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1.454 ian 19: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.455 ! ian 22: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
! 23: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
! 24: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
! 26: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
! 27: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
! 28: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
! 29: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
! 30: interview.</a>
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 34: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
35: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
36: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
37: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
38: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
39: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
40: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
41: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
42: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
43: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
44: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
45: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
46: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
47: "I have never used it."
48: <p>
49:
50: </ul>
51:
1.441 deraadt 52: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
53: <ul>
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 55: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
56: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
57: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
58: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
59: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
60: future enhancements.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 64: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 65: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
66: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
67: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
68: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
69: North America mirror:
70: <ul>
1.452 marco 71: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 72: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
73: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 74: </ul>
75: European mirror:
76: <ul>
1.452 marco 77: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 78: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
79: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 84: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
85: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
86: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
87: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
88: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
89: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 93: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
94: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
95: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
96: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
97: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
98: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
99: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
100: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
101: <p>
102:
103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 104: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
105: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
106: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
107: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
108: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
109: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
110: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
111: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 115: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 116: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 117: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
118: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
119: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
120: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
121: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
122: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
126: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 127: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 128: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
129: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
130: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
131: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
132: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 136: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
137: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
138: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 139: </strong></font><br>
140: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
141: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
142: with OpenBSD.
143: </ul>
144:
1.436 henning 145: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
146: <ul>
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 148: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
149: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
150: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
151: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
152: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
153: than closed source, as we have long contended.
154: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
155: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
156: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
157: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
158: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
159: <p>
160: This article can also be found online as
161: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
162: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
163: <p>
164:
165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 166: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
167: </strong></font><br>
168: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
169: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 173: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
174: </strong></font><br>
175: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
176: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 177: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 178: the issues we had with IETF.
179: </ul>
180:
1.431 ian 181: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
182: <ul>
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 184: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
185: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
186: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
187: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
188: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
189: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
190: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 194: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
195: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
196: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
197: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
198: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
199: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 200: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 201: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
202: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
203: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
204: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
205: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
206: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
207: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
208: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
209:
210: </ul>
211:
1.427 matthieu 212: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
213: <ul>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 216: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
217: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
218: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
219: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
220: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
221: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
222: firmware.
1.434 ian 223: Similar articles can be found online at:
224: <ul>
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
226: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
227: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
228: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
230: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
231: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
232: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
234: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
235: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
236: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
238: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
239: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
240: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
241: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 242: </ul>
243:
1.426 ian 244: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
245: <ul>
246:
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
248: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
249: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
250: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
251: This article talks about our systrace
252: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
253: mechanism: what it is and why and
254: how to use it, with examples.
255: Another excerpt from the book
256: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
257: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
258: <p>
259:
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
261: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
262: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
263: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
264: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
265: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
266: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
267: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
268: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
269: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
270: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
271: This article is a sample chapter from
272: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
273: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
274: <p>
1.443 ian 275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
277: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
278: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
279: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
280: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
281: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
282: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
283: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
284: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
285: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
286: ends with a sidebar on security.
287: <p>
1.426 ian 288: </ul>
289:
1.424 ian 290: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
291: <ul>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 294: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
295: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
296: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
297: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
298: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
299: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
300: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
301: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
302: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
303: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
304: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
305: <p>
306: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
307: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
308: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 312: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
313: Closed Source Hardware</a>
314: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
315: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
316: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
317: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
318: operating systems.
319: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
320: OpenBSD on his firewall.
321: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
322: systems, he writes:
323: <blockquote>
324: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
325: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
326: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
327: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
328: to the operating system...
329: <br/>
330: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
331: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
332: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
333: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
334: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
335: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
336: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
337: in a closed source operating system).
338: <br/>
339: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
340: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
341: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
342: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
343: </blockquote>
344: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
345: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
346: their hardware and software operates.
347: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
348: reverse-engineering the
349: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
350: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
351: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
352: <p>
353: </ul>
354:
1.417 pvalchev 355: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
356: <ul>
1.421 ian 357:
1.417 pvalchev 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 359: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
360: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
361: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
362: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
363: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
364: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
365: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
366: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
367: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
368: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
369: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 370: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 371: <p>
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 373: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
374: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
375: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
376: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
377: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
378: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
379: it claims to do".
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 383: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
384: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
385: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
386: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
387: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 388: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 389: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
390: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
391: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
392: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
393: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
394: (yes, this is a hint).
395: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
396: picked up on the
397: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
398: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
399: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
400: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
401: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 405: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
406: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
407: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
408: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
409: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
410: questions about the significance and rationale behind
411: the current efforts.
412: <p>
413: </ul>
414:
1.407 henning 415: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
416: <ul>
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 418: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
419: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
420: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
421: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
422: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
423: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
424: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
425: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 429: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
430: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
431: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
432: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
433: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
434: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
435: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
436: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
437: of the important changes in 3.6.
438: </p>
439:
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 441: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
442: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
443: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
444: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
445: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
446: overflow attacks... because
447: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
448: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
449: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
450: and propolice.
451: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
452: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
453: and that's when the science falls apart."
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 457: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
458: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
459: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
460: Starts with the question:
461: <blockquote>
462: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
463: <br/>
464: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
465: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
466: <br/>
467: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
468: Should we believe them?"
469: </blockquote>
470: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
471: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
472: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
473: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
474: for your mail, web and other online activities.
475: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 479: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
480: Simple Simon</a>,
481: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
482: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
483: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
484: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
485: routing/firewall, and more.
486: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
487: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
488: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
489: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
490: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
491: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
492: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
493: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
494: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
495: </blockquote>
496: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
497: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 501: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
502: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 503: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 504: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 505: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
506: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
507: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 508: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 509: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
510: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
511: in spite of it
512: (registration required, but worth it).
513: <p>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
516: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
517: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
518: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
519: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
520: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
521: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
522: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 523: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 524: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
525: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
526: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
527: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 531: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
532: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
533: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
534: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
535: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
536: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
537: <blockquote>
538: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
539: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
540: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
541: a lot of analysis.
542: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
543: </blockquote>
544: <p>
545: </ul>
546:
1.400 marco 547: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
548: <ul>
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 550: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
551: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
552: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
553: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
554: UNIX-like systems.
555: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
556: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
557: <p>
558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 559: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
560: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 561: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
562: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
563: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
564: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
565: At one point, the article states:
566: <blockquote>
567: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
568: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
569: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
570: </blockquote>
571: And then quotes Theo as saying:
572: <blockquote>
573: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
574: fewer are reading or auditing code."
575: </blockquote>
576: <p>
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
578: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
579: marks its fifth birthday</a>
580: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
581: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
582: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
583: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
584: required).
585: <p>
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 587: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
588: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
589: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
590: </strong></font><br>
591: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
592: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
593: <p>
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 595: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
596: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 597: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 598: </strong></font><br>
599: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
600: <p>
601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 602: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
603: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 604: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 605: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 606: 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 607: <p>
608: </ul>
609:
1.396 henning 610: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
611: <ul>
612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 613: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
614: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
615: Unix Review, July, 2004
616: </strong></font><br>
617: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
618: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
619: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
620: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
621: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
622: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
623: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
624: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
625: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
626: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
627: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
628: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
629: and even spelling/wording errors.
630: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
631: <p>
632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 633: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 634: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
635: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
636: </strong></font><br>
637: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
638: <p>
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 640: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 641: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
642: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
643: </strong></font><br>
644: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
645: <p>
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 647: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
648: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
649: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
650: </strong></font><br>
651: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
652: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
653: <p>
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 655: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
656: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
657: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
658: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
659: <p>
660: </ul>
661:
1.405 jolan 662: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
663: <ul>
664: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
665: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
666: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
667: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
668: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
669: details on how funds are dispersed.
