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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.461 grunk 19: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 23: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
24: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
25: The Register, July 06, 2005</strong></font><br>
26: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
27: poor security:
28: Individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
29: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.465 ! naddy 30: In this last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 31: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
32: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
33: <p>
34:
35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 36: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
37: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
38: The Epoch Times, July 05, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 39: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
40: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 41: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
42: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
43: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
44: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
45: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
46: commercial vendors.
47: <p>
48:
49: </ul>
50:
1.454 ian 51: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
52: <ul>
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 54: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
55: Free Bird</a>,
56: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
57: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
58: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
59: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
60: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
61: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
62: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
63: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
64: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
65: room will only be available in the print edition.
66: <p>
1.459 deraadt 67:
1.458 niallo 68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 69: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
70: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
71: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
72: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
73: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
74: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
75: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
76: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
77: <p>
1.457 deraadt 78:
1.456 niallo 79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 80: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 81: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
82: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
83: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
84: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
85: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
86: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 87: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 88: interview.</a>
89: <p>
90:
91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 92: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
93: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
94: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
95: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
96: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
97: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
98: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
99: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
100: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
101: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
102: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
103: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
104: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
105: "I have never used it."
106: <p>
107:
108: </ul>
109:
1.441 deraadt 110: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
111: <ul>
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 113: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
114: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
115: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
116: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
117: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
118: future enhancements.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 122: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 123: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
124: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
125: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
126: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
127: North America mirror:
128: <ul>
1.452 marco 129: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 130: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
131: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 132: </ul>
133: European mirror:
134: <ul>
1.452 marco 135: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 136: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
137: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
138: </ul>
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 142: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
143: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
144: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
145: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
146: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
147: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 151: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
152: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
153: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
154: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
155: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
156: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
157: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
158: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 162: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
163: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
164: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
165: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
166: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
167: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
168: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
169: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 173: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 174: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 175: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
176: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
177: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
178: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
179: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
180: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
181: <p>
182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
184: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 185: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 186: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
187: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
188: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
189: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
190: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 194: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
195: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
196: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 197: </strong></font><br>
198: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
199: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
200: with OpenBSD.
201: </ul>
202:
1.436 henning 203: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
204: <ul>
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 206: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
207: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
208: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
209: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
210: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
211: than closed source, as we have long contended.
212: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
213: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
214: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
215: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
216: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
217: <p>
218: This article can also be found online as
219: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
220: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 224: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
225: </strong></font><br>
226: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
227: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
228: <p>
229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 231: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
232: </strong></font><br>
233: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
234: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 235: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 236: the issues we had with IETF.
237: </ul>
238:
1.431 ian 239: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
240: <ul>
241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 242: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
243: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
244: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
245: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
246: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
247: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
248: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 252: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
253: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
254: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
255: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
256: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
257: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 258: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 259: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
260: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
261: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
262: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
263: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
264: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
265: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
266: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
267:
268: </ul>
269:
1.427 matthieu 270: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
271: <ul>
272:
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 274: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
275: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
276: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
277: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
278: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
279: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
280: firmware.
1.434 ian 281: Similar articles can be found online at:
282: <ul>
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
284: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
285: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
286: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
288: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
289: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
290: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
292: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
293: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
294: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 296: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 297: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
298: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
299: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 300: </ul>
301:
1.426 ian 302: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
303: <ul>
304:
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
306: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
307: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
308: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
309: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 311: mechanism: what it is and why and
312: how to use it, with examples.
313: Another excerpt from the book
314: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
315: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
319: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
320: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
321: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
322: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
323: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
324: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
325: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
326: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
327: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
328: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
329: This article is a sample chapter from
330: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
331: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
332: <p>
1.443 ian 333:
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 335: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 336: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
337: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
338: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
339: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
340: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
341: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
342: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
343: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
344: ends with a sidebar on security.
345: <p>
1.426 ian 346: </ul>
347:
1.424 ian 348: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
349: <ul>
350:
351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 352: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
353: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
354: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
355: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
356: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
357: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
358: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
359: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
360: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
361: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
362: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
363: <p>
364: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
365: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
366: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
367: <p>
368:
369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 370: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
371: Closed Source Hardware</a>
372: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
373: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
374: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
375: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
376: operating systems.
377: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
378: OpenBSD on his firewall.
379: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
380: systems, he writes:
381: <blockquote>
382: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
383: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
384: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
385: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
386: to the operating system...
387: <br/>
388: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
389: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
390: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
391: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
392: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
393: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
394: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
395: in a closed source operating system).
396: <br/>
397: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
398: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
399: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
400: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
401: </blockquote>
402: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
403: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
404: their hardware and software operates.
405: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
406: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 407: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 408: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
409: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
410: <p>
411: </ul>
412:
1.417 pvalchev 413: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
414: <ul>
1.421 ian 415:
1.417 pvalchev 416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 417: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
418: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
419: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
420: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
421: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
422: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
423: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
424: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
425: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
426: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
427: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 428: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 429: <p>
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 431: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
432: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
433: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
434: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
435: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
436: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
437: it claims to do".
438: <p>
439:
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 441: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 442: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
443: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
444: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
445: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 446: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 447: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
448: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
449: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
450: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
451: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
452: (yes, this is a hint).
453: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
454: picked up on the
455: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
456: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 457: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 458: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
459: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 463: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
464: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
465: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
466: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
467: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
468: questions about the significance and rationale behind
469: the current efforts.
470: <p>
471: </ul>
472:
1.407 henning 473: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
474: <ul>
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 476: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
477: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
478: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
479: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
480: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
481: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
482: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
483: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 487: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
488: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
489: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
490: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
491: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
492: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
493: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
494: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
495: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 496: <p>
1.415 ian 497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 499: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 500: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
501: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
502: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
503: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
504: overflow attacks... because
505: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
506: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
507: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
508: and propolice.
509: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
510: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
511: and that's when the science falls apart."
512: <p>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 515: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
516: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
517: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
518: Starts with the question:
519: <blockquote>
520: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
521: <br/>
522: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
523: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
524: <br/>
525: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
526: Should we believe them?"
527: </blockquote>
528: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
529: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
530: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
531: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
532: for your mail, web and other online activities.
533: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 537: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
538: Simple Simon</a>,
539: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
540: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
541: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
542: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
543: routing/firewall, and more.
544: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
545: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
546: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
547: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
548: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
549: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
550: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
551: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
552: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
553: </blockquote>
554: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
555: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 559: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
560: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 561: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 562: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 563: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
564: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
565: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 566: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 567: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
568: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
569: in spite of it
570: (registration required, but worth it).
571: <p>
572:
573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
574: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
575: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
576: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
577: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
578: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
579: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
580: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 581: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 582: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
583: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
584: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
585: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
586: <p>
587:
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 589: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
590: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
591: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
592: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
593: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
594: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
595: <blockquote>
596: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
597: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
598: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
599: a lot of analysis.
600: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
601: </blockquote>
602: <p>
603: </ul>
604:
1.400 marco 605: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
606: <ul>
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 608: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
609: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
610: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
611: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
612: UNIX-like systems.
613: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
614: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
615: <p>
616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 617: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
618: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 619: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
620: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
621: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
622: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
623: At one point, the article states:
624: <blockquote>
625: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
626: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
627: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
628: </blockquote>
629: And then quotes Theo as saying:
630: <blockquote>
631: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
632: fewer are reading or auditing code."
633: </blockquote>
634: <p>
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
636: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
637: marks its fifth birthday</a>
638: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
639: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
640: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
641: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
642: required).
643: <p>
644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 645: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
646: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
647: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
648: </strong></font><br>
649: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
650: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
651: <p>
652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 653: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
654: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 655: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 656: </strong></font><br>
657: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
658: <p>
659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 660: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
661: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 662: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 663: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 664: 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 665: <p>
666: </ul>
667:
1.396 henning 668: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
669: <ul>
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 671: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
672: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
673: Unix Review, July, 2004
674: </strong></font><br>
675: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
676: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 677: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 678: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
679: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
680: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
681: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
682: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
683: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
684: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
685: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
686: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
687: and even spelling/wording errors.
