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2499: choice:<br>
2500: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2501: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2502: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2503: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2504: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2505: network security devices and as such must be well
2506: armored."</em><br>
2507: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2508: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2509: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2510: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2511: <br>
2512: Bravo!
2513: <p>
1.247 jufi 2514: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2515:
1.207 ian 2516: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2517: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2520: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2521: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2522: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2523:
1.207 ian 2524: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2525: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2526: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2527: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2528: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2529: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2530: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2531: <p>
1.247 jufi 2532: </ul>
1.207 ian 2533:
1.194 jufi 2534: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2535: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2538: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2539: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2540: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2541: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2542:
1.240 miod 2543: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2544: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2545: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2546: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2547: <p>
2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2550: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2551: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2552: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2553:
2554: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2555: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2556: <p>
2557:
2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2559: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2560: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2561: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2562:
2563: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2564: <p>
2565:
2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2567: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2568: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2569: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2570: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2571:
1.240 miod 2572: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2573: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2574: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2575: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2576: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2577: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2578: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2579: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2580: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2581: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2582: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2583: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2584: <p>
2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2587: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2588: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2589: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2590: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2591:
1.194 jufi 2592: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2593: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2594: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2595: <br>
2596: The new
2597: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2598: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2599: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2600: <p>
1.247 jufi 2601: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2602:
1.190 horacio 2603: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2604: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2605:
1.247 jufi 2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2607:
2608: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2609: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2610:
1.301 jose 2611:
1.191 jufi 2612: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2613: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2614:
2615: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2616: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2617:
1.212 horacio 2618: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2619: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2620: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2621:
1.211 horacio 2622: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2623: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2624: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2627: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2630: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2631:
1.212 horacio 2632: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2633: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2634: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2635:
2636: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2637: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2638:
2639: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2640: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2641:
1.301 jose 2642: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2643: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2644:
1.191 jufi 2645: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2646: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2647:
2648: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2649: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2650:
1.192 jufi 2651: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2652: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2653: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2654:
1.193 deraadt 2655: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2656: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2657: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2660: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2661:
1.247 jufi 2662: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2663: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2664: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2665:
1.213 horacio 2666: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2667: 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 2668: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2669:
1.190 horacio 2670: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2671: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2672: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2673: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2674: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2675: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2676: <p>
1.190 horacio 2677:
1.247 jufi 2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2679: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2680: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2681: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2682: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2683:
1.195 jufi 2684: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2685: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2686: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2687: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2688: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2689: <p>
2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2692: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2693: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2694: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2695: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2696:
1.191 jufi 2697: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2698: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2699: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2700: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2701: <p>
2702:
2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2704: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2705: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2706: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2707:
2708: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2709: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2710: <p>
1.247 jufi 2711: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2712:
1.191 jufi 2713:
1.186 jufi 2714: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2718: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2719: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2720: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2721: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2722:
1.188 jufi 2723: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2724: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2725: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2726: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2727: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2728: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2729: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2730: <p>
2731:
1.301 jose 2732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2733: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2734: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2735: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2736:
2737: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2738: <p>
1.191 jufi 2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2741: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2742: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2743: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2744: </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2747: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2748: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2749: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2750: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2751: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2752: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2753: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2754: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2755: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2756: familiar?
2757: <p>
1.247 jufi 2758: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2759:
1.178 louis 2760: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2761: <ul>
1.178 louis 2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2764: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2765: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2766: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2767: </strong></font><br>
2768:
2769: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2770: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2771: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2772: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2773: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2774: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2775: <p>
2776:
1.247 jufi 2777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2778: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2779: Open source under the hood</a>,
2780: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2781: </strong></font><br>
2782:
2783: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2784: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2785: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2786: <p>
2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2789: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2790: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2791: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2792: </strong></font><br>
2793:
2794: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2795: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2796: <p>
1.247 jufi 2797: </ul>
1.179 louis 2798:
1.174 louis 2799:
1.175 louis 2800: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2801: <ul>
1.175 louis 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2804: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2805: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2806: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2807: </strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2810: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2811: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2812: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2813: <p>
2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2816: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2817: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2818: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2819: </strong></font><br>
2820:
2821: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2822: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2823: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2824: <p>
1.247 jufi 2825: </ul>
1.175 louis 2826:
1.176 louis 2827:
1.172 mickey 2828: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2829: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2832: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2833: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2834: </strong></font><br>
2835:
2836: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2837: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2838: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2839: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2840: <p>
2841:
1.247 jufi 2842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2843: <a
1.269 deraadt 2844: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2845: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2846: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2847: </strong></font><br>
2848:
2849: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2850: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2851: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2852: <p>
2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2855: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2856: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2857: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2858: </strong></font><br>
2859:
2860: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2861: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2862: <p>
2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2865: <a
1.269 deraadt 2866: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2867: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2868: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2869: </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2872: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2873: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2874: our own Theo de Raadt.