670: <p>
671: </ul>
672:
1.393 david 673: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
674: <ul>
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 676: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
677: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
678: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
679: </strong></font><br>
680: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
681: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
682: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
683: on inserting large number of SQL records.
684: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
685: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
686: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
687: <p>
688:
689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 690: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
691: Secure by Default</a>,
692: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
693: </strong></font><br>
694: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
695: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
699: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
700: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
701: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
702: </strong></font><br>
703: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
704: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
705: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
706: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
707: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
708: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
709: <p>
710:
711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
712: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
713: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
714: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
715: </strong></font><br>
716: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
717: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
718: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
722: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
723: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
724: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
725: </strong></font><br>
726: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
727: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
728: <p>
729: </ul>
730:
1.388 mcbride 731: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
732: <ul>
1.394 jolan 733:
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
735: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
736: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
737: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
738: </strong></font><br>
739: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
740: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
741: available for sparc64.
742: <p>
743:
1.390 beck 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 745: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
746: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
747: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
748: </strong></font><br>
749: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
750: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
751: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
752: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
753: <p>
754:
755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 756: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
757: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 758: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 759: </strong></font><br>
760: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
761: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
762: it does: CARP provides sharing
763: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
764: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
765: detail to get you started using it.
766: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
767: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
768: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
769: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
770: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
771: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
772: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 773: <p>
1.391 ian 774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 776: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 777: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
778: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 779: </strong></font><br>
780: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 781: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 782: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 783: <p>
1.388 mcbride 784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
786: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
787: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 788: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 789: </strong></font><br>
790: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
791: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
792: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
793: unencumbered by patents.
794: <p>
795: </ul>
796:
1.378 henning 797: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
798: <ul>
1.384 jose 799:
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 801: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
802: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
803: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
806: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
807: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
808: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
809: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
810: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
811: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
812: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
813: in the page tables."
814: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 818: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
819: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
820: </strong></font><br>
821: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
822: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
823: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
824: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 825: <p>
1.384 jose 826:
1.378 henning 827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 828: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
829: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 830: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
831: </strong></font><br>
832: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
833: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
834: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
835: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
836: (quote:
837: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
838: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 839: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 840: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
841: the other developers for their work on the system.
842: <p>
843:
844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 845: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
846: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
847: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 848: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 849: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
850: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
851: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
852: too.
853: <p>
854:
855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 856: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
857: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 858: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 859: OpenBSD source code using
860: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
861: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
862: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
863: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
864: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
865: <p>
866: </ul>
867:
1.374 jose 868: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
869: <ul>
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 871: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 872: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
873: </strong></font><br>
874: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
875: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
876: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
877: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
878: it."
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 882: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
883: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
884: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
885: </strong></font><br/>
886: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
887: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
888: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
889: <p>
890: </ul>
891:
1.369 ian 892: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
893: <ul>
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 895: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
896: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
897: </strong></font><br/>
898: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
899: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
900: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
901: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
902: <p>
903:
904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 905: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
906: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
907: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
908: </strong></font><br/>
909: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
910: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
911: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
912: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
913: form factor.
914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
917: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
918: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
919: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
920: Features</a>,
921: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
922: </strong></font><br/>
923: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
924: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
925: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
926: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
927: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
928: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
929: <p>
930: This article can also be found online at:
931: <ul>
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 933: <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 934: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
935: </strong></font>
936: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
937: </ul>
938: <p>
1.392 david 939:
1.371 jose 940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 941: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
942: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 943: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
944: </strong></font><br/>
945: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
946: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
947: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 948: <p>
1.371 jose 949:
950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 951: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 952: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 953: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 954: </strong></font><br/>
955: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
956: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
957: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
958: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
959: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
960: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
961: and its history with OpenBSD.
962: </ul>
963:
1.368 henning 964: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
965: <ul>
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 967: [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 968: </strong></font><br>
969: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
970: </ul>
971:
1.364 jose 972: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
973: <ul>
974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 975: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
976: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
977: UNIX Review,
978: July, 2003.
979: </strong></font><br>
980: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
981: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
982: who want more information.
983: <p>
984:
985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 986: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
987: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
988: Government Computer News,
989: July 22, 2003.
990: </strong></font><br>
991: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
992: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
993: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
994: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
995: <p>
996:
997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
998: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
999: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1000: SANS Institute,
1001: July 22, 2003.
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1004: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1005: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1006: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1007: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1008: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1009: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1010: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1011: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1012: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1013: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1014: <p>
1015:
1016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1017: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1018: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1019: OnLamp.com,
1020: July 17, 2003.
1021: </strong></font><br>
1022: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1023: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1024: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1025: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1026: have been working on.
1027:
1028: </ul>
1029:
1.356 jose 1030: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1031: <ul>
1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1034: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1035: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1036: UNIX Review,
1037: June, 2003.
1038: </strong></font><br>
1039: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1040: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1041: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1042: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1043: <p>
1044:
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1046: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1047: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1048: eWeek,
1049: June 23, 2003.
1050: </strong></font><br>
1051: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1052: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1053: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1054: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1055: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1056: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1057: <p>
1058:
1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1060: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1061: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1062: Software Development Online,
1063: June, 2003.
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1066: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1067: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1068: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1069: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1070: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1071: current activities.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1075: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1076: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1077: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1078: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1079: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1080: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1081: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1082: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1083: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1084: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1085: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1086: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1087: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1088: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1089: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1090: decisions.
1091: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1092: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1093: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1094: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1095: <p>
1096:
1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1098: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1099: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1100: Page 58, eWeek,
1101: June 2, 2003.
1102: </strong></font><br>
1103: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1104: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1105: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1106: been addressed in -current.
1107: <p>
1108:
1.356 jose 1109: </ul>
1110:
1111: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1112: <ul>
1113:
1.355 jose 1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1115: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1116: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1117: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1118: </strong></font><br>
1119: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1120: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1121: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1122: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1123: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1124: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1125: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1126: <p>
1127:
1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1129: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1130: Beyond Linux</a>,
1131: InfoWorld,
1132: May 23, 2003.
1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1135: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1136: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1137: compared to the GPL.
1138: <p>
1139:
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1141: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1142: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1143: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1144: May 17, 2003.
1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1147: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1148: the business section and half of another page inside
1149: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1150: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1151: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1152: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1153: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1154: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1155: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1156: <br>
1157: This article can also be found online at:
1158: <ul>
1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1160: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1161: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1162: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1163: May 17, 2003
1164: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1165: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1167: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1168: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1169: Montreal Gazette,
1170: May 21, 2003
1171: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1172: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1173: <p>
1.346 ian 1174:
1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1176: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1177: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1178: May 7, 2003.
1179: </strong></font><br>
1180: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1181: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1182: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1183: <p>
1184:
1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1186: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1187: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1188: OsOpinion,
1189: May 6, 2003.
1190: </strong></font><br>
1191: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1192: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1193: <br>
1194: This article can also be found online at:
1195: <ul>
1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1197: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1198: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1199: NewsFactor Network.
1200: </strong></font>
1201: </ul>
1202: <p>
1203:
1204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1205: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1206: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1207: ITBusiness,
1208: May 2, 2003.
1209: </strong></font><br>
1210: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1211: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1212: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1213: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1214: <p>
1215:
1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1217: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1218: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1219: InfoWorld,
1220: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1221: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1222: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1223: <br>
1224: This article can also be found online at:
1225: <ul>
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1227: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1228: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1229: IDG Singapore.
1230: </strong></font>
1231: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1232: <p>
1233:
1.339 jose 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1235: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1236: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1237: ZDNet,
1238: May 1, 2003.
1239: </strong></font><br>
1240: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1241: someone using parts from previous articles.
1242: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1243: This article can also be found online at:
1244: <ul>
1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1246: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1247: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1248: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1249: </strong></font>
1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1251: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1252: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1253: CNET News.com.
1254: </strong></font>
1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1256: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1257: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1258: ZDNet UK.