688: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
689: <p>
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 691: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 692: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
693: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
694: </strong></font><br>
695: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
696: <p>
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 698: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 699: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
700: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
701: </strong></font><br>
702: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
703: <p>
704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 705: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
706: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
707: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
708: </strong></font><br>
709: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
710: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
711: <p>
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 713: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
714: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
715: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
716: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
717: <p>
718: </ul>
719:
1.405 jolan 720: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
721: <ul>
722: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
723: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
724: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
725: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
726: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
727: details on how funds are dispersed.
728: <p>
729: </ul>
730:
1.393 david 731: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
732: <ul>
733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 734: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
735: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
736: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
737: </strong></font><br>
738: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
739: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
740: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
741: on inserting large number of SQL records.
742: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
743: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
744: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
745: <p>
746:
747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 748: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
749: Secure by Default</a>,
750: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
751: </strong></font><br>
752: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
753: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
757: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
758: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
759: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
760: </strong></font><br>
761: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
762: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
763: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
764: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
765: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
766: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
770: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
771: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
772: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
773: </strong></font><br>
774: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
775: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
776: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
781: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
782: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
783: </strong></font><br>
784: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
785: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
786: <p>
787: </ul>
788:
1.388 mcbride 789: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
790: <ul>
1.394 jolan 791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
793: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
794: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
795: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
796: </strong></font><br>
797: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
798: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
799: available for sparc64.
800: <p>
801:
1.390 beck 802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 803: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
804: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
805: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
806: </strong></font><br>
807: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
808: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
809: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
810: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
811: <p>
812:
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 814: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
815: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 816: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 817: </strong></font><br>
818: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
819: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
820: it does: CARP provides sharing
821: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
822: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
823: detail to get you started using it.
824: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
825: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
826: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
827: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
828: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
829: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
830: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 831: <p>
1.391 ian 832:
833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 834: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 835: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
836: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 837: </strong></font><br>
838: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 839: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 840: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 841: <p>
1.388 mcbride 842:
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
844: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
845: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 846: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 847: </strong></font><br>
848: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
849: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
850: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
851: unencumbered by patents.
852: <p>
853: </ul>
854:
1.378 henning 855: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
856: <ul>
1.384 jose 857:
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 859: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
860: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
861: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
862: </strong></font><br>
863: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
864: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
865: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
866: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
867: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
868: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
869: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
870: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
871: in the page tables."
872: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
873: <p>
874:
875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 876: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
877: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
878: </strong></font><br>
879: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
880: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
881: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
882: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 883: <p>
1.384 jose 884:
1.378 henning 885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 886: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
887: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 888: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
889: </strong></font><br>
890: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
891: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
892: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
893: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
894: (quote:
895: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
896: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 897: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 898: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
899: the other developers for their work on the system.
900: <p>
901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 903: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
904: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
905: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 906: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 907: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
908: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
909: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
910: too.
911: <p>
912:
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 914: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
915: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 916: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 917: OpenBSD source code using
918: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
919: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
920: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
921: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
922: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
923: <p>
924: </ul>
925:
1.374 jose 926: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
927: <ul>
928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 929: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 930: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
931: </strong></font><br>
932: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
933: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
934: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
935: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
936: it."
937: <p>
938:
939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 940: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
941: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
942: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
943: </strong></font><br/>
944: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
945: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
946: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
947: <p>
948: </ul>
949:
1.369 ian 950: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
951: <ul>
952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 953: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
954: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
955: </strong></font><br/>
956: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
957: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
958: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
959: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
960: <p>
961:
962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 963: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
964: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
965: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
966: </strong></font><br/>
967: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
968: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
969: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
970: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
971: form factor.
972: <p>
973:
974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
975: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
976: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
977: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
978: Features</a>,
979: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
980: </strong></font><br/>
981: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
982: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
983: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
984: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
985: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
986: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
987: <p>
988: This article can also be found online at:
989: <ul>
990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 991: <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 992: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
993: </strong></font>
994: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
995: </ul>
996: <p>
1.392 david 997:
1.371 jose 998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 999: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1000: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1001: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1002: </strong></font><br/>
1003: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1004: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1005: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1006: <p>
1.371 jose 1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1009: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1010: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1011: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1012: </strong></font><br/>
1013: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1014: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1015: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1016: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1017: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1018: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1019: and its history with OpenBSD.
1020: </ul>
1021:
1.368 henning 1022: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1023: <ul>
1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1025: [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 1026: </strong></font><br>
1027: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1028: </ul>
1029:
1.364 jose 1030: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1031: <ul>
1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1033: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1034: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1035: UNIX Review,
1036: July, 2003.
1037: </strong></font><br>
1038: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1039: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1040: who want more information.
1041: <p>
1042:
1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1044: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1045: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1046: Government Computer News,
1047: July 22, 2003.
1048: </strong></font><br>
1049: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1050: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1051: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1052: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1053: <p>
1054:
1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1056: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1057: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1058: SANS Institute,
1059: July 22, 2003.
1060: </strong></font><br>
1061: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1062: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1063: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1064: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1065: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1066: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1067: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1068: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1069: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1070: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1071: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1075: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1076: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1077: OnLamp.com,
1078: July 17, 2003.
1079: </strong></font><br>
1080: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1081: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1082: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1083: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1084: have been working on.
1085:
1086: </ul>
1087:
1.356 jose 1088: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1089: <ul>
1090:
1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1092: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1093: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1094: UNIX Review,
1095: June, 2003.
1096: </strong></font><br>
1097: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1098: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1099: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1100: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1101: <p>
1102:
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1104: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1105: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1106: eWeek,
1107: June 23, 2003.
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1110: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1111: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1112: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1113: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1114: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1115: <p>
1116:
1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1118: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1119: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1120: Software Development Online,
1121: June, 2003.
1122: </strong></font><br>
1123: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1124: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1125: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1126: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1127: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1128: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1129: current activities.
1130: <p>
1131:
1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1133: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1134: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1135: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1136: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1137: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1138: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1139: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1140: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1141: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1142: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1143: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1144: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1145: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1146: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1147: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1148: decisions.
1149: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1150: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1151: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1152: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1153: <p>
1154:
1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1156: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1157: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1158: Page 58, eWeek,
1159: June 2, 2003.
1160: </strong></font><br>
1161: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1162: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1163: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1164: been addressed in -current.
1165: <p>
1166:
1.356 jose 1167: </ul>
1168:
1169: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1170: <ul>
1171:
1.355 jose 1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1173: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1174: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1175: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1176: </strong></font><br>
1177: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1178: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1179: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1180: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1181: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1182: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1183: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1184: <p>
1185:
1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1187: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1188: Beyond Linux</a>,
1189: InfoWorld,
1190: May 23, 2003.
1191: </strong></font><br>
1192: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1193: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1194: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1195: compared to the GPL.
1196: <p>
1197:
1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1199: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1200: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1201: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1202: May 17, 2003.
1203: </strong></font><br>
1204: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1205: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1206: the business section and half of another page inside
1207: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1208: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1209: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1210: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1211: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1212: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1213: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1214: <br>
1215: This article can also be found online at:
1216: <ul>
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1218: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1219: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1220: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1221: May 17, 2003
1222: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1223: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1225: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1226: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1227: Montreal Gazette,
1228: May 21, 2003
1229: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1230: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1231: <p>
1.346 ian 1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1234: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1235: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1236: May 7, 2003.
1237: </strong></font><br>
1238: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1239: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1240: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1241: <p>
1242:
1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1244: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1245: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1246: OsOpinion,
1247: May 6, 2003.
1248: </strong></font><br>
1249: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1250: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1251: <br>
1252: This article can also be found online at:
1253: <ul>
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1255: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1256: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1257: NewsFactor Network.
1258: </strong></font>
1259: </ul>
1260: <p>
1261:
1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1263: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1264: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1265: ITBusiness,
1266: May 2, 2003.