2875: <p>
2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2878: <a
1.269 deraadt 2879: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2880: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2881: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2882: </strong></font><br>
2883:
2884: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2885: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2886: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2887: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2888: shut down.]
2889: <p>
2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2892: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2893: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2894: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2895: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2896: </strong></font><br>
2897:
2898: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2899: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2900: <p>
1.247 jufi 2901: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2902:
1.161 louis 2903: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2904: <ul>
1.161 louis 2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2907: <a
1.269 deraadt 2908: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2909: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2910: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2911: </strong></font><br>
2912:
2913: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2914: by John Wolley
2915: <p>
2916:
1.247 jufi 2917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2918: <a
1.269 deraadt 2919: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2920: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2921: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2922: </strong></font><br>
2923:
2924: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2925: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2926: OpenBSD).
2927: <p>
2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2930: <a
1.247 jufi 2931: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2932: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934:
2935: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2936: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2937: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2938: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2939: and hindsight.
2940: <p>
2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2943: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2944: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2945: </strong></font><br>
2946:
2947: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2948: <p>
2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2951: <a
1.168 provos 2952: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2953: December 7, 2000
2954: </strong></font><br>
2955:
2956: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2957: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2958: us explain.
2959: <p>
2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2962: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2963: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2964: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2965: December 6, 2000
2966: </strong></font><br>
2967:
2968: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2969: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2970: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2971: <p>
2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2974: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2975: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2976: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2977: </strong></font><br>
2978:
2979: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2980: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2981: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2982: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2983: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2984: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2985: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2986: <p>
2987:
2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2989: <a
1.226 horacio 2990: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2991: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2992: </strong></font><br>
2993:
2994: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2995: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2996: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2997: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2998: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2999: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3000: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3001: <p>
1.162 millert 3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3004: <a
1.161 louis 3005: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3006: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3007: </strong></font><br>
3008:
3009: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3010: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3011: <p>
3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3014: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3015: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3016: </strong></font><br>
3017:
3018: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3019: <p>
3020:
3021:
1.247 jufi 3022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3023: <a
1.226 horacio 3024: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3025: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3026: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3027: </strong></font><br>
3028:
3029: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3030: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3031: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3032: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3033: <p>
1.247 jufi 3034: </ul>
1.169 louis 3035:
1.158 louis 3036: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3037: <ul>
1.147 louis 3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3040: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3041: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3042: </strong></font><br>
3043:
3044: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3045: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3046: <p>
3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3049: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3050: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3051: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3052: </strong></font><br>
3053: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3054: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3055: <p>
3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3058: <a
3059: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3060: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3064: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3065: <p>
3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3068: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3069: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3070: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3071:
1.213 horacio 3072: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3073: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3074: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3075: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3076: <p>
1.215 horacio 3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3079: <a
3080: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3081: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3082: </strong></font><br>
3083:
3084: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3085: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3086: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3087: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3088: much of the attitude too).
3089: <p>
1.161 louis 3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3092: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3093: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3095:
1.157 louis 3096: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3097: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3098: <p>
1.247 jufi 3099: </ul>
1.157 louis 3100:
3101: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3102: <ul>
1.157 louis 3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3105: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3106: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3107: </strong></font><br>
3108:
3109: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3110: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3111: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3112: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3113: <p>
3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3116: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3117: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3121: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3122: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3123: it because they love coding...
3124: <p>
3125:
1.247 jufi 3126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3127: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3128: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3129: </strong></font><br>
3130:
3131: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3132: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3133: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3134: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3135: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3136: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3137: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3138: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3139: <p>
3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3142: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3143: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3144: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3145: </strong></font><br>
3146:
3147: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3148: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3149: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3150: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3151: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3152: the pizza.
3153: <p>
3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3156: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3157: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3158: </strong></font><br>
3159:
3160: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3161: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3162: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3163: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3164: problems.
