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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>
1.466 ! deraadt 23: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
! 24: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
! 25: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 26: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
! 27: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
! 28: 2005 Hackathon.
! 29: <p>
! 30:
! 31: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 32: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
33: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 34: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 35: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
36: poor security:
37: Individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
38: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.465 naddy 39: In this last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 40: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
41: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
42: <p>
43:
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 45: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
46: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 47: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 48: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
49: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 50: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
51: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
52: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
53: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
54: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
55: commercial vendors.
56: <p>
57:
58: </ul>
59:
1.454 ian 60: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
61: <ul>
62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 63: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
64: Free Bird</a>,
65: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
66: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
67: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
68: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
69: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
70: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
71: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
72: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
73: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
74: room will only be available in the print edition.
75: <p>
1.459 deraadt 76:
1.458 niallo 77: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 78: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
79: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
80: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
81: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
82: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
83: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
84: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
85: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
86: <p>
1.457 deraadt 87:
1.456 niallo 88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 89: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 90: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
91: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
92: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
93: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
94: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
95: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 96: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 97: interview.</a>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 101: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
102: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
103: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
104: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
105: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
106: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
107: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
108: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
109: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
110: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
111: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
112: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
113: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
114: "I have never used it."
115: <p>
116:
117: </ul>
118:
1.441 deraadt 119: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
120: <ul>
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 122: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
123: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
124: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
125: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
126: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
127: future enhancements.
128: <p>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 131: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 132: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
133: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
134: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
135: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
136: North America mirror:
137: <ul>
1.452 marco 138: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 139: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
140: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 141: </ul>
142: European mirror:
143: <ul>
1.452 marco 144: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 145: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
146: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 151: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
152: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
153: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
154: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
155: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
156: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
157: <p>
158:
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 160: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
161: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
162: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
163: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
164: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
165: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
166: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
167: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 171: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
172: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
173: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
174: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
175: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
176: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
177: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
178: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 182: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 183: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 184: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
185: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
186: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
187: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
188: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
189: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
190: <p>
191:
192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
193: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 194: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 195: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
196: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
197: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
198: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
199: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
200: <p>
201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 203: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
204: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
205: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 206: </strong></font><br>
207: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
208: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
209: with OpenBSD.
210: </ul>
211:
1.436 henning 212: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
213: <ul>
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 215: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
216: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
217: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
218: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
219: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
220: than closed source, as we have long contended.
221: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
222: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
223: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
224: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
225: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
226: <p>
227: This article can also be found online as
228: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
229: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 233: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
234: </strong></font><br>
235: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
236: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
237: <p>
238:
239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 240: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
241: </strong></font><br>
242: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
243: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 244: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 245: the issues we had with IETF.
246: </ul>
247:
1.431 ian 248: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
249: <ul>
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 251: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
252: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
253: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
254: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
255: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
256: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
257: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
258: <p>
259:
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 261: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
262: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
263: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
264: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
265: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
266: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 267: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 268: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
269: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
270: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
271: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
272: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
273: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
274: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
275: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
276:
277: </ul>
278:
1.427 matthieu 279: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
280: <ul>
281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 283: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
284: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
285: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
286: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
287: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
288: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
289: firmware.
1.434 ian 290: Similar articles can be found online at:
291: <ul>
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
293: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
294: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
295: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
297: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
298: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
299: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
301: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
302: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
303: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 305: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 306: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
307: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
308: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 309: </ul>
310:
1.426 ian 311: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
312: <ul>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
315: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
316: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
317: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
318: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 319: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 320: mechanism: what it is and why and
321: how to use it, with examples.
322: Another excerpt from the book
323: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
324: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
328: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
329: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
330: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
331: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
332: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
333: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
334: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
335: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
336: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
337: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
338: This article is a sample chapter from
339: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
340: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
341: <p>
1.443 ian 342:
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 344: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 345: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
346: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
347: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
348: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
349: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
350: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
351: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
352: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
353: ends with a sidebar on security.
354: <p>
1.426 ian 355: </ul>
356:
1.424 ian 357: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
358: <ul>
359:
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 361: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
362: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
363: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
364: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
365: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
366: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
367: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
368: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
369: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
370: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
371: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
372: <p>
373: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
374: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
375: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
376: <p>
377:
378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 379: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
380: Closed Source Hardware</a>
381: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
382: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
383: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
384: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
385: operating systems.