1267: </strong></font><br>
1268: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1269: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1270: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1271: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1272: <p>
1273:
1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1275: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1276: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1277: InfoWorld,
1278: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1279: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1280: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1281: <br>
1282: This article can also be found online at:
1283: <ul>
1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1285: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1286: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1287: IDG Singapore.
1288: </strong></font>
1289: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1290: <p>
1291:
1.339 jose 1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1293: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1294: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1295: ZDNet,
1296: May 1, 2003.
1297: </strong></font><br>
1298: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1299: someone using parts from previous articles.
1300: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1301: This article can also be found online at:
1302: <ul>
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1304: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1305: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1306: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1307: </strong></font>
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1309: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1310: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1311: CNET News.com.
1312: </strong></font>
1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1314: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1315: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1316: ZDNet UK.
1317: </strong></font>
1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1319: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1320: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1321: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1322: </strong></font>
1323: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1324: <p>
1.339 jose 1325:
1.341 deraadt 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1327: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1328: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1329: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1330: May 1, 2003.
1331: </strong></font><br>
1332: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1333: that have been added
1334: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1335: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1336: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1337: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1338: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1339: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1340: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1341: <p>
1342:
1343: </ul>
1344:
1.253 ian 1345: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1346: <ul>
1.255 ian 1347:
1.260 ian 1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1349: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1350: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1351: TechRepublic,
1352: April 28, 2003.
1353: </strong></font><br>
1354: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1355: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1356: work.<br>
1357: Can also be found online at:
1358: <ul>
1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1360: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1361: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1362: ZDNet UK.
1363: </strong></font>
1364: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1365: <p>
1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1368: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1369: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1370: IDG,
1371: April 24, 2003.
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1374: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1375: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1376: Can also be found online at:
1377: <ul>
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1379: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1380: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1381: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1382: </strong></font>
1383: </ul>
1384: <p>
1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1387: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1388: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1389: Slate,
1390: April 24, 2003.
1391: </strong></font><br>
1392: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1393: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1394: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1395: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1396: <p>
1397:
1398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1399: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1400: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1401: April 24, 2003.
1402: </strong></font><br>
1403: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1404: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1405: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1406: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1407: <p>
1408:
1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1410: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1411: April 24, 2003.
1412: </strong></font><br>
1413: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1414: the free software community".
1415: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1416: other articles.
1417: <p>
1418:
1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1420: <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 1421: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1422: </strong></font><br>
1423: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1424: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1425: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1426: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1427: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1428: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1429: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1430: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1431: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1432: <br/>
1433: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1434: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1435: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1436: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1437: <br>
1438: Can also be found online at:
1439: <ul>
1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1441: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1442: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1443: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1444: </strong></font>
1445: </ul>
1.324 ian 1446: <p>
1447:
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1449: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1450: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1451: </strong></font><br>
1452: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1453: article above.
1454: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1455: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1456: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1457: <br>
1458: Can also be found online at:
1459: <ul>
1460: <li>
1461: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1462: </strong></font>
1463: </ul>
1.324 ian 1464: <p>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1467: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1468: </strong></font><br>
1469: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1470: <p>
1471:
1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1473: <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.
1474: </strong></font><br>
1475: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1476: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1477: <p>
1478:
1479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1480: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1481: April 23, 2003.
1482: </strong></font><br>
1483: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1484: <p>
1485:
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1487: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1488: April 22, 2003.
1489: </strong></font><br>
1490: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1491: <p>
1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1494: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1495: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1496: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1497: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1498: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1499: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1500: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1501: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1502: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1503: Can also be found online at:
1504: <ul>
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1506: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1507: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1508: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1509: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1511: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1512: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1513: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1514: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1515: </ul>
1516: <p>
1517:
1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1519: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1520: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1521: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1522: </strong></font><br>
1523: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1524: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1525: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1526: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1527: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1528: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1529: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1530: <p>
1531:
1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1533: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1534: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1535: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1536: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1537: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1538: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1539: at UPenn and DARPA.
1540: <p>
1541:
1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1543: [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,
1544: France
1.315 deraadt 1545: April 18, 2003.
1546: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1547: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1548: <p>
1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1551: [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 1552: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1553: </strong></font><br>
1554: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1555: <p>
1556:
1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1559: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1560: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1561: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1562: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1563: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1564: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1565: <p>
1566:
1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1568: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1569: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1570: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1571: </strong></font><br>
1572: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1573: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1574: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1575: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1576: <p>
1577:
1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1579: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1580: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1581: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1582: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1583: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1584: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1585: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1586: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1587: Can also be found online at:
1588: <ul>
1589: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1590: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1591: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1592: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1593: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1594: <p>
1595:
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1597: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1598: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1599: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1600: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1601: </strong></font><br>
1602: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1603: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1604: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1605: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1606: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1607:
1608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1609: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1610: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1611: New York Times.
1612: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1613:
1.273 deraadt 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1615: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1616: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1617: ABC News.
1618: </strong></font>
1619:
1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1621: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1622: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1623: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1624: </strong></font>
1625:
1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1627: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1628: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1629: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1630: </strong></font>
1631:
1632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1633: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1634: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1635: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1636: </strong></font>
1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1639: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1640: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1641: Times Daily, AL.
1642: </strong></font>
1643:
1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1645: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1646: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1647: Boston.com, MA.
1648: </strong></font>
1649:
1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1651: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1652: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1653: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1654: </strong></font>
1655:
1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1657: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1658: [Article was pulled]</a>
1659: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1660: </strong></font>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1663: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1664: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1665: Infoshop News.
1666: </strong></font>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1669: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1670: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1671: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1672: </strong></font>
1673:
1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1675: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1676: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1677: Raleigh News, NC.
1678: </strong></font>
1679:
1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1681: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1682: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1683: Napa News, CA.
1684: </strong></font>
1685:
1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1687: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1688: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1689: NEPA News, PA.
1690: </strong></font>
1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1693: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1694: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1695: Wired News.
1696: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1697: <br>
1698: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1699: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1700: [JAPANESE]
1701: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1702: Wired News Japan</a>
1703: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1704:
1.271 deraadt 1705: </ul>
1706: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1707: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1708: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1709: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1710: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1711: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1712: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1713: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1714: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1715: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1716: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1717: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1718: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1719: <p>
1720: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1721:
1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1723: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1724: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1725: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1726: </strong></font>
1727:
1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1729: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1730: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1731: Miami Herald, FL.
1732: </strong></font>
1733:
1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1735: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1736: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1737: </strong></font>
1738:
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1740: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1741: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1742: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1743: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1744:
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1746: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1747: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1748: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1749: ABC News.
1750: </strong></font>
1751:
1.276 deraadt 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1753: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1754: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1755: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1756: </strong></font>
1757:
1.286 dhartmei 1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1759: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1760: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1761: Wilmington Star, NC.
1762: </strong></font>
1763:
1.300 jose 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1765: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1766: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1767: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1768: </strong></font>
1769:
1.309 jose 1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1771: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1772: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1773: Globe Technology.
1774: </strong></font>
1775:
1.263 deraadt 1776: </ul>
1.262 beck 1777: <p>
1778:
1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1780: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1781: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1782: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1783: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1784: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1785: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1786: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1787: <p>
1788:
1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1790: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1791: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1792: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1793: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1794: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1795: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1796: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1797: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1798: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1799: and simply restates other press reports.
1800: <p>
1801:
1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1803: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1804: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1805: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1806: </strong></font><br>
1807: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1808: <p>
1809:
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1811: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1812: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1813: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1814: </strong></font><br>
1815: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1816: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1817: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1818: <p>
1819:
1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1821: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1822: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1823: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1824: April 17, 2003.
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1827: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1828: Tech Anthems</a>
1829: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1830: 4 so far.