1259: </strong></font>
1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1261: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1262: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1263: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1264: </strong></font>
1265: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1266: <p>
1.339 jose 1267:
1.341 deraadt 1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1269: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1270: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1271: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1272: May 1, 2003.
1273: </strong></font><br>
1274: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1275: that have been added
1276: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1277: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1278: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1279: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1280: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1281: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1282: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1283: <p>
1284:
1285: </ul>
1286:
1.253 ian 1287: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1288: <ul>
1.255 ian 1289:
1.260 ian 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1291: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1292: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1293: TechRepublic,
1294: April 28, 2003.
1295: </strong></font><br>
1296: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1297: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1298: work.<br>
1299: Can also be found online at:
1300: <ul>
1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1302: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1303: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1304: ZDNet UK.
1305: </strong></font>
1306: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1310: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1311: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1312: IDG,
1313: April 24, 2003.
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1316: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1317: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1318: Can also be found online at:
1319: <ul>
1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1321: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1322: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1323: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1324: </strong></font>
1325: </ul>
1326: <p>
1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1329: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1330: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1331: Slate,
1332: April 24, 2003.
1333: </strong></font><br>
1334: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1335: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1336: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1337: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1338: <p>
1339:
1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1341: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1342: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1343: April 24, 2003.
1344: </strong></font><br>
1345: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1346: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1347: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1348: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1349: <p>
1350:
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1352: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1353: April 24, 2003.
1354: </strong></font><br>
1355: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1356: the free software community".
1357: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1358: other articles.
1359: <p>
1360:
1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1362: <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 1363: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1364: </strong></font><br>
1365: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1366: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1367: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1368: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1369: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1370: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1371: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1372: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1373: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1374: <br/>
1375: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1376: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1377: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1378: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1379: <br>
1380: Can also be found online at:
1381: <ul>
1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1383: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1384: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1385: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1386: </strong></font>
1387: </ul>
1.324 ian 1388: <p>
1389:
1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1391: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1392: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1393: </strong></font><br>
1394: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1395: article above.
1396: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1397: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1398: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1399: <br>
1400: Can also be found online at:
1401: <ul>
1402: <li>
1403: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1404: </strong></font>
1405: </ul>
1.324 ian 1406: <p>
1407:
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1409: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1412: <p>
1413:
1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1415: <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.
1416: </strong></font><br>
1417: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1418: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1422: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1423: April 23, 2003.
1424: </strong></font><br>
1425: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1426: <p>
1427:
1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1429: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1430: April 22, 2003.
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1433: <p>
1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1436: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1437: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1438: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1439: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1440: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1441: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1442: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1443: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1444: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1445: Can also be found online at:
1446: <ul>
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1448: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1449: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1450: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1451: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1453: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1454: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1455: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1456: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1457: </ul>
1458: <p>
1459:
1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1461: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1462: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1463: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1464: </strong></font><br>
1465: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1466: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1467: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1468: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1469: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1470: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1471: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1472: <p>
1473:
1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1475: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1476: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1477: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1478: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1479: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1480: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1481: at UPenn and DARPA.
1482: <p>
1483:
1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1485: [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,
1486: France
1.315 deraadt 1487: April 18, 2003.
1488: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1489: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1490: <p>
1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1493: [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 1494: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1495: </strong></font><br>
1496: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1497: <p>
1498:
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1500: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1501: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1502: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1503: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1504: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1505: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1506: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1507: <p>
1508:
1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1510: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1511: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1512: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1513: </strong></font><br>
1514: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1515: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1516: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1517: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1518: <p>
1519:
1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1521: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1522: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1523: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1524: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1525: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1526: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1527: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1528: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1529: Can also be found online at:
1530: <ul>
1531: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1532: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1533: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1534: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1535: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1536: <p>
1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1539: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1540: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1541: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1542: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1543: </strong></font><br>
1544: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1545: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1546: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1547: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1548: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1551: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1552: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1553: New York Times.
1554: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1555:
1.273 deraadt 1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1557: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1558: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1559: ABC News.
1560: </strong></font>
1561:
1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1563: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1564: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1565: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1566: </strong></font>
1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1569: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1570: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1571: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1572: </strong></font>
1573:
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1575: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1576: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1577: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1578: </strong></font>
1579:
1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1581: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1582: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1583: Times Daily, AL.
1584: </strong></font>
1585:
1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1587: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1588: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1589: Boston.com, MA.
1590: </strong></font>
1591:
1592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1593: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1594: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1595: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1596: </strong></font>
1597:
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1599: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1600: [Article was pulled]</a>
1601: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1602: </strong></font>
1603:
1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1605: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1606: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1607: Infoshop News.
1608: </strong></font>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1611: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1612: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1613: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1614: </strong></font>
1615:
1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1617: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1618: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1619: Raleigh News, NC.
1620: </strong></font>
1621:
1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1623: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1624: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1625: Napa News, CA.
1626: </strong></font>
1627:
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1629: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1630: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1631: NEPA News, PA.
1632: </strong></font>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1635: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1636: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1637: Wired News.
1638: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1639: <br>
1640: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1641: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1642: [JAPANESE]
1643: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1644: Wired News Japan</a>
1645: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1646:
1.271 deraadt 1647: </ul>
1648: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1649: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1650: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1651: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1652: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1653: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1654: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1655: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1656: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1657: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1658: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1659: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1660: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1661: <p>
1662: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1663:
1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1665: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1666: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1667: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1668: </strong></font>
1669:
1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1671: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1672: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1673: Miami Herald, FL.
1674: </strong></font>
1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1677: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1678: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1679: </strong></font>
1680:
1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1682: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1683: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1684: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1685: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1686:
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1688: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1689: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1690: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1691: ABC News.
1692: </strong></font>
1693:
1.276 deraadt 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1695: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1696: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1697: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1698: </strong></font>
1699:
1.286 dhartmei 1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1701: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1702: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1703: Wilmington Star, NC.
1704: </strong></font>
1705:
1.300 jose 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1707: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1708: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1709: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1710: </strong></font>
1711:
1.309 jose 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1713: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1714: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1715: Globe Technology.
1716: </strong></font>
1717:
1.263 deraadt 1718: </ul>
1.262 beck 1719: <p>
1720:
1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1722: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1723: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1724: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1726: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1727: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1728: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1729: <p>
1730:
1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1732: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1733: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1734: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1735: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1736: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1737: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1738: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1739: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1740: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1741: and simply restates other press reports.
1742: <p>
1743:
1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1745: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1746: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1747: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1748: </strong></font><br>
1749: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1753: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1754: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1755: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1756: </strong></font><br>
1757: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1758: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1759: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1763: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1764: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1765: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1766: April 17, 2003.
1767: </strong></font><br>
1768: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1769: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1770: Tech Anthems</a>
1771: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1772: 4 so far.
1773: <p>
1774:
1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1776: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1777: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1778: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1779: </strong></font><br>
1780: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1781: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1782: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1783: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1784: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1785: Goes on to say:
1786: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1787: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1788: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1789: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1790: This article is also found online at:
1791: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1793: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1794: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1795: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1796: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1798: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1799: ZDnet</a>,
1800: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1801: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1803: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1804: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1805: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1806: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1807: </ul>
1.260 ian 1808: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1809:
1.260 ian 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1811: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1812: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1813: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1814: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1815: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1816: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1817: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1818: without notice or justification.
1819: <p>
1820:
1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1822: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1823: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1824: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1825: </strong></font><br>
1826: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1827: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1828: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1829: effective today, without any warning..."