386: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
387: OpenBSD on his firewall.
388: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
389: systems, he writes:
390: <blockquote>
391: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
392: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
393: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
394: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
395: to the operating system...
396: <br/>
397: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
398: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
399: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
400: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
401: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
402: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
403: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
404: in a closed source operating system).
405: <br/>
406: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
407: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
408: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
409: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
410: </blockquote>
411: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
412: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
413: their hardware and software operates.
414: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
415: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 416: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 417: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
418: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
419: <p>
420: </ul>
421:
1.417 pvalchev 422: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
423: <ul>
1.421 ian 424:
1.417 pvalchev 425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 426: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
427: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
428: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
429: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
430: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
431: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
432: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
433: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
434: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
435: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
436: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 437: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 438: <p>
439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 440: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
441: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
442: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
443: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
444: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
445: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
446: it claims to do".
447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 450: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 451: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
452: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
453: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
454: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 455: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 456: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
457: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
458: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
459: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
460: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
461: (yes, this is a hint).
462: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
463: picked up on the
464: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
465: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 466: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 467: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
468: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
469: <p>
470:
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 472: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
473: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
474: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
475: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
476: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
477: questions about the significance and rationale behind
478: the current efforts.
479: <p>
480: </ul>
481:
1.407 henning 482: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
483: <ul>
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 485: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
486: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
487: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
488: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
489: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
490: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
491: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
492: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
493: <p>
494:
495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 496: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
497: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
498: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
499: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
500: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
501: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
502: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
503: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
504: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 505: <p>
1.415 ian 506:
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 508: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 509: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
510: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
511: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
512: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
513: overflow attacks... because
514: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
515: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
516: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
517: and propolice.
518: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
519: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
520: and that's when the science falls apart."
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 524: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
525: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
526: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
527: Starts with the question:
528: <blockquote>
529: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
530: <br/>
531: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
532: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
533: <br/>
534: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
535: Should we believe them?"
536: </blockquote>
537: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
538: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
539: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
540: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
541: for your mail, web and other online activities.
542: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 546: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
547: Simple Simon</a>,
548: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
549: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
550: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
551: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
552: routing/firewall, and more.
553: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
554: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
555: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
556: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
557: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
558: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
559: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
560: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
561: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
562: </blockquote>
563: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
564: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 568: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
569: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 570: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 571: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 572: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
573: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
574: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 575: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 576: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
577: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
578: in spite of it
579: (registration required, but worth it).
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
583: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
584: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
585: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
586: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
587: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
588: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
589: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 590: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 591: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
592: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
593: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
594: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
595: <p>
596:
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 598: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
599: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
600: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
601: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
602: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
603: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
604: <blockquote>
605: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
606: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
607: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
608: a lot of analysis.
609: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
610: </blockquote>
611: <p>
612: </ul>
613:
1.400 marco 614: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
615: <ul>
616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 617: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
618: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
619: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
620: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
621: UNIX-like systems.
622: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
623: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
624: <p>
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 626: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
627: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 628: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
629: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
630: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
631: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
632: At one point, the article states:
633: <blockquote>
634: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
635: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
636: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
637: </blockquote>
638: And then quotes Theo as saying:
639: <blockquote>
640: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
641: fewer are reading or auditing code."
642: </blockquote>
643: <p>
644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
645: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
646: marks its fifth birthday</a>
647: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
648: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
649: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
650: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
651: required).
652: <p>
653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 654: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
655: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
656: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
657: </strong></font><br>
658: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
659: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
660: <p>
661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 662: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
663: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 664: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 665: </strong></font><br>
666: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
667: <p>
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 669: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
670: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 671: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 672: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 673: 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 674: <p>
675: </ul>
676:
1.396 henning 677: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
678: <ul>
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 680: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
681: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
682: Unix Review, July, 2004
683: </strong></font><br>
684: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
685: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 686: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 687: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
688: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
689: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
690: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
691: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
692: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
693: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
694: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
695: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
696: and even spelling/wording errors.