1831: <p>
1832:
1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1834: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1835: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1836: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1837: </strong></font><br>
1838: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1839: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1840: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1841: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1842: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1843: Goes on to say:
1844: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1845: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1846: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1847: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1848: This article is also found online at:
1849: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1851: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1852: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1853: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1854: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1856: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1857: ZDnet</a>,
1858: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1859: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1861: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1862: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1863: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1865: </ul>
1.260 ian 1866: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1867:
1.260 ian 1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1869: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1870: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1871: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1873: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1874: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1875: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1876: without notice or justification.
1877: <p>
1878:
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1880: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1881: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1882: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1883: </strong></font><br>
1884: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1885: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1886: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1887: effective today, without any warning..."
1888: <p>
1.257 ian 1889:
1890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1891: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1892: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1893: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1894: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1895: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1896: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1897: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1898: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1899: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1900: <p>
1901:
1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1903: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1904: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1905: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1906: </strong></font><br>
1907: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1908: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1909: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1910: quoting two of them:
1911: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1912: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1913: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1914: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1915: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1916: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1917: <p>
1918:
1.255 ian 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1920: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1921: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1922: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1923: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1924: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1925: <p>
1926:
1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1928: [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 1929: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1930: </strong></font><br>
1931: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1932: <p>
1933:
1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1935: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1936: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1937: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1938: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1939: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1940: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1941: security experts for more than three decades."
1942: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1943: <p>
1.261 ian 1944:
1.254 drahn 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1946: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1947: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1948: </strong></font><br>
1949: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1950: <p>
1951:
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1953: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1954: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1955: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1956: </strong></font><br>
1957: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1958: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1959: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1960: <p>
1961:
1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1963: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1964: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1965: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1966: </strong></font><br>
1967: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1968: from US DARPA.
1969: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1970: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1971: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1972: the BSD license.
1973: <p>
1974: </ul>
1975:
1.251 ian 1976: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1977: <ul>
1978:
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1980: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1981: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1982: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1983: </strong></font><br>
1984:
1985: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1986: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1987: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1988: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1989: <p>
1990:
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1992: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1993: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1994: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1995: </strong></font><br>
1996: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1997: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1998: Mentions
1999: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2000: and
2001: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2002: programs.
2003: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2004: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2005: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2006: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2007: <p>
1.325 ian 2008: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2009: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2010:
2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2012: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2013: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2014: </strong></font><br>
2015: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2016: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2017: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2018: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2019: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2020: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2021: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2022: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2023: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2024: put into service."
2025: <p>
2026: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2027: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2028: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2029: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2030: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2031: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2032: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2033: computers with security features."
2034: <p>
1.329 ian 2035:
2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2037: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2038: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2039: Slate,
2040: March 3, 2003.
2041: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2042: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2043: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2044: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2045: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2046: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2047: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2048: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2049: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2050: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2051: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2052: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2053: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2054: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2055: of more secure open-source solutions like
2056: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2057: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2058: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2059: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2060: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2061: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2062: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2063: the Beltway."
2064: <p>
1.251 ian 2065: </ul>
2066:
1.249 jufi 2067: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2068: <ul>
2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2070: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2071: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2072: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2073: </strong></font><br>
2074: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2075: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2076: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2077: <p>
1.334 ian 2078:
2079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2080: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2081: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2082: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2083: </strong></font><br>
2084: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2085: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2086: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2087: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2088: "... the hypothetical question ...
2089: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2090: <br>
2091: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2092: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2093: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2094: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2095: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2096: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2097: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2098: support network security.
2099: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2100: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2101: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2102: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2103: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2104: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2105: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2106: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2107: <br>
2108: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2109: <p>
2110:
1.249 jufi 2111: </ul>
2112:
1.246 jufi 2113: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2114: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2117: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2118: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
2119: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2120: </strong></font><br>
2121: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2122: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2123: <p>
2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2126: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2127: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
2128: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
2129: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2130: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2131: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2132: <p>
2133:
2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2135: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2136: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
2137: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2138: </strong></font><br>
2139: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2140: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2141: <p>
1.247 jufi 2142: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2143:
1.244 jufi 2144: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2145: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2148: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2149: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2150: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2151: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2152: </strong></font><br>
2153: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2154: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2155: md5 digests.
2156: <p>
2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2159: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2160: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2161: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2162: </strong></font><br>
2163: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2164: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2165: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2166: right the first time."
2167: <p>
1.247 jufi 2168: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2169:
2170:
2171: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2172: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2175: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2176: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2177: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2178: </strong></font><br>
2179: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2180: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2181: part 6</a>.
2182: <p>
2183:
1.247 jufi 2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2185: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2186: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2187: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2188: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2189: </strong></font><br>
2190: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2191: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2192: <p>
1.301 jose 2193:
2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2195: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2196: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2197: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2198: </strong></font><br>
2199:
2200: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2201: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2202: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2203: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2204: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2205: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2206: <i>Here's the
2207: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2208: <p>
1.247 jufi 2209: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2210:
2211: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2212: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2215: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2216: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2217: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2218: </strong></font><br>
2219: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2220: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2221: <p>
2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2224: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2225: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2226: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2227: </strong></font><br>
2228: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2229: this time using pf.
2230: <p>
1.247 jufi 2231: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2232:
2233: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2234: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2235:
1.247 jufi 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2237: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2238: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2239: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2240: </strong></font><br>
2241: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2242: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2243: their rotation.
2244: <p>
2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2247: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2248: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2249: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2250: </strong></font><br>
2251: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2252: <p>
1.247 jufi 2253: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2254:
1.239 jufi 2255: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2256: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2259: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2260: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2261: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2264: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2265: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2266: <p>
2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2269: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2270: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2271: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2272: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2273: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2274: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2275: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2276: <p>
1.247 jufi 2277: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2278:
1.235 lebel 2279: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2280: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2281:
1.239 jufi 2282:
1.247 jufi 2283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2284: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2285: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2286: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2287: </strong></font><br>
2288: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2289: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2290: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2291: <p>
1.301 jose 2292:
1.247 jufi 2293: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2294:
1.228 horacio 2295: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2296: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2299: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2300: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2301: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2302: </strong></font><br>
2303: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2304: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2305: <p>
2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2308: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2309: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2310: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2311: </strong></font><br>
2312: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2313: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2314: <p>
2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2317: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2318: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2319: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2320: </strong></font><br>
2321: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2322: on the desktop of his parents.
2323: <p>
2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2326: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2327: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2328: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2329: </strong></font><br>
2330: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2331: using IPFilter.
2332:
2333: <p>
2334:
1.247 jufi 2335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2336: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2337: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2338: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2339: </strong></font><br>
2340: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2341: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2342: perspectives of the four OS.
2343: <br>
2344: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2345: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2346: <p>
2347:
1.247 jufi 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2349: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2350: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2351: software and security</a>,
2352: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2353: </strong></font><br>
2354:
2355: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2356: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2357: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2358: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2359: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2360: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2361: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2362: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2363: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2364: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2365: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2366: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2367: <p>
1.247 jufi 2368: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2369:
1.225 horacio 2370: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2371: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2374: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2375: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2376: Interview</a>,
2377: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2378: </strong></font><br>
2379:
2380: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2381: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2382: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2383: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2384: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2385: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2386: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2387: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2388: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2389: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2390: of choice.
2391: <p>
1.247 jufi 2392: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2393:
2394: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2395: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2398: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2399: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2400: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2401: </strong></font><br>
2402:
2403: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2404: <p>
2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2407: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2408: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2409: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2410: </strong></font><br>
2411:
2412: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2413: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2414: <p>
1.247 jufi 2415: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2416:
1.218 horacio 2417: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2418: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2419:
1.247 jufi 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2421: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2422: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2423: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2424: </strong></font><br>
2425:
2426: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2427: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2428: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2429: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2430: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2431: subjects. Worth a read.