1830: <p>
1.257 ian 1831:
1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1833: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1834: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1835: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1836: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1837: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1838: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1839: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1840: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1841: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1842: <p>
1843:
1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1845: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1846: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1847: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1848: </strong></font><br>
1849: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1850: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1851: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1852: quoting two of them:
1853: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1854: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1855: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1856: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1857: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1858: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1859: <p>
1860:
1.255 ian 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1862: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1863: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1864: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1865: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1866: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1867: <p>
1868:
1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1870: [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 1871: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1872: </strong></font><br>
1873: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1874: <p>
1875:
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1877: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1878: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1879: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1880: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1881: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1882: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1883: security experts for more than three decades."
1884: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1885: <p>
1.261 ian 1886:
1.254 drahn 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1888: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1889: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1890: </strong></font><br>
1891: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1892: <p>
1893:
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1895: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1896: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1897: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1898: </strong></font><br>
1899: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1900: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1901: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1902: <p>
1903:
1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1905: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1906: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1907: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1908: </strong></font><br>
1909: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1910: from US DARPA.
1911: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1912: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1913: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1914: the BSD license.
1915: <p>
1916: </ul>
1917:
1.251 ian 1918: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1919: <ul>
1920:
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1922: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1923: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1924: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1925: </strong></font><br>
1926:
1927: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1928: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1929: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1930: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1931: <p>
1932:
1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1934: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1935: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1936: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1937: </strong></font><br>
1938: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1939: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1940: Mentions
1941: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1942: and
1943: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1944: programs.
1945: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1946: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1947: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1948: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1949: <p>
1.325 ian 1950: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1951: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1952:
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1954: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1955: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1956: </strong></font><br>
1957: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1958: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1959: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1960: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1961: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1962: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1963: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1964: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1965: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1966: put into service."
1967: <p>
1968: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1969: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1970: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1971: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1972: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1973: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1974: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1975: computers with security features."
1976: <p>
1.329 ian 1977:
1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1979: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1980: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1981: Slate,
1982: March 3, 2003.
1983: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1984: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1985: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1986: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1987: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1988: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1989: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1990: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1991: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1992: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1993: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1994: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1995: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1996: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1997: of more secure open-source solutions like
1998: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1999: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2000: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2001: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2002: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2003: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2004: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2005: the Beltway."
2006: <p>
1.251 ian 2007: </ul>
2008:
1.249 jufi 2009: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2010: <ul>
2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2012: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2013: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2014: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2015: </strong></font><br>
2016: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2017: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2018: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2019: <p>
1.334 ian 2020:
2021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2022: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2023: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2024: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2025: </strong></font><br>
2026: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2027: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2028: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2029: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2030: "... the hypothetical question ...
2031: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2032: <br>
2033: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2034: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2035: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2036: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2037: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2038: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2039: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2040: support network security.
2041: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2042: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2043: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2044: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2045: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2046: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2047: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2048: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2049: <br>
2050: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2051: <p>
2052:
1.249 jufi 2053: </ul>
2054:
1.246 jufi 2055: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2056: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2057:
1.247 jufi 2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2059: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2060: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
2061: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2062: </strong></font><br>
2063: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2064: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2065: <p>
2066:
1.247 jufi 2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2068: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2069: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
2070: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2073: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2074: <p>
2075:
2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2077: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2078: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
2079: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2080: </strong></font><br>
2081: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2082: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2083: <p>
1.247 jufi 2084: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2085:
1.244 jufi 2086: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2087: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2088:
1.247 jufi 2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2090: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2091: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2092: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2093: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2094: </strong></font><br>
2095: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2096: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2097: md5 digests.
2098: <p>
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2101: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2102: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2103: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2104: </strong></font><br>
2105: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2106: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2107: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2108: right the first time."
2109: <p>
1.247 jufi 2110: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2111:
2112:
2113: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2114: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2117: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2118: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2119: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2120: </strong></font><br>
2121: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2122: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2123: part 6</a>.
2124: <p>
2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2127: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2128: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2129: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2130: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2131: </strong></font><br>
2132: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2133: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2134: <p>
1.301 jose 2135:
2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2137: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2138: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2139: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2140: </strong></font><br>
2141:
2142: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2143: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2144: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2145: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2146: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2147: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2148: <i>Here's the
2149: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2150: <p>
1.247 jufi 2151: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2152:
2153: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2154: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2157: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2158: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2159: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2160: </strong></font><br>
2161: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2162: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2163: <p>
2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2166: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2167: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2168: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2169: </strong></font><br>
2170: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2171: this time using pf.
2172: <p>
1.247 jufi 2173: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2174:
2175: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2176: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2179: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2180: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2181: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2182: </strong></font><br>
2183: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2184: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2185: their rotation.
2186: <p>
2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2189: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2190: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2191: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2192: </strong></font><br>
2193: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2194: <p>
1.247 jufi 2195: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2196:
1.239 jufi 2197: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2198: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2201: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2202: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2203: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2206: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2207: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2208: <p>
2209:
1.247 jufi 2210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2211: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2212: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2213: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2214: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2215: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2216: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2217: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2218: <p>
1.247 jufi 2219: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2220:
1.235 lebel 2221: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2222: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2223:
1.239 jufi 2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2226: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2227: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2228: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2229: </strong></font><br>
2230: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2231: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2232: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2233: <p>
1.301 jose 2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2236:
1.228 horacio 2237: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2238: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2241: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2242: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2243: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2244: </strong></font><br>
2245: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2246: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2247: <p>
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2250: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2251: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2252: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2253: </strong></font><br>
2254: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2255: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2256: <p>
2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2259: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2260: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2261: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2264: on the desktop of his parents.
2265: <p>
2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2268: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2269: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2270: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2273: using IPFilter.
2274:
2275: <p>
2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2278: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2279: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2280: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2281: </strong></font><br>
2282: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2283: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2284: perspectives of the four OS.
2285: <br>
2286: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2287: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2288: <p>
2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2291: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2292: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2293: software and security</a>,
2294: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2295: </strong></font><br>
2296:
2297: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2298: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2299: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2300: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2301: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2302: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2303: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2304: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2305: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2306: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2307: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2308: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2309: <p>
1.247 jufi 2310: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2311:
1.225 horacio 2312: <h2>January, 2002</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/2002/January/Features617.html">
2317: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2318: Interview</a>,
2319: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2320: </strong></font><br>
2321:
2322: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2323: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2324: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2325: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2326: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2327: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2328: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2329: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2330: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2331: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2332: of choice.
2333: <p>
1.247 jufi 2334: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2335:
2336: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2337: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2340: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2341: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2342: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2343: </strong></font><br>
2344:
2345: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2346: <p>
2347:
1.247 jufi 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2349: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2350: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2351: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2352: </strong></font><br>
2353:
2354: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2355: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2356: <p>
1.247 jufi 2357: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2358:
1.218 horacio 2359: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2360: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2363: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2364: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2365: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2366: </strong></font><br>
2367:
2368: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2369: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2370: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2371: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2372: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2373: subjects. Worth a read.
2374: <p>
2375:
2376:
1.247 jufi 2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2378: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2379: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2380: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2381: </strong></font><br>
2382:
2383: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2384: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2385: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2386: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2387: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2388: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2389: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2390: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2391: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2392: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2393: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2394: on other operating systems.<br>
2395: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2396: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2397: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2398: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2402: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2403: Operating System 2010</a>,
2404: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2405: </strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2408: covering the level of software integration into the core
2409: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2410: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2411: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2412: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2413: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2414: <p>
2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2417: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2418: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2419: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421:
2422: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2423: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2424: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2425: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2426: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2427: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2428: <p>
1.247 jufi 2429: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2430:
1.210 jufi 2431: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2432: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2433:
1.247 jufi 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2435: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2436: Already a Contender</a>,
2437: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2438: </strong></font><br>
2439:
2440: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2441: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2442: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2443: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2444: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2445: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2446: <p>
2447:
1.247 jufi 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2449: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2450: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2451: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2452: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2453:
1.224 horacio 2454: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2455: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2456: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2457: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2458: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2459: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2460: <p>
1.247 jufi 2461: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2462:
2463: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2464: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2465:
1.247 jufi 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2467: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2468: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2469: Division</a>,
2470: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2471: </strong></font><br>
2472:
2473: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2474: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2475: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2476: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2477: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2478: investment</em>.<br>
2479: The implementation details can be seen on their
2480: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2481: <p>
2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2484: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2485: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2486: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2487: </strong></font><br>
2488:
2489: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2490: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2491: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2492: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2493: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2494: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2495: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2496: <p>
2497:
2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2499: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2500: Thinking about Security</a>,
2501: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2502: </strong></font><br>
2503:
2504: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2505: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2506: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2507: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2508: to time.<br>
2509: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2510: system and just the most secure system.