3165: <p>
3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3168: <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 3169: </strong></font><br>
3170:
1.222 miod 3171: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3172: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3173: - whether they like it or not.
3174: <p>
3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3177: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3178: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3182: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3183: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3184: <p>
1.148 aaron 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3187: <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 3188: </strong></font><br>
3189:
3190: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3191: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3192: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3193: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3194: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3195: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3196: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3197: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3198: <p>
3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3201: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3202: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3203: </strong></font><br>
3204:
3205: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3206: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3207: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3208: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3209: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3210: <p>
1.247 jufi 3211: </ul>
1.147 louis 3212:
1.138 louis 3213: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3214: <ul>
1.138 louis 3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3217: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3218: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3219: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3220: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3221: </strong></font><br>
3222:
1.227 horacio 3223: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3224: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3225: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3226: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3227: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3228: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3229: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3230: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3231: <p>
3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3234: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3235: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3236: </strong></font><br>
3237:
3238: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3239: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3240: groups, and even Linux.
3241: <p>
3242:
1.247 jufi 3243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3244: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3245: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3246: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3247: </strong></font><br>
3248:
3249: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3250: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3251: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3252: library after installing the OS.
3253: <p>
3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3256: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3257: Sys Admin, September 2000
3258: </strong></font><br>
3259:
3260: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3261: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3262: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3263: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3264: (<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>,
3265: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3266: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3267: <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 3268: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3269: out of the system.
3270: <p>
3271:
1.247 jufi 3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3273: <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
3274: </strong></font><br>
3275:
3276: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3277: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3278: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3279: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3280: the IP filtering and address translation.
3281: <p>
1.301 jose 3282:
3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3284: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3285: </strong></font><br>
3286:
3287: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3288: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3289: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3290: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3291: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3292: <p>
1.247 jufi 3293: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3294:
1.131 louis 3295: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3296: <ul>
1.131 louis 3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3299: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3300: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3301: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3302: </strong></font><br>
3303:
3304: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3305: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3306: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3307: <p>
3308:
1.247 jufi 3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3310: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3311: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3312: </strong></font><br>
3313:
3314: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3315: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3316: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3317: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3318: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3319: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3320: note of"</i>.
3321: <p>
3322:
1.247 jufi 3323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3324: <a
1.247 jufi 3325: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3326: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3327: </strong></font><br>
3328:
3329: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3330: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3331: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3332: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3333: <p>
3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3336: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3337: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3338: </strong></font><br>
3339:
3340: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3341: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3342: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3343: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3344: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3345: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3346: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3347: <p>
3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3350: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3351: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3352: 2000
3353: </strong></font><br>
3354:
3355: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3356: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3357: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3358: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3359: against current industry practices.
3360: <p>
3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3363: <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
3364: </strong></font><br>
3365:
3366: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3367: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3368: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3369: <p>
3370:
1.247 jufi 3371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3372: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3373: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3374: </strong></font><br>
3375:
3376: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3377: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3378: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3379: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3380: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3381: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3382: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3383: <p>
3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3386: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3387: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3388: </strong></font><br>
3389:
3390: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3391: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3392: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3393: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3394: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3395: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3396: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3397: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3398: <p>
1.247 jufi 3399: </ul>
1.131 louis 3400:
1.118 louis 3401: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3402: <ul>
1.118 louis 3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3405: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3406: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3407: </strong></font><br>
3408:
3409: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3410: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3411: about time. The article mentions that
3412: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3413: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3414: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3415: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3416: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3417: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3418: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3419: <p>
3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3422: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3423: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3424: </strong></font><br>
3425:
3426: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3427: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3428: of OpenSSH.
3429: <p>
3430:
1.247 jufi 3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3432: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3433: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3434: </strong></font><br>
3435:
3436: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3437: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3438: bridging.
3439: <p>
3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3442: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3443: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3444: </strong></font><br>
3445:
1.121 deraadt 3446: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3447: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3448: <p>
3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3451: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3452: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3453: </strong></font><br>
3454:
3455: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3456: <p>
3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3459: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3460: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3461: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3462: </strong></font><br>
3463:
1.120 deraadt 3464: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3465: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3466: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3467: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3468: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3469: <p>
3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3472: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3473: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3474: </strong></font><br>
3475:
1.222 miod 3476: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3477: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3478: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3479: protocols and their quirks.