2432: <p>
2433:
2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2436: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2437: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2438: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2439: </strong></font><br>
2440:
2441: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2442: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2443: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2444: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2445: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2446: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2447: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2448: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2449: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2450: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2451: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2452: on other operating systems.<br>
2453: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2454: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2455: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2456: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2457: <p>
2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2460: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2461: Operating System 2010</a>,
2462: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2466: covering the level of software integration into the core
2467: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2468: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2469: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2470: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2471: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2472: <p>
2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2475: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2476: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2477: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2478: </strong></font><br>
2479:
2480: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2481: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2482: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2483: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2484: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2485: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2486: <p>
1.247 jufi 2487: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2488:
1.210 jufi 2489: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2490: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2493: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2494: Already a Contender</a>,
2495: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2496: </strong></font><br>
2497:
2498: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2499: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2500: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2501: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2502: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2503: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2504: <p>
2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2507: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2508: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2509: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2510: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2511:
1.224 horacio 2512: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2513: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2514: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2515: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2516: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2517: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2518: <p>
1.247 jufi 2519: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2520:
2521: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2522: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2523:
1.247 jufi 2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2525: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2526: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2527: Division</a>,
2528: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2529: </strong></font><br>
2530:
2531: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2532: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2533: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2534: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2535: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2536: investment</em>.<br>
2537: The implementation details can be seen on their
2538: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2539: <p>
2540:
1.247 jufi 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2542: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2543: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2544: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2545: </strong></font><br>
2546:
2547: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2548: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2549: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2550: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2551: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2552: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2553: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2554: <p>
2555:
2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2557: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2558: Thinking about Security</a>,
2559: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2560: </strong></font><br>
2561:
2562: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2563: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2564: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2565: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2566: to time.<br>
2567: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2568: system and just the most secure system.
2569: <p>
2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2572: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2573: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2574: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2575: </strong></font><br>
2576:
2577: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2578: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2579: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2580: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2581: choice:<br>
2582: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2583: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2584: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2585: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2586: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2587: network security devices and as such must be well
2588: armored."</em><br>
2589: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2590: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2591: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2592: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2593: <br>
2594: Bravo!
2595: <p>
1.247 jufi 2596: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2597:
1.207 ian 2598: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2599: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2602: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2603: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2604: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2605:
1.207 ian 2606: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2607: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2608: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2609: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2610: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2611: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2612: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2613: <p>
1.247 jufi 2614: </ul>
1.207 ian 2615:
1.194 jufi 2616: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2617: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2618:
1.247 jufi 2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2620: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2621: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2622: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2623: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2624:
1.240 miod 2625: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2626: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2627: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2628: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2629: <p>
2630:
1.247 jufi 2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2632: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2633: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2634: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2635:
2636: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2637: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2638: <p>
2639:
2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2641: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2642: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2643: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2644:
2645: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2646: <p>
2647:
2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2649: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2650: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2651: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2652: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2653:
1.240 miod 2654: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2655: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2656: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2657: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2658: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2659: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2660: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2661: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2662: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2663: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2664: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2665: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2666: <p>
2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2669: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2670: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2671: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2672: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2673:
1.194 jufi 2674: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2675: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2676: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2677: <br>
2678: The new
2679: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2680: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2681: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2682: <p>
1.247 jufi 2683: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2684:
1.190 horacio 2685: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2686: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2689:
2690: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2691: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2692:
1.301 jose 2693:
1.191 jufi 2694: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2695: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2696:
2697: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2698: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2699:
1.212 horacio 2700: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2701: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2702: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2703:
1.211 horacio 2704: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2705: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2706: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2709: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2712: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2713:
1.212 horacio 2714: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2715: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2716: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2717:
2718: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2719: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2720:
2721: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2722: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2723:
1.301 jose 2724: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2725: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2726:
1.191 jufi 2727: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2728: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2729:
2730: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2731: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2732:
1.192 jufi 2733: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2734: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2735: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2736:
1.193 deraadt 2737: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2738: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2739: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2742: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2745: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2746: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2747:
1.213 horacio 2748: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2749: 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 2750: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2751:
1.190 horacio 2752: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2753: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2754: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2755: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2756: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2757: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2758: <p>
1.190 horacio 2759:
1.247 jufi 2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2761: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2762: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2763: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2764: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2765:
1.195 jufi 2766: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2767: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2768: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2769: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2770: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2771: <p>
2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2774: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2775: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2776: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2777: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2778:
1.191 jufi 2779: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2780: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2781: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2782: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2783: <p>
2784:
2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2786: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2787: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2788: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2789:
2790: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2791: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2792: <p>
1.247 jufi 2793: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2794:
1.191 jufi 2795:
1.186 jufi 2796: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2797: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2798:
1.247 jufi 2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2800: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2801: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2802: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2803: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2804:
1.188 jufi 2805: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2806: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2807: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2808: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2809: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2810: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2811: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2812: <p>
2813:
1.301 jose 2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2815: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2816: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2817: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2818:
2819: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2820: <p>
1.191 jufi 2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2823: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2824: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2825: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2826: </strong></font><br>
2827:
2828: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2829: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2830: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2831: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2832: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2833: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2834: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2835: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2836: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2837: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2838: familiar?
2839: <p>
1.247 jufi 2840: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2841:
1.178 louis 2842: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2843: <ul>
1.178 louis 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2846: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2847: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2848: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2849: </strong></font><br>
2850:
2851: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2852: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2853: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2854: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2855: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2856: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2860: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2861: Open source under the hood</a>,
2862: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2863: </strong></font><br>
2864:
2865: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2866: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2867: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2868: <p>
2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2871: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2872: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2873: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2874: </strong></font><br>
2875:
2876: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2877: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2878: <p>
1.247 jufi 2879: </ul>
1.179 louis 2880:
1.174 louis 2881:
1.175 louis 2882: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2883: <ul>
1.175 louis 2884:
1.247 jufi 2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2886: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2887: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2888: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2889: </strong></font><br>
2890:
2891: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2892: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2893: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2894: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2895: <p>
2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2898: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2899: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2900: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2901: </strong></font><br>
2902:
2903: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2904: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2905: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2906: <p>
1.247 jufi 2907: </ul>
1.175 louis 2908:
1.176 louis 2909:
1.172 mickey 2910: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2911: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2914: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2915: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2916: </strong></font><br>
2917:
2918: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2919: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2920: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2921: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2922: <p>
2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2925: <a
1.269 deraadt 2926: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2927: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2928: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2929: </strong></font><br>
2930:
2931: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2932: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2933: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2934: <p>
2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2937: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2938: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2939: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2940: </strong></font><br>
2941:
2942: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2943: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2944: <p>
2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2947: <a
1.269 deraadt 2948: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2949: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2950: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2951: </strong></font><br>
2952:
2953: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2954: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2955: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2956: our own Theo de Raadt.
2957: <p>
2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2960: <a
1.269 deraadt 2961: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2962: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2963: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2964: </strong></font><br>
2965:
2966: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2967: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2968: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2969: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2970: shut down.]
2971: <p>
2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2974: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2975: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2976: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2977: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2978: </strong></font><br>
2979:
2980: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2981: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2982: <p>
1.247 jufi 2983: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2984:
1.161 louis 2985: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2986: <ul>
1.161 louis 2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2989: <a
1.269 deraadt 2990: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2991: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2992: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2993: </strong></font><br>
2994:
2995: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2996: by John Wolley
2997: <p>
2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3000: <a
1.269 deraadt 3001: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3002: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3003: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3004: </strong></font><br>
3005:
3006: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3007: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3008: OpenBSD).
3009: <p>
3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3012: <a
1.247 jufi 3013: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3014: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3018: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3019: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3020: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3021: and hindsight.
3022: <p>
3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3025: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3026: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3027: </strong></font><br>
3028:
3029: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3030: <p>
3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3033: <a
1.168 provos 3034: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3035: December 7, 2000
3036: </strong></font><br>
3037:
3038: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3039: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3040: us explain.