697: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
698: <p>
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 700: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 701: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
702: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
703: </strong></font><br>
704: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
705: <p>
706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 707: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 708: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
709: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
710: </strong></font><br>
711: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
712: <p>
713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 714: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
715: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
716: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
717: </strong></font><br>
718: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
719: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
720: <p>
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 722: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
723: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
724: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
725: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
726: <p>
727: </ul>
728:
1.405 jolan 729: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
730: <ul>
731: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
732: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 ! deraadt 733: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 734: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
735: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
736: details on how funds are dispersed.
737: <p>
738: </ul>
739:
1.393 david 740: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
741: <ul>
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 743: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
744: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
745: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
746: </strong></font><br>
747: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
748: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
749: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
750: on inserting large number of SQL records.
751: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
752: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
753: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 757: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
758: Secure by Default</a>,
759: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
760: </strong></font><br>
761: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
762: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
763: <p>
764:
765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
766: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
767: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
768: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
769: </strong></font><br>
770: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
771: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
772: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
773: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
774: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
775: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
776: <p>
777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
779: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
780: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
781: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
782: </strong></font><br>
783: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
784: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
785: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
786: <p>
787:
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
789: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
790: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
791: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
792: </strong></font><br>
793: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
794: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
795: <p>
796: </ul>
797:
1.388 mcbride 798: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
799: <ul>
1.394 jolan 800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
802: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
803: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
804: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
805: </strong></font><br>
806: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
807: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
808: available for sparc64.
809: <p>
810:
1.390 beck 811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 812: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
813: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
814: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
815: </strong></font><br>
816: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
817: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
818: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
819: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 823: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
824: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 825: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 826: </strong></font><br>
827: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
828: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
829: it does: CARP provides sharing
830: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
831: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
832: detail to get you started using it.
833: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
834: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
835: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
836: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
837: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
838: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
839: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 840: <p>
1.391 ian 841:
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 843: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 844: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
845: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 846: </strong></font><br>
847: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 848: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 849: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 850: <p>
1.388 mcbride 851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
853: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
854: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 855: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 856: </strong></font><br>
857: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
858: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
859: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
860: unencumbered by patents.
861: <p>
862: </ul>
863:
1.378 henning 864: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
865: <ul>
1.384 jose 866:
867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 868: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
869: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
870: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
871: </strong></font><br>
872: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
873: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
874: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
875: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
876: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
877: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
878: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
879: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
880: in the page tables."
881: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 885: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
886: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
887: </strong></font><br>
888: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
889: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
890: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
891: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 892: <p>
1.384 jose 893:
1.378 henning 894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 895: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
896: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 897: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
898: </strong></font><br>
899: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
900: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
901: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
902: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
903: (quote:
904: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
905: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 906: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 907: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
908: the other developers for their work on the system.
909: <p>
910:
911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 912: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
913: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
914: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 915: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 916: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
917: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
918: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
919: too.
920: <p>
921:
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 923: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
924: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 925: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 926: OpenBSD source code using
927: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
928: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
929: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
930: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
931: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
932: <p>
933: </ul>
934:
1.374 jose 935: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
936: <ul>
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 938: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 939: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
940: </strong></font><br>
941: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
942: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
943: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
944: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
945: it."
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 949: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
950: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
951: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
952: </strong></font><br/>
953: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
954: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
955: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
956: <p>
957: </ul>
958:
1.369 ian 959: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
960: <ul>
961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 962: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
963: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
964: </strong></font><br/>
965: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
966: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
967: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
968: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
969: <p>
970:
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 972: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
973: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
974: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
975: </strong></font><br/>
976: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
977: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
978: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
979: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
980: form factor.
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
984: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
985: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
986: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
987: Features</a>,
988: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
989: </strong></font><br/>
990: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
991: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
992: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
993: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
994: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
995: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
996: <p>
997: This article can also be found online at:
998: <ul>
999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1000: <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 1001: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1002: </strong></font>
1003: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1004: </ul>
1005: <p>
1.392 david 1006:
1.371 jose 1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1008: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1009: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1010: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1011: </strong></font><br/>
1012: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1013: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1014: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1015: <p>
1.371 jose 1016:
1017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1018: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1019: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1020: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1021: </strong></font><br/>
1022: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1023: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1024: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1025: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1026: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1027: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1028: and its history with OpenBSD.
1029: </ul>
1030:
1.368 henning 1031: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1032: <ul>
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1034: [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 1035: </strong></font><br>
1036: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1037: </ul>
1038:
1.364 jose 1039: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1040: <ul>
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1042: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1043: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1044: UNIX Review,
1045: July, 2003.