3480: <p>
3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3483: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3484: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3485: </strong></font><br>
3486:
3487: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3488: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3489: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3490: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3491: <p>
3492:
1.247 jufi 3493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3494: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3495: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3496: </strong></font><br>
3497:
3498: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3499: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3500: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3501: <p>
3502:
1.247 jufi 3503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3504: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3505: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3506: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3507: </strong></font><br>
3508:
3509: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3510: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3511: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3512: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3513: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3514: <p>
1.247 jufi 3515: </ul>
1.118 louis 3516:
1.104 louis 3517: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3518: <ul>
1.104 louis 3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3521: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3522: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3523: </strong></font><br>
3524:
3525: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3526: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3527: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3528: be a bit dry.
3529: <p>
3530:
1.247 jufi 3531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3532: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3533: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3534: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3535: </strong></font><br>
3536: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3537: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3538: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3539: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3540: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3541: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3542: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3543: <p>
3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3546: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3547: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3548: 2000
1.128 louis 3549: </strong></font><br>
3550:
3551: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3552: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3553: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3554: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3555: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3556: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3557: <p>
3558:
1.247 jufi 3559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3560: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3561: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3562: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3563:
3564: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3565: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3566: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3567: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3568: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3569: <p>
1.110 louis 3570:
1.247 jufi 3571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3572: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3573: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3574: </strong></font><br>
3575:
3576: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3577: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3578: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3579: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3580: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3581: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3582: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3583: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3584: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3585: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3586: <p>
3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3589: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3590: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3591:
3592: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3593: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3594: <p>
1.108 louis 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3597: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3598: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3599: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3600:
3601: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3602: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3603: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3604: <p>
1.106 louis 3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3607: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3608: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3609: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3610:
3611: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3612: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3613: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3614: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3615: <p>
1.107 louis 3616:
1.247 jufi 3617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3618: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3619: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3620: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3621:
3622: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3623: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3624: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3625: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3626: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3627: <p>
1.105 louis 3628:
1.247 jufi 3629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3630: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3631: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3632: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3633:
1.113 naddy 3634: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3635: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3636: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3637: <p>
1.104 louis 3638:
1.247 jufi 3639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3640: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3641: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3642: </strong></font><br>
3643:
3644: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3645: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3646: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3647: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3648: <p>
1.301 jose 3649:
3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3651: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3652: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3653: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3654:
3655: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3656: hardware-supported cryptography.
3657: <p>
1.247 jufi 3658: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3659:
1.85 louis 3660: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3661: <ul>
1.85 louis 3662:
1.247 jufi 3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3664: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3665: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3666: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3667:
3668: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3669: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3670: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3671: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3672: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3673: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3674: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3675: <p>
1.99 louis 3676:
1.247 jufi 3677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3678: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3679: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3680: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3681:
3682: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3683: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3684: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3685: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3686: <p>
1.100 louis 3687:
1.247 jufi 3688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3689: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3690: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3691: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3692:
3693: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3694: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3695: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3696: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3697: <p>
1.95 louis 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3700: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3701: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3702: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3703:
3704: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3705: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3706: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3707: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3708: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3709: <p>
1.92 louis 3710:
1.247 jufi 3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3712: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3713: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3714: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3715:
3716: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3717: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3718: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3719: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3720: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3721: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3722: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3723: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3724: <p>
1.91 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3727: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3728: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3729: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3730:
3731: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3732: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3733: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3734: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3735: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3736: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3737: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3738: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3739: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3740: <p>
1.90 louis 3741:
1.247 jufi 3742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3743: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3744: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3745: </strong></font><br>
3746: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3747: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3748: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3749: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3750: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3751: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3752: <p>
3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3755: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3756: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3757: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3758:
1.113 naddy 3759: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3760: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3761: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3762: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3763: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3764: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3765: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3766: <p>
1.87 louis 3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3769: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3770: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3771: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3772:
3773: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3774: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3775: <p>
1.85 louis 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3778: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3779: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3780: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3781:
3782: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3783: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3784: <p>
3785:
3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3787: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3788: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3789: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3790:
3791: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3792: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3793: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3794: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3795: <p>
1.89 louis 3796:
1.247 jufi 3797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3798: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3799: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3800: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3801:
3802: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3803: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3804: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3805: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3806: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3807: </ul>