2511: <p>
2512:
1.247 jufi 2513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2514: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2515: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2516: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2517: </strong></font><br>
2518:
2519: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2520: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2521: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2522: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2523: choice:<br>
2524: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2525: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2526: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2527: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2528: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2529: network security devices and as such must be well
2530: armored."</em><br>
2531: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2532: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2533: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2534: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2535: <br>
2536: Bravo!
2537: <p>
1.247 jufi 2538: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2539:
1.207 ian 2540: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2541: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2544: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2545: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2546: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2547:
1.207 ian 2548: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2549: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2550: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2551: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2552: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2553: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2554: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2555: <p>
1.247 jufi 2556: </ul>
1.207 ian 2557:
1.194 jufi 2558: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2559: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2562: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2563: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2564: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2565: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2566:
1.240 miod 2567: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2568: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2569: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2570: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2571: <p>
2572:
1.247 jufi 2573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2574: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2575: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2576: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2577:
2578: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2579: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2580: <p>
2581:
2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2583: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2584: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2585: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2586:
2587: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2588: <p>
2589:
2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2591: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2592: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2593: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2594: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2595:
1.240 miod 2596: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2597: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2598: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2599: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2600: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2601: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2602: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2603: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2604: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2605: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2606: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2607: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2608: <p>
2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2611: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2612: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2613: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2614: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2615:
1.194 jufi 2616: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2617: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2618: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2619: <br>
2620: The new
2621: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2622: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2623: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2624: <p>
1.247 jufi 2625: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2626:
1.190 horacio 2627: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2628: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2629:
1.247 jufi 2630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2631:
2632: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2633: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2634:
1.301 jose 2635:
1.191 jufi 2636: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2637: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2638:
2639: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2640: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2641:
1.212 horacio 2642: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2643: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2644: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2645:
1.211 horacio 2646: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2647: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2648: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2651: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2654: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2655:
1.212 horacio 2656: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2657: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2658: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2659:
2660: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2661: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2662:
2663: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2664: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2665:
1.301 jose 2666: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2667: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2668:
1.191 jufi 2669: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2670: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2671:
2672: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2673: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2674:
1.192 jufi 2675: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2676: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2677: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2678:
1.193 deraadt 2679: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2680: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2681: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2682:
1.247 jufi 2683: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2684: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2685:
1.247 jufi 2686: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2687: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2688: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2689:
1.213 horacio 2690: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2691: 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 2692: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2693:
1.190 horacio 2694: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2695: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2696: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2697: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2698: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2699: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2700: <p>
1.190 horacio 2701:
1.247 jufi 2702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2703: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2704: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2705: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2706: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2707:
1.195 jufi 2708: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2709: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2710: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2711: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2712: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2713: <p>
2714:
1.247 jufi 2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2716: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2717: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2718: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2719: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2720:
1.191 jufi 2721: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2722: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2723: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2724: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2725: <p>
2726:
2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2728: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2729: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2730: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2731:
2732: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2733: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2734: <p>
1.247 jufi 2735: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2736:
1.191 jufi 2737:
1.186 jufi 2738: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2739: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2742: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2743: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2744: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2745: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2746:
1.188 jufi 2747: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2748: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2749: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2750: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2751: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2752: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2753: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2754: <p>
2755:
1.301 jose 2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2757: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2758: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2759: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2760:
2761: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2762: <p>
1.191 jufi 2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2765: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2766: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2767: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2768: </strong></font><br>
2769:
2770: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2771: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2772: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2773: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2774: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2775: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2776: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2777: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2778: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2779: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2780: familiar?
2781: <p>
1.247 jufi 2782: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2783:
1.178 louis 2784: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2785: <ul>
1.178 louis 2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2788: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2789: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2790: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2791: </strong></font><br>
2792:
2793: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2794: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2795: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2796: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2797: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2798: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2799: <p>
2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2802: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2803: Open source under the hood</a>,
2804: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2805: </strong></font><br>
2806:
2807: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2808: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2809: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2810: <p>
2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2813: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2814: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2815: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2816: </strong></font><br>
2817:
2818: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2819: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2820: <p>
1.247 jufi 2821: </ul>
1.179 louis 2822:
1.174 louis 2823:
1.175 louis 2824: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2825: <ul>
1.175 louis 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2828: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2829: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2830: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2831: </strong></font><br>
2832:
2833: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2834: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2835: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2836: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2837: <p>
2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2840: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2841: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2842: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2843: </strong></font><br>
2844:
2845: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2846: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2847: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2848: <p>
1.247 jufi 2849: </ul>
1.175 louis 2850:
1.176 louis 2851:
1.172 mickey 2852: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2853: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2856: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2857: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2858: </strong></font><br>
2859:
2860: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2861: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2862: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2863: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2864: <p>
2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2867: <a
1.269 deraadt 2868: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2869: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2870: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2871: </strong></font><br>
2872:
2873: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2874: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2875: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2876: <p>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2879: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2880: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2881: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2882: </strong></font><br>
2883:
2884: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2885: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2886: <p>
2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2889: <a
1.269 deraadt 2890: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2891: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2892: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2893: </strong></font><br>
2894:
2895: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2896: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2897: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2898: our own Theo de Raadt.
2899: <p>
2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2902: <a
1.269 deraadt 2903: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2904: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2905: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2906: </strong></font><br>
2907:
2908: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2909: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2910: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2911: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2912: shut down.]
2913: <p>
2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2916: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2917: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2918: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2919: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2920: </strong></font><br>
2921:
2922: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2923: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2924: <p>
1.247 jufi 2925: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2926:
1.161 louis 2927: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2928: <ul>
1.161 louis 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2931: <a
1.269 deraadt 2932: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2933: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2934: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2935: </strong></font><br>
2936:
2937: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2938: by John Wolley
2939: <p>
2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2942: <a
1.269 deraadt 2943: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2944: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2945: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2946: </strong></font><br>
2947:
2948: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2949: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2950: OpenBSD).
2951: <p>
2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2954: <a
1.247 jufi 2955: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2956: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2957: </strong></font><br>
2958:
2959: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2960: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2961: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2962: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2963: and hindsight.
2964: <p>
2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2967: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2968: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2972: <p>
2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2975: <a
1.168 provos 2976: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2977: December 7, 2000
2978: </strong></font><br>
2979:
2980: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2981: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2982: us explain.