1046: </strong></font><br>
1047: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1048: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1049: who want more information.
1050: <p>
1051:
1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1053: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1054: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1055: Government Computer News,
1056: July 22, 2003.
1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1059: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1060: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1061: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1062: <p>
1063:
1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1065: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1066: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1067: SANS Institute,
1068: July 22, 2003.
1069: </strong></font><br>
1070: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1071: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1072: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1073: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1074: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1075: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1076: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1077: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1078: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1079: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1080: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1081: <p>
1082:
1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1084: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1085: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1086: OnLamp.com,
1087: July 17, 2003.
1088: </strong></font><br>
1089: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1090: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1091: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1092: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1093: have been working on.
1094:
1095: </ul>
1096:
1.356 jose 1097: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1098: <ul>
1099:
1100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1101: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1102: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1103: UNIX Review,
1104: June, 2003.
1105: </strong></font><br>
1106: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1107: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1108: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1109: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1110: <p>
1111:
1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1113: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1114: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1115: eWeek,
1116: June 23, 2003.
1117: </strong></font><br>
1118: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1119: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1120: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1121: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1122: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1123: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1124: <p>
1125:
1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1127: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1128: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1129: Software Development Online,
1130: June, 2003.
1131: </strong></font><br>
1132: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1133: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1134: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1135: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1136: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1137: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1138: current activities.
1139: <p>
1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1142: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1143: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1144: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1145: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1146: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1147: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1148: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1149: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1150: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1151: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1152: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1153: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1154: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1155: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1156: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1157: decisions.
1158: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1159: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1160: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1161: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1162: <p>
1163:
1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1165: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1166: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1167: Page 58, eWeek,
1168: June 2, 2003.
1169: </strong></font><br>
1170: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1171: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1172: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1173: been addressed in -current.
1174: <p>
1175:
1.356 jose 1176: </ul>
1177:
1178: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1179: <ul>
1180:
1.355 jose 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1182: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1183: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1184: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1185: </strong></font><br>
1186: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1187: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1188: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1189: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1190: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1191: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1192: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1196: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1197: Beyond Linux</a>,
1198: InfoWorld,
1199: May 23, 2003.
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1202: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1203: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1204: compared to the GPL.
1205: <p>
1206:
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1208: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1209: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1210: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1211: May 17, 2003.
1212: </strong></font><br>
1213: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1214: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1215: the business section and half of another page inside
1216: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1217: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1218: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1219: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1220: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1221: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1222: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1223: <br>
1224: This article can also be found online at:
1225: <ul>
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1227: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1228: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1229: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1230: May 17, 2003
1231: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1232: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1234: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1235: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1236: Montreal Gazette,
1237: May 21, 2003
1238: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1239: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1240: <p>
1.346 ian 1241:
1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1243: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1244: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1245: May 7, 2003.
1246: </strong></font><br>
1247: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1248: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1249: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1250: <p>
1251:
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1253: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1254: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1255: OsOpinion,
1256: May 6, 2003.
1257: </strong></font><br>
1258: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1259: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1260: <br>
1261: This article can also be found online at:
1262: <ul>
1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1264: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1265: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1266: NewsFactor Network.
1267: </strong></font>
1268: </ul>
1269: <p>
1270:
1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1272: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1273: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1274: ITBusiness,
1275: May 2, 2003.
1276: </strong></font><br>
1277: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1278: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1279: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1280: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1281: <p>
1282:
1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1284: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1285: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1286: InfoWorld,
1287: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1288: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1289: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1290: <br>
1291: This article can also be found online at:
1292: <ul>
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1294: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1295: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1296: IDG Singapore.
1297: </strong></font>
1298: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1299: <p>
1300:
1.339 jose 1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1302: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1303: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1304: ZDNet,
1305: May 1, 2003.
1306: </strong></font><br>
1307: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1308: someone using parts from previous articles.
1309: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1310: This article can also be found online at:
1311: <ul>
1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1313: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1314: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1315: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1316: </strong></font>
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1318: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1319: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1320: CNET News.com.
1321: </strong></font>
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1323: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1324: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1325: ZDNet UK.