1.85 louis 3808:
1.78 deraadt 3809: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3810: <ul>
1.74 louis 3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3813: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3814: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3815: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3816: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3817:
3818: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3819: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3820: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3821: <p>
1.83 louis 3822:
1.247 jufi 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3824: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3825: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3826: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3827:
3828: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3829: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3830: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3831: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3832: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3833: <p>
1.93 louis 3834:
1.247 jufi 3835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3836: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3837: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3838: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3839: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3840:
1.83 louis 3841: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3842: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3843: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3844: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3845: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3846: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3847: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3848: <p>
1.82 aaron 3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3851: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3852: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3853: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3854:
1.83 louis 3855: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3856: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3857: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3858: <p>
1.80 louis 3859:
1.247 jufi 3860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3861: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3862: Bad Press</a>,
3863: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3864: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3865:
3866: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3867: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3868: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3869: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3870: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3871: <p>
1.247 jufi 3872: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3873:
3874: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3875: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3878: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3879: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3880: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3881: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3882:
3883: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3884: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3885: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3886: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3887: <p>
1.74 louis 3888:
1.247 jufi 3889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3890: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3891: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3892: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3893:
1.219 horacio 3894: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3895: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3896: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3897: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3898: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3899: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3900: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3901: <p>
1.88 louis 3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3904: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3905: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3906: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3907:
3908: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3909: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3910: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3911: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3912: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3913: <p>
1.81 louis 3914:
1.247 jufi 3915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3916: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3917: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3918: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3919:
3920: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3921: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3922: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3923: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3924: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3925: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3926: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3927: <p>
1.90 louis 3928:
1.247 jufi 3929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3930: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3931: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3932: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3933:
3934: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3935: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3936: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3937: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3938: <p>
1.247 jufi 3939: </ul>
1.71 louis 3940:
1.69 deraadt 3941: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3942: <ul>
1.70 louis 3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3945: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3946: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3947: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3948:
3949: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3950: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3951: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3952: <p>
1.70 louis 3953:
1.247 jufi 3954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3955: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3956: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3957: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3958:
3959: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3960: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3961: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3962: <p>
1.68 louis 3963:
1.247 jufi 3964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3965: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3966: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3967: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3968: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3969:
1.111 jufi 3970: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3971: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3972: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3973: "secure by default" installation.
3974: <p>
1.64 louis 3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3977: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3978: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3979: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3980:
1.113 naddy 3981: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3982: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3983: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3984: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3985: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3986: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3987: <p>
1.66 louis 3988:
1.247 jufi 3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3990: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3991: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3992: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3993:
3994: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3995: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3996: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3997: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3998: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3999: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4000: <p>
1.83 louis 4001:
1.247 jufi 4002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4003: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4004: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4005: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4006:
4007: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4008: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4009: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4010: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4011: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4012: <p>
1.64 louis 4013:
1.247 jufi 4014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4015: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4016: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4017: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4018:
4019: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4020: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4021: <p>
1.301 jose 4022:
4023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4024: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4025: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4026: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4027: </strong></font><br>
4028:
4029: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4030: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4031: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4032: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4033: Giving way to
4034: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4035: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4036: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4037: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4038: <p>
1.247 jufi 4039: </ul>
1.65 louis 4040:
1.69 deraadt 4041: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4042: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4043:
1.247 jufi 4044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4045: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4046: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4047: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4048:
4049: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4050: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4051: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4052: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4053: <p>
1.88 louis 4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4056: <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 4057: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4058:
4059: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4060: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4061: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4062: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4063: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4064: <p>
1.60 louis 4065:
1.247 jufi 4066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4067: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4068: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4069: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4070: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4071:
4072: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4073: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4074: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4075: <p>
1.58 louis 4076:
1.247 jufi 4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4078: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4079: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4080:
4081: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4082: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4083: <p>
1.53 louis 4084:
1.247 jufi 4085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4086: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4087: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4088: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4089:
4090: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4091: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4092: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4093: <p>
1.99 louis 4094:
1.247 jufi 4095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4096: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4097: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4098:
4099: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4100: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4101: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4102: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4103: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4104:
1.247 jufi 4105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4106: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4107: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4108: </strong></font><br>
4109:
4110: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4111: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4112: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4113: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4114: <p>
4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4117: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4118: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4119: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4120:
4121: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4122: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4123: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4124:
1.247 jufi 4125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4126: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4127: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4128:
4129: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4130: in
1.247 jufi 4131: <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 4132: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4133: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4134: <p>
1.53 louis 4135:
1.247 jufi 4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4137: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4138: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4139: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4140: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4141:
1.58 louis 4142: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4143: <p>
1.301 jose 4144:
4145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4146: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4147: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4148: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4149: Informacyjny, January 2000
4150: </strong></font><br>
4151:
4152: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4153: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4154: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4155: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4156: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4157: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4158: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4159: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4160: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4161: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4162: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4163: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4164: <p>
4165:
4166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4167: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4168: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4169: </strong></font><br>
4170:
4171: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4172: <p>
4173: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4174:
1.69 deraadt 4175: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4176: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4177:
1.247 jufi 4178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4179: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4180: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4181: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4182: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4183:
1.58 louis 4184: Kurt Seifried
4185: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4186: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4187: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4188: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4189:
1.247 jufi 4190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4191: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4192: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4193: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4194:
4195: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4196: <p>
1.96 louis 4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4199: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4200: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4201: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4202: </strong></font><br>
4203:
4204: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4205: <p>
4206:
4207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4208: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4209: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4210: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4211:
4212: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4213: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4214: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4215: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4216: <p>
1.247 jufi 4217: </ul>
1.86 louis 4218:
1.69 deraadt 4219: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4220: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4223: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4224: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4225: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4226:
4227: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4228: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4229: <p>
1.61 louis 4230:
1.247 jufi 4231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4232: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4233: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4234: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4235: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4236:
4237: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4238: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4239: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4240: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4241: right -- or at least strives to".
4242: <p>
1.48 louis 4243:
1.247 jufi 4244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4245: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4246: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4248: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4249: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4250: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4251: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4252: <p>
1.61 louis 4253:
1.247 jufi 4254: <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 4255: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4256: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4257:
4258: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4259: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4260: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4261: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4262: <p>
1.46 louis 4263:
1.247 jufi 4264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4265: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4266: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4267: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4268:
4269: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4270: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4271: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4274: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4275: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4276: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4277:
4278: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4279: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4280: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4281: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4282: <p>
1.247 jufi 4283: </ul>
1.70 louis 4284:
1.69 deraadt 4285: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4286: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4287:
1.247 jufi 4288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4289: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4290: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4291: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4292: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4293:
4294: Kurt Seifried
4295: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4296: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4297: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4298: <p>
1.44 philen 4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <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 4301: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4302: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4303:
4304: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4305: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4306:
1.247 jufi 4307: <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 4308: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4309: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4310:
4311: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4312: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4313:
1.247 jufi 4314: <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 4315: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4316: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4317:
4318: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4319: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4320: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4321: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4322: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4323:
1.247 jufi 4324: <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 4325: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4326: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4327:
1.36 louis 4328: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4329: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4330:
1.247 jufi 4331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4332: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4333: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4334: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4335:
4336: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4337: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4338: </ul>
1.38 louis 4339:
1.69 deraadt 4340: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4341: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4342:
1.247 jufi 4343: <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 4344: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4345: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4346:
4347: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4348: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4349: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4350:
1.113 naddy 4351: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4352: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4353: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4354: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4355:
4356: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4357: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4358: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4359: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4360: <blockquote>
4361: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4362: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4363: <br>
4364: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4365: </code>
4366: </blockquote>
4367: <p>
4368:
1.247 jufi 4369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4370: <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 4371: <p>
4372:
4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4374: <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 4375: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4376:
4377: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4378: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4379: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4380: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4381:
1.247 jufi 4382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4383: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4384: Sept. 28, 1999
4385: </strong></font><br>
4386:
4387: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4388: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4389: translating and reprinting articles from
4390: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4391: <p>
4392:
4393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4394: <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 4395: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4396:
4397: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4398: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4399: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4400: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4401: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4402: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4403: <p>
1.19 louis 4404:
1.113 naddy 4405: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4406: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4407: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4408:
4409: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4410: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4411: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4412: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4413: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4414: <p>
1.16 louis 4415:
1.247 jufi 4416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4417: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4418: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4419: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4420:
1.57 louis 4421: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4422: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4423: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4424: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4425:
1.247 jufi 4426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4427: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4428: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4429: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4430:
1.113 naddy 4431: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4432:
1.247 jufi 4433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4434: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4435: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4436: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4437:
1.23 louis 4438: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4439: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4440: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4441: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4442: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4443: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4444:
1.247 jufi 4445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4446: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4447: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4448: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4449:
1.199 pvalchev 4450: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4451: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4452: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4453: installation.