3041: <p>
3042:
1.247 jufi 3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3044: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3045: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3046: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3047: December 6, 2000
3048: </strong></font><br>
3049:
3050: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3051: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3052: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3053: <p>
3054:
1.247 jufi 3055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3056: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3057: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3058: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3059: </strong></font><br>
3060:
3061: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3062: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3063: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3064: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3065: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3066: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3067: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3068: <p>
3069:
3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3071: <a
1.226 horacio 3072: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3073: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3074: </strong></font><br>
3075:
3076: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3077: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3078: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3079: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3080: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3081: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3082: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3083: <p>
1.162 millert 3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3086: <a
1.161 louis 3087: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3088: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3092: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3093: <p>
3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3096: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3097: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3101: <p>
3102:
3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3105: <a
1.226 horacio 3106: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3107: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3108: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3109: </strong></font><br>
3110:
3111: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3112: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3113: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3114: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3115: <p>
1.247 jufi 3116: </ul>
1.169 louis 3117:
1.158 louis 3118: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3119: <ul>
1.147 louis 3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3122: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3123: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3124: </strong></font><br>
3125:
3126: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3127: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3128: <p>
3129:
1.247 jufi 3130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3131: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3132: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3133: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3134: </strong></font><br>
3135: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3136: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3137: <p>
3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3140: <a
3141: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3142: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3143: </strong></font><br>
3144:
3145: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3146: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3147: <p>
3148:
1.247 jufi 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3150: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3151: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3152: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3153:
1.213 horacio 3154: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3155: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3156: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3157: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3158: <p>
1.215 horacio 3159:
1.247 jufi 3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3161: <a
3162: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3163: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3164: </strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3167: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3168: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3169: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3170: much of the attitude too).
3171: <p>
1.161 louis 3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3174: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3175: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3176: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3177:
1.157 louis 3178: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3179: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3180: <p>
1.247 jufi 3181: </ul>
1.157 louis 3182:
3183: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3184: <ul>
1.157 louis 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3187: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3188: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3189: </strong></font><br>
3190:
3191: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3192: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3193: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3194: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3195: <p>
3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3198: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3199: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3200: </strong></font><br>
3201:
3202: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3203: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3204: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3205: it because they love coding...
3206: <p>
3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3209: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3210: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3211: </strong></font><br>
3212:
3213: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3214: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3215: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3216: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3217: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3218: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3219: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3220: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3221: <p>
3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3224: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3225: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3226: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3230: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3231: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3232: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3233: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3234: the pizza.
3235: <p>
3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3238: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3239: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3240: </strong></font><br>
3241:
3242: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3243: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3244: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3245: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3246: problems.
3247: <p>
3248:
1.247 jufi 3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3250: <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 3251: </strong></font><br>
3252:
1.222 miod 3253: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3254: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3255: - whether they like it or not.
3256: <p>
3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3259: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3260: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3261: </strong></font><br>
3262:
3263: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3264: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3265: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3266: <p>
1.148 aaron 3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3269: <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 3270: </strong></font><br>
3271:
3272: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3273: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3274: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3275: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3276: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3277: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3278: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3279: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3280: <p>
3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3283: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3284: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3285: </strong></font><br>
3286:
3287: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3288: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3289: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3290: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3291: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3292: <p>
1.247 jufi 3293: </ul>
1.147 louis 3294:
1.138 louis 3295: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3296: <ul>
1.138 louis 3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3299: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3300: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3301: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3302: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3303: </strong></font><br>
3304:
1.227 horacio 3305: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3306: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3307: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3308: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3309: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3310: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3311: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3312: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3313: <p>
3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3316: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3317: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3321: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3322: groups, and even Linux.
3323: <p>
3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3326: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3327: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3328: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3329: </strong></font><br>
3330:
3331: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3332: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3333: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3334: library after installing the OS.
3335: <p>
3336:
1.247 jufi 3337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3338: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3339: Sys Admin, September 2000
3340: </strong></font><br>
3341:
3342: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3343: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3344: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3345: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3346: (<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>,
3347: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3348: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3349: <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 3350: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3351: out of the system.
3352: <p>
3353:
1.247 jufi 3354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3355: <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
3356: </strong></font><br>
3357:
3358: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3359: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3360: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3361: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3362: the IP filtering and address translation.
3363: <p>
1.301 jose 3364:
3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3366: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3367: </strong></font><br>
3368:
3369: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3370: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3371: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3372: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3373: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3374: <p>
1.247 jufi 3375: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3376:
1.131 louis 3377: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3378: <ul>
1.131 louis 3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3381: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3382: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3383: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
3386: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3387: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3388: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3389: <p>
3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3392: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3393: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3394: </strong></font><br>
3395:
3396: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3397: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3398: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3399: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3400: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3401: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3402: note of"</i>.
3403: <p>
3404:
1.247 jufi 3405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3406: <a
1.247 jufi 3407: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3408: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3409: </strong></font><br>
3410:
3411: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3412: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3413: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3414: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3415: <p>
3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3418: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3419: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3420: </strong></font><br>
3421:
3422: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3423: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3424: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3425: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3426: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3427: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3428: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3429: <p>
3430:
1.247 jufi 3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3432: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3433: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3434: 2000
3435: </strong></font><br>
3436:
3437: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3438: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3439: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3440: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3441: against current industry practices.
3442: <p>
3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3445: <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
3446: </strong></font><br>
3447:
3448: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3449: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3450: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3451: <p>
3452:
1.247 jufi 3453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3454: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3455: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3456: </strong></font><br>
3457:
3458: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3459: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3460: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3461: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3462: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3463: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3464: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3465: <p>
3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3468: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3469: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3470: </strong></font><br>
3471:
3472: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3473: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3474: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3475: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3476: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3477: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3478: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3479: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3480: <p>
1.247 jufi 3481: </ul>
1.131 louis 3482:
1.118 louis 3483: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3484: <ul>
1.118 louis 3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3487: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3488: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3489: </strong></font><br>
3490:
3491: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3492: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3493: about time. The article mentions that
3494: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3495: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3496: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3497: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3498: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3499: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3500: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3501: <p>
3502:
1.247 jufi 3503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3504: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3505: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3506: </strong></font><br>
3507:
3508: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3509: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3510: of OpenSSH.
3511: <p>
3512:
1.247 jufi 3513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3514: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3515: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3516: </strong></font><br>
3517:
3518: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3519: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3520: bridging.
3521: <p>
3522:
1.247 jufi 3523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3524: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3525: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3526: </strong></font><br>
3527:
1.121 deraadt 3528: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3529: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3533: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3534: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3535: </strong></font><br>
3536:
3537: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3538: <p>
3539:
1.247 jufi 3540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3541: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3542: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3543: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3544: </strong></font><br>
3545:
1.120 deraadt 3546: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3547: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3548: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3549: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3550: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3551: <p>
3552:
1.247 jufi 3553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3554: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3555: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3556: </strong></font><br>
3557:
1.222 miod 3558: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3559: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3560: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3561: protocols and their quirks.
3562: <p>
3563:
1.247 jufi 3564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3565: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3566: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3567: </strong></font><br>
3568:
3569: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3570: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3571: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3572: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3573: <p>
3574:
1.247 jufi 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3576: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3577: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3578: </strong></font><br>
3579:
3580: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3581: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3582: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3583: <p>
3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3586: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3587: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3588: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3589: </strong></font><br>
3590:
3591: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3592: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3593: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3594: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3595: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3596: <p>
1.247 jufi 3597: </ul>
1.118 louis 3598:
1.104 louis 3599: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3600: <ul>
1.104 louis 3601:
1.247 jufi 3602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3603: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3604: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3605: </strong></font><br>
3606:
3607: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3608: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3609: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3610: be a bit dry.