2983: <p>
2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2986: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2987: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2988: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2989: December 6, 2000
2990: </strong></font><br>
2991:
2992: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2993: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2994: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2995: <p>
2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2998: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2999: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3000: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3001: </strong></font><br>
3002:
3003: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3004: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3005: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3006: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3007: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3008: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3009: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3010: <p>
3011:
3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3013: <a
1.226 horacio 3014: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3015: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3016: </strong></font><br>
3017:
3018: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3019: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3020: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3021: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3022: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3023: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3024: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3025: <p>
1.162 millert 3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3028: <a
1.161 louis 3029: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3030: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3031: </strong></font><br>
3032:
3033: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3034: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3035: <p>
3036:
1.247 jufi 3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3038: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3039: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3040: </strong></font><br>
3041:
3042: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3043: <p>
3044:
3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3047: <a
1.226 horacio 3048: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3049: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3050: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3051: </strong></font><br>
3052:
3053: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3054: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3055: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3056: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3057: <p>
1.247 jufi 3058: </ul>
1.169 louis 3059:
1.158 louis 3060: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3061: <ul>
1.147 louis 3062:
1.247 jufi 3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3064: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3065: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3066: </strong></font><br>
3067:
3068: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3069: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3073: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3074: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3075: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3078: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3079: <p>
3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3082: <a
3083: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3084: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3088: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3089: <p>
3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3092: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3093: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3094: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3095:
1.213 horacio 3096: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3097: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3098: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3099: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3100: <p>
1.215 horacio 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3103: <a
3104: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3105: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3106: </strong></font><br>
3107:
3108: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3109: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3110: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3111: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3112: much of the attitude too).
3113: <p>
1.161 louis 3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3116: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3117: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3118: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3119:
1.157 louis 3120: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3121: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3122: <p>
1.247 jufi 3123: </ul>
1.157 louis 3124:
3125: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3126: <ul>
1.157 louis 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3129: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3130: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3131: </strong></font><br>
3132:
3133: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3134: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3135: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3136: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3137: <p>
3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3140: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3141: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3142: </strong></font><br>
3143:
3144: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3145: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3146: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3147: it because they love coding...
3148: <p>
3149:
1.247 jufi 3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3151: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3152: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3153: </strong></font><br>
3154:
3155: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3156: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3157: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3158: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3159: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3160: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3161: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3162: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3163: <p>
3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3166: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3167: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3168: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3169: </strong></font><br>
3170:
3171: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3172: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3173: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3174: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3175: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3176: the pizza.
3177: <p>
3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3180: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3181: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3182: </strong></font><br>
3183:
3184: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3185: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3186: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3187: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3188: problems.
3189: <p>
3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3192: <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 3193: </strong></font><br>
3194:
1.222 miod 3195: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3196: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3197: - whether they like it or not.
3198: <p>
3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3201: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3202: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3203: </strong></font><br>
3204:
3205: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3206: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3207: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3208: <p>
1.148 aaron 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3211: <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 3212: </strong></font><br>
3213:
3214: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3215: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3216: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3217: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3218: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3219: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3220: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3221: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3222: <p>
3223:
1.247 jufi 3224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3225: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3226: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3230: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3231: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3232: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3233: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3234: <p>
1.247 jufi 3235: </ul>
1.147 louis 3236:
1.138 louis 3237: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3238: <ul>
1.138 louis 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3241: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3242: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3243: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3244: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3245: </strong></font><br>
3246:
1.227 horacio 3247: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3248: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3249: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3250: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3251: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3252: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3253: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3254: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3255: <p>
3256:
1.247 jufi 3257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3258: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3259: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3260: </strong></font><br>
3261:
3262: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3263: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3264: groups, and even Linux.
3265: <p>
3266:
1.247 jufi 3267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3268: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3269: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3270: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3271: </strong></font><br>
3272:
3273: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3274: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3275: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3276: library after installing the OS.
3277: <p>
3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3280: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3281: Sys Admin, September 2000
3282: </strong></font><br>
3283:
3284: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3285: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3286: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3287: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3288: (<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>,
3289: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3290: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3291: <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 3292: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3293: out of the system.
3294: <p>
3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3297: <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
3298: </strong></font><br>
3299:
3300: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3301: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3302: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3303: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3304: the IP filtering and address translation.
3305: <p>
1.301 jose 3306:
3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3308: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3309: </strong></font><br>
3310:
3311: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3312: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3313: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3314: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3315: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3316: <p>
1.247 jufi 3317: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3318:
1.131 louis 3319: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3320: <ul>
1.131 louis 3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3324: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3325: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3326: </strong></font><br>
3327:
3328: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3329: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3330: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3331: <p>
3332:
1.247 jufi 3333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3334: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3335: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3336: </strong></font><br>
3337:
3338: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3339: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3340: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3341: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3342: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3343: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3344: note of"</i>.
3345: <p>
3346:
1.247 jufi 3347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3348: <a
1.247 jufi 3349: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3350: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3351: </strong></font><br>
3352:
3353: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3354: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3355: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3356: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3357: <p>
3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3360: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3361: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3362: </strong></font><br>
3363:
3364: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3365: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3366: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3367: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3368: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3369: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3370: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3371: <p>
3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3374: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3375: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3376: 2000
3377: </strong></font><br>
3378:
3379: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3380: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3381: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3382: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3383: against current industry practices.
3384: <p>
3385:
1.247 jufi 3386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3387: <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
3388: </strong></font><br>
3389:
3390: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3391: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3392: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3393: <p>
3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3396: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3397: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3398: </strong></font><br>
3399:
3400: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3401: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3402: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3403: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3404: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3405: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3406: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3407: <p>
3408:
1.247 jufi 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3410: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3411: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3412: </strong></font><br>
3413:
3414: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3415: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3416: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3417: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3418: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3419: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3420: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3421: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3422: <p>
1.247 jufi 3423: </ul>
1.131 louis 3424:
1.118 louis 3425: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3426: <ul>
1.118 louis 3427:
1.247 jufi 3428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3429: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3430: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3431: </strong></font><br>
3432:
3433: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3434: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3435: about time. The article mentions that
3436: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3437: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3438: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3439: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3440: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3441: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3442: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3443: <p>
3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3446: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3447: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3448: </strong></font><br>
3449:
3450: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3451: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3452: of OpenSSH.
3453: <p>
3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3456: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3457: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3458: </strong></font><br>
3459:
3460: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3461: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3462: bridging.
3463: <p>
3464:
1.247 jufi 3465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3466: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3467: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3468: </strong></font><br>
3469:
1.121 deraadt 3470: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3471: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3472: <p>
3473:
1.247 jufi 3474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3475: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3476: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3477: </strong></font><br>
3478:
3479: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3480: <p>
3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3483: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3484: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3485: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3486: </strong></font><br>
3487:
1.120 deraadt 3488: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3489: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3490: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3491: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3492: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3493: <p>
3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3496: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3497: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3498: </strong></font><br>
3499:
1.222 miod 3500: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3501: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3502: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3503: protocols and their quirks.
3504: <p>
3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3507: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3508: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3509: </strong></font><br>
3510:
3511: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3512: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3513: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3514: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3518: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3519: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3520: </strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3523: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3524: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3525: <p>
3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3528: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3529: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3530: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3531: </strong></font><br>
3532:
3533: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3534: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3535: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3536: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3537: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3538: <p>
1.247 jufi 3539: </ul>
1.118 louis 3540:
1.104 louis 3541: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3542: <ul>
1.104 louis 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3545: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3546: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3547: </strong></font><br>
3548:
3549: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3550: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3551: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3552: be a bit dry.
3553: <p>
3554:
1.247 jufi 3555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3556: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3557: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3558: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3559: </strong></font><br>
3560: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3561: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3562: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3563: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3564: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3565: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3566: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3567: <p>
3568:
1.247 jufi 3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3570: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3571: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3572: 2000
1.128 louis 3573: </strong></font><br>
3574:
3575: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3576: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3577: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3578: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3579: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3580: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3581: <p>
3582:
1.247 jufi 3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3584: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3585: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3586: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3587:
3588: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3589: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3590: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3591: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3592: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3593: <p>
1.110 louis 3594:
1.247 jufi 3595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3596: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3597: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3598: </strong></font><br>
3599:
3600: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3601: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3602: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3603: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3604: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3605: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3606: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3607: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3608: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3609: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3610: <p>
3611:
1.247 jufi 3612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3613: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3614: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3615:
3616: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3617: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3618: <p>
1.108 louis 3619:
1.247 jufi 3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3621: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3622: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3623: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3624:
3625: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3626: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3627: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.106 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3631: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3632: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3634:
3635: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3636: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3637: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3638: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3639: <p>
1.107 louis 3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3642: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3643: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3644: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3645:
3646: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3647: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3648: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3649: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3650: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3651: <p>
1.105 louis 3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3654: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3655: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3656: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3657:
1.113 naddy 3658: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3659: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3660: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3661: <p>
1.104 louis 3662:
1.247 jufi 3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3664: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3665: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3666: </strong></font><br>
3667:
3668: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3669: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3670: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3671: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3672: <p>
1.301 jose 3673:
3674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3675: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3676: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3677: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3678:
3679: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3680: hardware-supported cryptography.