1.113 naddy 4454: <p>
1.47 louis 4455:
1.247 jufi 4456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4457: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4458: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4459: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4460:
1.301 jose 4461: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4462: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4463: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4464: </ul>
1.57 louis 4465:
1.69 deraadt 4466: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4467: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4470: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4471: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4472: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4473:
4474: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4475: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4476: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4477: <p>
1.12 louis 4478:
1.247 jufi 4479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4480: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4481: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4482: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4483:
4484: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4485: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4486: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4487: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4488: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4489: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4490: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4491: <p>
1.247 jufi 4492: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4493:
1.69 deraadt 4494: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4495: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4496:
1.247 jufi 4497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4498: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4499: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4500:
4501: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4502: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4503: available."
1.113 naddy 4504: <p>
1.301 jose 4505:
4506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4507: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4508: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4509: </strong></font><br>
4510:
4511: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4512: <p>
1.247 jufi 4513: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4514:
1.69 deraadt 4515: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4516: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4517:
1.247 jufi 4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4519: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4520: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4521:
4522: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4523: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4524: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4525: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4526: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4527: <p>
1.33 louis 4528:
1.247 jufi 4529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4530: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4531: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4532: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4533:
1.113 naddy 4534: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4535: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4536: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4537: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4538: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4539: <p>
1.247 jufi 4540: </ul>
1.57 louis 4541:
1.69 deraadt 4542: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4543: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4544:
1.247 jufi 4545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4546: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4547: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4548: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4549:
4550: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4551: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4552: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4555: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4556: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4557: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4558: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4559:
4560: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4561: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4564: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4565:
1.113 naddy 4566: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4567:
1.247 jufi 4568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4569: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4570: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4571: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4572:
4573: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4574: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4575: </ul>
1.23 louis 4576:
1.69 deraadt 4577: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4578: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4581: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4582: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4583:
4584: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4585: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4586: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4589: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4590: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4591: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4592:
4593: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4594: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4595: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4596: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4597: </ul>
1.57 louis 4598:
1.69 deraadt 4599: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4600: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4603: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4604: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4605: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4606:
4607: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4608: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4609: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4610: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4611: <p>
1.15 louis 4612:
1.247 jufi 4613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4614: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4615: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4616: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4617:
4618: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4619: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4620: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4621: columns."
1.113 naddy 4622: <p>
1.247 jufi 4623: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4624:
1.69 deraadt 4625: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4626: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4627:
1.247 jufi 4628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4629: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4630: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4631: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4632:
4633: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4634: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4635:
1.113 naddy 4636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4637: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4638: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4639:
4640: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4641: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4642: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4643: </ul>
1.57 louis 4644:
1.69 deraadt 4645: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4646: <ul>
1.301 jose 4647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4648: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4649: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4650: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4651:
4652: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4653: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4654: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4655: <p>
4656:
4657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4658: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4659: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4660: Nov 13, 1998 and
4661: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4662: Datateknik</a>,
4663: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4664:
1.380 saad 4665: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4666: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4667: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4668: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4669: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4670:
1.113 naddy 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4672: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4673: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4674: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4675:
1.222 miod 4676: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4677: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4678: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4679: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4680: <p>
1.247 jufi 4681: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4682:
1.69 deraadt 4683: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4684: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4685:
1.247 jufi 4686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4687: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4688: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4689:
1.69 deraadt 4690: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4691: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4692: <p>
1.247 jufi 4693: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4694:
1.69 deraadt 4695: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4696: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4697:
1.247 jufi 4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4699: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4700: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4701: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4702:
1.383 jcs 4703: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4704: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4705: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4706:
1.247 jufi 4707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4708: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4709: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4710: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4711: <p>
1.247 jufi 4712: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4713:
1.69 deraadt 4714: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4715: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4716:
1.247 jufi 4717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4718: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4719: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4720: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4721: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4722: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4723:
4724: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4725: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4726: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4727: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4728: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4729: <p>
1.247 jufi 4730: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4731:
4732: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4733: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4734:
1.247 jufi 4735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4736: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4737: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4738:
1.69 deraadt 4739: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4740: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4741: <p>
1.112 naddy 4742:
1.247 jufi 4743: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4744: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4745:
1.292 camield 4746: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4747: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4748: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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