3611: <p>
3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3614: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3615: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3616: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3617: </strong></font><br>
3618: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3619: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3620: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3621: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3622: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3623: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3624: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3625: <p>
3626:
1.247 jufi 3627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3628: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3629: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3630: 2000
1.128 louis 3631: </strong></font><br>
3632:
3633: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3634: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3635: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3636: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3637: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3638: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3639: <p>
3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3642: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3643: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3644: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3645:
3646: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3647: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3648: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3649: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3650: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3651: <p>
1.110 louis 3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3654: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3655: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3656: </strong></font><br>
3657:
3658: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3659: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3660: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3661: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3662: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3663: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3664: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3665: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3666: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3667: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3668: <p>
3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3671: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3672: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3673:
3674: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3675: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3676: <p>
1.108 louis 3677:
1.247 jufi 3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3679: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3680: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3681: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3682:
3683: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3684: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3685: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3686: <p>
1.106 louis 3687:
1.247 jufi 3688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3689: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3690: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3691: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3692:
3693: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3694: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3695: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3696: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3697: <p>
1.107 louis 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3700: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3701: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3702: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3703:
3704: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3705: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3706: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3707: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3708: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3709: <p>
1.105 louis 3710:
1.247 jufi 3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3712: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3713: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3714: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3715:
1.113 naddy 3716: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3717: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3718: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3719: <p>
1.104 louis 3720:
1.247 jufi 3721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3722: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3723: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3724: </strong></font><br>
3725:
3726: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3727: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3728: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3729: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3730: <p>
1.301 jose 3731:
3732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3733: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3734: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3735: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3736:
3737: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3738: hardware-supported cryptography.
3739: <p>
1.247 jufi 3740: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3741:
1.85 louis 3742: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3743: <ul>
1.85 louis 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3746: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3747: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3748: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3749:
3750: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3751: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3752: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3753: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3754: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3755: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3756: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3757: <p>
1.99 louis 3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3760: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3761: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3762: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3763:
3764: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3765: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3766: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3767: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3768: <p>
1.100 louis 3769:
1.247 jufi 3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3771: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3772: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3773: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3774:
3775: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3776: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3777: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3778: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3779: <p>
1.95 louis 3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3782: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3783: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3784: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3785:
3786: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3787: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3788: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3789: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3790: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3791: <p>
1.92 louis 3792:
1.247 jufi 3793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3794: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3795: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3796: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3797:
3798: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3799: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3800: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3801: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3802: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3803: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3804: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3805: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3806: <p>
1.91 louis 3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3809: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3810: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3811: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3812:
3813: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3814: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3815: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3816: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3817: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3818: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3819: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3820: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3821: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3822: <p>
1.90 louis 3823:
1.247 jufi 3824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3825: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3826: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3827: </strong></font><br>
3828: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3829: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3830: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3831: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3832: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3833: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3834: <p>
3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3837: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3838: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3839: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3840:
1.113 naddy 3841: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3842: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3843: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3844: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3845: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3846: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3847: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3848: <p>
1.87 louis 3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3851: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3852: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3853: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3854:
3855: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3856: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3857: <p>
1.85 louis 3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3860: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3861: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3862: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3863:
3864: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3865: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3866: <p>
3867:
3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3869: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3870: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3871: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3872:
3873: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3874: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3875: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3876: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3877: <p>
1.89 louis 3878:
1.247 jufi 3879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3880: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3881: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3882: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3883:
3884: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3885: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3886: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3887: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3888: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3889: </ul>
1.85 louis 3890:
1.78 deraadt 3891: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3892: <ul>
1.74 louis 3893:
1.247 jufi 3894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3895: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3896: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3897: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3898: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3899:
3900: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3901: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3902: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3903: <p>
1.83 louis 3904:
1.247 jufi 3905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3906: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3907: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3908: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3909:
3910: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3911: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3912: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3913: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3914: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3915: <p>
1.93 louis 3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3918: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3919: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3920: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3921: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3922:
1.83 louis 3923: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3924: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3925: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3926: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3927: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3928: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3929: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3930: <p>
1.82 aaron 3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3933: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3934: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3935: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3936:
1.83 louis 3937: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3938: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3939: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3940: <p>
1.80 louis 3941:
1.247 jufi 3942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3943: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3944: Bad Press</a>,
3945: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3946: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3947:
3948: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3949: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3950: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3951: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3952: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3953: <p>
1.247 jufi 3954: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3955:
3956: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3957: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3958:
1.247 jufi 3959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3960: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3961: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3962: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3963: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3964:
3965: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3966: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3967: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3968: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3969: <p>
1.74 louis 3970:
1.247 jufi 3971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3972: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3973: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3974: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3975:
1.219 horacio 3976: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3977: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3978: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3979: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3980: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3981: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3982: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3983: <p>
1.88 louis 3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3986: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3987: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3988: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3989:
3990: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3991: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3992: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3993: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3994: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3995: <p>
1.81 louis 3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3998: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3999: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4000: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4001:
4002: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4003: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4004: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4005: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4006: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4007: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4008: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4009: <p>
1.90 louis 4010:
1.247 jufi 4011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4012: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4013: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4014: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4015:
4016: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4017: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4018: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4019: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4020: <p>
1.247 jufi 4021: </ul>
1.71 louis 4022:
1.69 deraadt 4023: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4024: <ul>
1.70 louis 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4027: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4028: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4029: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4030:
4031: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4032: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4033: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4034: <p>
1.70 louis 4035:
1.247 jufi 4036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4037: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4038: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4039: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4040:
4041: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4042: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4043: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4044: <p>
1.68 louis 4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4047: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4048: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4049: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4050: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4051:
1.111 jufi 4052: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4053: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4054: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4055: "secure by default" installation.
4056: <p>
1.64 louis 4057:
1.247 jufi 4058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4059: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4060: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4061: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4062:
1.113 naddy 4063: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4064: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4065: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4066: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4067: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4068: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4069: <p>
1.66 louis 4070:
1.247 jufi 4071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4072: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4073: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4074: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4075:
4076: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4077: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4078: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4079: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4080: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4081: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4082: <p>
1.83 louis 4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4085: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4086: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4087: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4088:
4089: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4090: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4091: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4092: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4093: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4094: <p>
1.64 louis 4095:
1.247 jufi 4096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4097: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4098: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4099: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4100:
4101: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4102: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4103: <p>
1.301 jose 4104:
4105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4106: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4107: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4108: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4109: </strong></font><br>
4110:
4111: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4112: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4113: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4114: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4115: Giving way to
4116: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4117: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4118: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4119: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4120: <p>
1.247 jufi 4121: </ul>
1.65 louis 4122:
1.69 deraadt 4123: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4124: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4125:
1.247 jufi 4126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4127: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4128: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4129: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4130:
4131: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4132: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4133: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4134: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4135: <p>
1.88 louis 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4138: <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 4139: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4140:
4141: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4142: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4143: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4144: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4145: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4146: <p>
1.60 louis 4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4149: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4150: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4151: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4152: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4153:
4154: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4155: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4156: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4157: <p>
1.58 louis 4158:
1.247 jufi 4159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4160: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4161: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4162:
4163: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4164: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4165: <p>
1.53 louis 4166:
1.247 jufi 4167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4168: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4169: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4170: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4171:
4172: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4173: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4174: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4175: <p>
1.99 louis 4176:
1.247 jufi 4177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4178: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4179: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4180:
4181: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4182: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4183: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4184: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4185: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4186:
1.247 jufi 4187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4188: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4189: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4190: </strong></font><br>
4191:
4192: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4193: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4194: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4195: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4196: <p>
4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4199: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4200: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4201: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4202:
4203: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4204: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4205: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4206:
1.247 jufi 4207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4208: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4209: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4210:
4211: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4212: in
1.247 jufi 4213: <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 4214: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4215: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4216: <p>
1.53 louis 4217:
1.247 jufi 4218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4219: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4220: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4221: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4222: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4223:
1.58 louis 4224: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4225: <p>
1.301 jose 4226:
4227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4228: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4229: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4230: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4231: Informacyjny, January 2000
4232: </strong></font><br>
4233:
4234: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4235: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4236: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4237: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4238: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4239: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4240: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4241: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4242: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4243: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4244: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4245: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4246: <p>
4247:
4248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4249: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4250: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4251: </strong></font><br>
4252:
4253: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4254: <p>
4255: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4256:
1.69 deraadt 4257: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4258: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4261: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4262: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4263: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4264: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4265:
1.58 louis 4266: Kurt Seifried
4267: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4268: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4269: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4270: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4271:
1.247 jufi 4272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4273: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4274: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4275: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4276:
4277: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4278: <p>
1.96 louis 4279:
1.247 jufi 4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4281: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4282: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4283: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4284: </strong></font><br>
4285:
4286: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4287: <p>
4288:
4289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4290: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4291: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4292: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4293:
4294: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4295: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4296: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4297: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4298: <p>
1.247 jufi 4299: </ul>
1.86 louis 4300:
1.69 deraadt 4301: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4302: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4303:
1.247 jufi 4304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4305: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4306: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4307: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4308:
4309: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4310: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4311: <p>
1.61 louis 4312:
1.247 jufi 4313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4314: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4315: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4316: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4317: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4318:
4319: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4320: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4321: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4322: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4323: right -- or at least strives to".