3681: <p>
1.247 jufi 3682: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3683:
1.85 louis 3684: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3685: <ul>
1.85 louis 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3688: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3689: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3690: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3691:
3692: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3693: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3694: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3695: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3696: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3697: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3698: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3699: <p>
1.99 louis 3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3702: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3703: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3704: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3705:
3706: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3707: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3708: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3709: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3710: <p>
1.100 louis 3711:
1.247 jufi 3712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3713: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3714: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3715: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3716:
3717: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3718: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3719: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3720: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3721: <p>
1.95 louis 3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3724: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3725: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3726: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3727:
3728: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3729: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3730: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3731: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3732: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3733: <p>
1.92 louis 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3736: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3737: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3738: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3739:
3740: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3741: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3742: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3743: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3744: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3745: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3746: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3747: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3748: <p>
1.91 louis 3749:
1.247 jufi 3750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3751: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3752: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3753: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3754:
3755: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3756: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3757: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3758: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3759: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3760: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3761: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3762: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3763: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3764: <p>
1.90 louis 3765:
1.247 jufi 3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3767: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3768: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3769: </strong></font><br>
3770: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3771: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3772: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3773: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3774: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3775: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3776: <p>
3777:
1.247 jufi 3778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3779: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3780: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3781: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3782:
1.113 naddy 3783: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3784: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3785: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3786: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3787: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3788: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3789: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3790: <p>
1.87 louis 3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3793: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3794: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3795: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3796:
3797: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3798: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3799: <p>
1.85 louis 3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3802: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3803: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3804: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3805:
3806: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3807: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3808: <p>
3809:
3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3811: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3812: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3813: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3814:
3815: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3816: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3817: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3818: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3819: <p>
1.89 louis 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3822: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3823: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3824: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3825:
3826: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3827: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3828: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3829: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3830: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3831: </ul>
1.85 louis 3832:
1.78 deraadt 3833: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3834: <ul>
1.74 louis 3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3837: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3838: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3839: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3840: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3841:
3842: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3843: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3844: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3845: <p>
1.83 louis 3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3848: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3849: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3850: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3851:
3852: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3853: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3854: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3855: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3856: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3857: <p>
1.93 louis 3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3860: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3861: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3862: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3863: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3864:
1.83 louis 3865: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3866: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3867: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3868: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3869: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3870: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3871: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3872: <p>
1.82 aaron 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3875: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3876: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3877: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3878:
1.83 louis 3879: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3880: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3881: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3882: <p>
1.80 louis 3883:
1.247 jufi 3884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3885: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3886: Bad Press</a>,
3887: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3888: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3889:
3890: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3891: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3892: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3893: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3894: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3895: <p>
1.247 jufi 3896: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3897:
3898: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3899: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3900:
1.247 jufi 3901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3902: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3903: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3904: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3905: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3906:
3907: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3908: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3909: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3910: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3911: <p>
1.74 louis 3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3914: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3915: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3916: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3917:
1.219 horacio 3918: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3919: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3920: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3921: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3922: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3923: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3924: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3925: <p>
1.88 louis 3926:
1.247 jufi 3927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3928: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3929: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3930: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3931:
3932: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3933: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3934: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3935: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3936: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3937: <p>
1.81 louis 3938:
1.247 jufi 3939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3940: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3941: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3942: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3943:
3944: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3945: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3946: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3947: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3948: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3949: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3950: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3951: <p>
1.90 louis 3952:
1.247 jufi 3953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3954: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3955: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3956: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3957:
3958: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3959: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3960: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3961: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3962: <p>
1.247 jufi 3963: </ul>
1.71 louis 3964:
1.69 deraadt 3965: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3966: <ul>
1.70 louis 3967:
1.247 jufi 3968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3969: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3970: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3971: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3972:
3973: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3974: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3975: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3976: <p>
1.70 louis 3977:
1.247 jufi 3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3979: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3980: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3981: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3982:
3983: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3984: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3985: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3986: <p>
1.68 louis 3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3989: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3990: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3991: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3992: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3993:
1.111 jufi 3994: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3995: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3996: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3997: "secure by default" installation.
3998: <p>
1.64 louis 3999:
1.247 jufi 4000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4001: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4002: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4003: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4004:
1.113 naddy 4005: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4006: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4007: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4008: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4009: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4010: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4011: <p>
1.66 louis 4012:
1.247 jufi 4013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4014: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4015: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4016: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4017:
4018: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4019: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4020: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4021: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4022: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4023: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4024: <p>
1.83 louis 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4027: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4028: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4029: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4030:
4031: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4032: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4033: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4034: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4035: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4036: <p>
1.64 louis 4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4039: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4040: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4041: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4042:
4043: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4044: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4045: <p>
1.301 jose 4046:
4047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4048: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4049: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4050: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4051: </strong></font><br>
4052:
4053: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4054: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4055: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4056: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4057: Giving way to
4058: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4059: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4060: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4061: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4062: <p>
1.247 jufi 4063: </ul>
1.65 louis 4064:
1.69 deraadt 4065: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4066: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4067:
1.247 jufi 4068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4069: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4070: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4071: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4072:
4073: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4074: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4075: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4076: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4077: <p>
1.88 louis 4078:
1.247 jufi 4079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4080: <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 4081: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4082:
4083: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4084: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4085: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4086: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4087: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4088: <p>
1.60 louis 4089:
1.247 jufi 4090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4091: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4092: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4093: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4094: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4095:
4096: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4097: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4098: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4099: <p>
1.58 louis 4100:
1.247 jufi 4101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4102: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4103: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4104:
4105: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4106: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4107: <p>
1.53 louis 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4110: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4111: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4112: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4113:
4114: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4115: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4116: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4117: <p>
1.99 louis 4118:
1.247 jufi 4119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4120: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4121: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4122:
4123: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4124: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4125: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4126: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4127: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4128:
1.247 jufi 4129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4130: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4131: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4132: </strong></font><br>
4133:
4134: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4135: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4136: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4137: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4138: <p>
4139:
1.247 jufi 4140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4141: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4142: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4143: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4144:
4145: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4146: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4147: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4148:
1.247 jufi 4149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4150: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4151: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4152:
4153: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4154: in
1.247 jufi 4155: <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 4156: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4157: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4158: <p>
1.53 louis 4159:
1.247 jufi 4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4161: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4162: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4163: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4164: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4165:
1.58 louis 4166: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4167: <p>
1.301 jose 4168:
4169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4170: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4171: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4172: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4173: Informacyjny, January 2000
4174: </strong></font><br>
4175:
4176: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4177: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4178: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4179: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4180: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4181: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4182: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4183: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4184: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4185: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4186: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4187: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4188: <p>
4189:
4190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4191: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4192: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4193: </strong></font><br>
4194:
4195: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4196: <p>
4197: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4198:
1.69 deraadt 4199: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4200: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4201:
1.247 jufi 4202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4203: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4204: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4205: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4206: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4207:
1.58 louis 4208: Kurt Seifried
4209: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4210: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4211: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4212: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4213:
1.247 jufi 4214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4215: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4216: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4217: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4218:
4219: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4220: <p>
1.96 louis 4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4223: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4224: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4225: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4226: </strong></font><br>
4227:
4228: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4229: <p>
4230:
4231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4232: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4233: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4234: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4235:
4236: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4237: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4238: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4239: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4240: <p>
1.247 jufi 4241: </ul>
1.86 louis 4242:
1.69 deraadt 4243: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4244: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4245:
1.247 jufi 4246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4247: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4248: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4250:
4251: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4252: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4253: <p>
1.61 louis 4254:
1.247 jufi 4255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4256: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4257: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4258: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4259: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4260:
4261: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4262: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4263: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4264: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4265: right -- or at least strives to".