4324: <p>
1.48 louis 4325:
1.247 jufi 4326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4327: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4328: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4329: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4330: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4331: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4332: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4333: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4334: <p>
1.61 louis 4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <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 4337: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4338: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4339:
4340: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4341: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4342: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4343: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4344: <p>
1.46 louis 4345:
1.247 jufi 4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4347: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4348: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4349: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4350:
4351: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4352: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4353: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4356: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4357: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4358: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4359:
4360: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4361: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4362: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4363: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4364: <p>
1.247 jufi 4365: </ul>
1.70 louis 4366:
1.69 deraadt 4367: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4368: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4369:
1.247 jufi 4370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4371: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4372: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4373: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4374: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4375:
4376: Kurt Seifried
4377: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4378: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4379: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4380: <p>
1.44 philen 4381:
1.247 jufi 4382: <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 4383: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4384: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4385:
4386: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4387: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <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 4390: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4391: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4392:
4393: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4394: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4395:
1.247 jufi 4396: <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 4397: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4398: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4399:
4400: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4401: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4402: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4403: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4404: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <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 4407: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4408: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4409:
1.36 louis 4410: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4411: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4412:
1.247 jufi 4413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4414: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4415: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4416: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4417:
4418: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4419: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4420: </ul>
1.38 louis 4421:
1.69 deraadt 4422: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4423: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <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 4426: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4428:
4429: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4430: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4431: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4432:
1.113 naddy 4433: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4434: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4435: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4436: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4437:
4438: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4439: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4440: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4441: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4442: <blockquote>
4443: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4444: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4445: <br>
4446: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4447: </code>
4448: </blockquote>
4449: <p>
4450:
1.247 jufi 4451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4452: <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 4453: <p>
4454:
4455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4456: <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 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4458:
4459: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4460: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4461: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4462: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4463:
1.247 jufi 4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4465: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4466: Sept. 28, 1999
4467: </strong></font><br>
4468:
4469: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4470: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4471: translating and reprinting articles from
4472: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4473: <p>
4474:
4475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4476: <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 4477: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4478:
4479: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4480: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4481: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4482: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4483: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4484: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4485: <p>
1.19 louis 4486:
1.113 naddy 4487: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4488: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4489: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4490:
4491: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4492: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4493: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4494: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4495: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4496: <p>
1.16 louis 4497:
1.247 jufi 4498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4499: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4500: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4501: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4502:
1.57 louis 4503: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4504: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4505: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4506: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4507:
1.247 jufi 4508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4509: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4510: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4511: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4512:
1.113 naddy 4513: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4516: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4517: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4518: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4519:
1.23 louis 4520: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4521: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4522: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4523: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4524: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4525: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4528: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4529: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4530: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4531:
1.199 pvalchev 4532: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4533: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4534: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4535: installation.
1.113 naddy 4536: <p>
1.47 louis 4537:
1.247 jufi 4538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4539: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4540: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4541: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4542:
1.301 jose 4543: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4544: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4545: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4546: </ul>
1.57 louis 4547:
1.69 deraadt 4548: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4549: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4550:
1.247 jufi 4551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4552: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4553: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4554: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4555:
4556: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4557: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4558: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4559: <p>
1.12 louis 4560:
1.247 jufi 4561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4562: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4563: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4564: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4565:
4566: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4567: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4568: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4569: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4570: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4571: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4572: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4573: <p>
1.247 jufi 4574: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4575:
1.69 deraadt 4576: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4577: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4580: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4581: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4582:
4583: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4584: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4585: available."
1.113 naddy 4586: <p>
1.301 jose 4587:
4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4589: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4590: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4591: </strong></font><br>
4592:
4593: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4594: <p>
1.247 jufi 4595: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4596:
1.69 deraadt 4597: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4598: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4599:
1.247 jufi 4600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4601: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4602: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4603:
4604: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4605: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4606: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4607: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4608: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4609: <p>
1.33 louis 4610:
1.247 jufi 4611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4612: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4613: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4614: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4615:
1.113 naddy 4616: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4617: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4618: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4619: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4620: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4621: <p>
1.247 jufi 4622: </ul>
1.57 louis 4623:
1.69 deraadt 4624: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4625: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4628: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4629: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4630: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4631:
4632: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4633: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4634: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4635:
1.247 jufi 4636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4637: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4638: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4639: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4640: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4641:
4642: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4643: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4646: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4647:
1.113 naddy 4648: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4649:
1.247 jufi 4650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4651: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4652: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4653: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4654:
4655: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4656: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4657: </ul>
1.23 louis 4658:
1.69 deraadt 4659: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4660: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4661:
1.247 jufi 4662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4663: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4664: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4665:
4666: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4667: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4668: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4669:
1.247 jufi 4670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4671: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4672: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4673: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4674:
4675: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4676: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4677: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4678: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4679: </ul>
1.57 louis 4680:
1.69 deraadt 4681: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4682: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4685: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4686: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4687: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4688:
4689: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4690: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4691: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4692: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4693: <p>
1.15 louis 4694:
1.247 jufi 4695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4696: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4697: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4698: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4699:
4700: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4701: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4702: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4703: columns."
1.113 naddy 4704: <p>
1.247 jufi 4705: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4706:
1.69 deraadt 4707: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4708: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4711: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4712: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4713: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4714:
4715: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4716: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4717:
1.113 naddy 4718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4719: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4720: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4721:
4722: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4723: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4724: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4725: </ul>
1.57 louis 4726:
1.69 deraadt 4727: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4728: <ul>
1.301 jose 4729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4730: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4731: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4732: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4733:
4734: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4735: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4736: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4737: <p>
4738:
4739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4740: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4741: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4742: Nov 13, 1998 and
4743: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4744: Datateknik</a>,
4745: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4746:
1.380 saad 4747: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4748: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4749: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4750: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4751: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4752:
1.113 naddy 4753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4754: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4755: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4756: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4757:
1.222 miod 4758: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4759: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4760: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4761: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4762: <p>
1.247 jufi 4763: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4764:
1.69 deraadt 4765: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4766: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4767:
1.247 jufi 4768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4769: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4770: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4771:
1.69 deraadt 4772: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4773: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4774: <p>
1.247 jufi 4775: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4776:
1.69 deraadt 4777: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4778: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4779:
1.247 jufi 4780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4781: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4782: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4783: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4784:
1.383 jcs 4785: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4786: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4787: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4788:
1.247 jufi 4789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4790: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4791: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4792: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4793: <p>
1.247 jufi 4794: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4795:
1.69 deraadt 4796: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4797: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4798:
1.247 jufi 4799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4800: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4801: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4802: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4803: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4804: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4805:
4806: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4807: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4808: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4809: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4810: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4811: <p>
1.247 jufi 4812: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4813:
4814: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4815: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4816:
1.247 jufi 4817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4818: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4819: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4820:
1.69 deraadt 4821: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4822: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4823: <p>
1.112 naddy 4824:
1.247 jufi 4825: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4826: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4827:
1.292 camield 4828: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4829: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4830: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.465 ! naddy 4831: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.464 2005/07/06 17:10:13 grunk Exp $</small>
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