4266: <p>
1.48 louis 4267:
1.247 jufi 4268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4269: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4270: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4271: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4272: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4273: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4274: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4275: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4276: <p>
1.61 louis 4277:
1.247 jufi 4278: <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 4279: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4280: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4281:
4282: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4283: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4284: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4285: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4286: <p>
1.46 louis 4287:
1.247 jufi 4288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4289: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4290: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4291: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4292:
4293: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4294: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4295: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4298: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4299: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4300: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4301:
4302: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4303: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4304: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4305: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4306: <p>
1.247 jufi 4307: </ul>
1.70 louis 4308:
1.69 deraadt 4309: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4310: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4311:
1.247 jufi 4312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4313: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4314: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4315: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4316: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4317:
4318: Kurt Seifried
4319: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4320: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4321: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4322: <p>
1.44 philen 4323:
1.247 jufi 4324: <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 4325: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4326: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4327:
4328: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4329: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4330:
1.247 jufi 4331: <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 4332: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4333: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4334:
4335: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4336: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4337:
1.247 jufi 4338: <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 4339: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4340: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4341:
4342: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4343: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4344: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4345: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4346: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4347:
1.247 jufi 4348: <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 4349: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4350: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4351:
1.36 louis 4352: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4353: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4356: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4357: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4358: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4359:
4360: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4361: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4362: </ul>
1.38 louis 4363:
1.69 deraadt 4364: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4365: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4366:
1.247 jufi 4367: <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 4368: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4369: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4370:
4371: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4372: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4373: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4374:
1.113 naddy 4375: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4376: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4377: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4378: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4379:
4380: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4381: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4382: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4383: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4384: <blockquote>
4385: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4386: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4387: <br>
4388: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4389: </code>
4390: </blockquote>
4391: <p>
4392:
1.247 jufi 4393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4394: <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 4395: <p>
4396:
4397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4398: <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 4399: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4400:
4401: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4402: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4403: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4404: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4407: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4408: Sept. 28, 1999
4409: </strong></font><br>
4410:
4411: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4412: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4413: translating and reprinting articles from
4414: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4415: <p>
4416:
4417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4418: <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 4419: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4420:
4421: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4422: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4423: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4424: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4425: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4426: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4427: <p>
1.19 louis 4428:
1.113 naddy 4429: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4430: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4431: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4432:
4433: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4434: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4435: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4436: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4437: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4438: <p>
1.16 louis 4439:
1.247 jufi 4440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4441: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4442: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4443: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4444:
1.57 louis 4445: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4446: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4447: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4448: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4449:
1.247 jufi 4450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4451: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4452: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4453: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4454:
1.113 naddy 4455: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4456:
1.247 jufi 4457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4458: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4459: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4460: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4461:
1.23 louis 4462: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4463: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4464: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4465: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4466: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4467: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4470: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4471: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4472: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4473:
1.199 pvalchev 4474: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4475: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4476: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4477: installation.
1.113 naddy 4478: <p>
1.47 louis 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4481: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4482: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4483: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4484:
1.301 jose 4485: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4486: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4487: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4488: </ul>
1.57 louis 4489:
1.69 deraadt 4490: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4491: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4492:
1.247 jufi 4493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4494: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4495: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4496: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4497:
4498: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4499: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4500: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4501: <p>
1.12 louis 4502:
1.247 jufi 4503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4504: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4505: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4506: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4507:
4508: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4509: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4510: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4511: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4512: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4513: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4514: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4515: <p>
1.247 jufi 4516: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4517:
1.69 deraadt 4518: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4519: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4520:
1.247 jufi 4521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4522: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4523: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4524:
4525: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4526: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4527: available."
1.113 naddy 4528: <p>
1.301 jose 4529:
4530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4531: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4532: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4533: </strong></font><br>
4534:
4535: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4536: <p>
1.247 jufi 4537: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4538:
1.69 deraadt 4539: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4540: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4541:
1.247 jufi 4542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4543: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4544: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4545:
4546: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4547: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4548: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4549: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4550: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4551: <p>
1.33 louis 4552:
1.247 jufi 4553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4554: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4555: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4556: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4557:
1.113 naddy 4558: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4559: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4560: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4561: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4562: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4563: <p>
1.247 jufi 4564: </ul>
1.57 louis 4565:
1.69 deraadt 4566: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4567: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4568:
1.247 jufi 4569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4570: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4571: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4572: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4573:
4574: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4575: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4576: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4577:
1.247 jufi 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4579: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4580: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4581: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4582: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4583:
4584: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4585: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4586:
1.247 jufi 4587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4588: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4589:
1.113 naddy 4590: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4593: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4594: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4595: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4596:
4597: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4598: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4599: </ul>
1.23 louis 4600:
1.69 deraadt 4601: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4602: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4603:
1.247 jufi 4604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4605: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4606: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4607:
4608: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4609: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4610: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4611:
1.247 jufi 4612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4613: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4614: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4615: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4616:
4617: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4618: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4619: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4620: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4621: </ul>
1.57 louis 4622:
1.69 deraadt 4623: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4624: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4625:
1.247 jufi 4626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4627: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4628: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4629: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4630:
4631: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4632: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4633: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4634: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4635: <p>
1.15 louis 4636:
1.247 jufi 4637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4638: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4639: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4640: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4641:
4642: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4643: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4644: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4645: columns."
1.113 naddy 4646: <p>
1.247 jufi 4647: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4648:
1.69 deraadt 4649: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4650: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4651:
1.247 jufi 4652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4653: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4654: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4655: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4656:
4657: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4658: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4659:
1.113 naddy 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4661: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4662: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4663:
4664: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4665: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4666: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4667: </ul>
1.57 louis 4668:
1.69 deraadt 4669: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4670: <ul>
1.301 jose 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4672: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4673: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4674: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4675:
4676: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4677: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4678: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4679: <p>
4680:
4681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4682: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4683: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4684: Nov 13, 1998 and
4685: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4686: Datateknik</a>,
4687: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4688:
1.380 saad 4689: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4690: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4691: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4692: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4693: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4694:
1.113 naddy 4695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4696: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4697: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4698: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4699:
1.222 miod 4700: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4701: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4702: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4703: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4704: <p>
1.247 jufi 4705: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4706:
1.69 deraadt 4707: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4708: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4711: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4712: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4713:
1.69 deraadt 4714: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4715: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4716: <p>
1.247 jufi 4717: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4718:
1.69 deraadt 4719: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4720: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4721:
1.247 jufi 4722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4723: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4724: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4725: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4726:
1.383 jcs 4727: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4728: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4729: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4730:
1.247 jufi 4731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4732: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4733: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4734: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4735: <p>
1.247 jufi 4736: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4737:
1.69 deraadt 4738: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4739: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4740:
1.247 jufi 4741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4742: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4743: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4744: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4745: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4746: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4747:
4748: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4749: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4750: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4751: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4752: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4753: <p>
1.247 jufi 4754: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4755:
4756: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4757: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4758:
1.247 jufi 4759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4760: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4761: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4762:
1.69 deraadt 4763: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4764: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4765: <p>
1.112 naddy 4766:
1.247 jufi 4767: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4768: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4769:
1.292 camield 4770: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4771: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4772: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.455 ! ian 4773: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.454 2005/06/02 22:28:09 ian Exp $</small>
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