1326: </strong></font>
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1328: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1329: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1330: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1331: </strong></font>
1332: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1333: <p>
1.339 jose 1334:
1.341 deraadt 1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1336: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1337: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1338: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1339: May 1, 2003.
1340: </strong></font><br>
1341: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1342: that have been added
1343: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1344: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1345: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1346: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1347: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1348: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1349: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1350: <p>
1351:
1352: </ul>
1353:
1.253 ian 1354: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1355: <ul>
1.255 ian 1356:
1.260 ian 1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1358: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1359: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1360: TechRepublic,
1361: April 28, 2003.
1362: </strong></font><br>
1363: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1364: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1365: work.<br>
1366: Can also be found online at:
1367: <ul>
1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1369: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1370: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1371: ZDNet UK.
1372: </strong></font>
1373: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1374: <p>
1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1377: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1378: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1379: IDG,
1380: April 24, 2003.
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1383: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1384: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1385: Can also be found online at:
1386: <ul>
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1388: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1389: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1390: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1391: </strong></font>
1392: </ul>
1393: <p>
1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1396: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1397: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1398: Slate,
1399: April 24, 2003.
1400: </strong></font><br>
1401: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1402: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1403: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1404: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1405: <p>
1406:
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1408: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1409: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1410: April 24, 2003.
1411: </strong></font><br>
1412: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1413: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1414: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1415: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1416: <p>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1419: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1420: April 24, 2003.
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1423: the free software community".
1424: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1425: other articles.
1426: <p>
1427:
1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1429: <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 1430: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1433: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1434: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1435: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1436: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1437: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1438: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1439: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1440: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1441: <br/>
1442: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1443: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1444: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1445: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1446: <br>
1447: Can also be found online at:
1448: <ul>
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1450: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1451: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1452: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1453: </strong></font>
1454: </ul>
1.324 ian 1455: <p>
1456:
1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1458: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1459: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1460: </strong></font><br>
1461: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1462: article above.
1463: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1464: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1465: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1466: <br>
1467: Can also be found online at:
1468: <ul>
1469: <li>
1470: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1471: </strong></font>
1472: </ul>
1.324 ian 1473: <p>
1474:
1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1476: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1477: </strong></font><br>
1478: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1479: <p>
1480:
1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1482: <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.
1483: </strong></font><br>
1484: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1485: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1486: <p>
1487:
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1489: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1490: April 23, 2003.
1491: </strong></font><br>
1492: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1493: <p>
1494:
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1496: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1497: April 22, 2003.
1498: </strong></font><br>
1499: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1500: <p>
1501:
1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1503: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1504: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1505: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1506: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1507: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1508: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1509: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1510: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1511: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1512: Can also be found online at:
1513: <ul>
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1515: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1516: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1517: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1518: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1520: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1521: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1522: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1523: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1524: </ul>
1525: <p>
1526:
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1528: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1529: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1530: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1531: </strong></font><br>
1532: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1533: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1534: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1535: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1536: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1537: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1538: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1539: <p>
1540:
1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1542: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1543: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1544: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1545: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1546: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1547: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1548: at UPenn and DARPA.
1549: <p>
1550:
1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1552: [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,
1553: France
1.315 deraadt 1554: April 18, 2003.
1555: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1556: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1557: <p>
1558:
1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1560: [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 1561: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1562: </strong></font><br>
1563: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1564: <p>
1565:
1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1567: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1568: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1569: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1570: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1571: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1572: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1573: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1574: <p>
1575:
1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1577: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1578: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1579: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1580: </strong></font><br>
1581: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1582: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1583: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1584: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1589: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1590: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1591: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1592: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1593: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1594: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1595: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1596: Can also be found online at:
1597: <ul>
1598: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1599: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1600: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1601: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1602: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1603: <p>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1606: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1607: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1608: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1609: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1610: </strong></font><br>
1611: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1612: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1613: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1614: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1615: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1616:
1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1618: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1619: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1620: New York Times.
1621: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1622:
1.273 deraadt 1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1624: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1625: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1626: ABC News.
1627: </strong></font>
1628:
1629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1630: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1631: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1632: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1633: </strong></font>
1634:
1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1636: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1637: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1638: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1639: </strong></font>
1640:
1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1642: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1643: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1644: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1645: </strong></font>
1646:
1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1648: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1649: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1650: Times Daily, AL.
1651: </strong></font>
1652:
1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1654: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1655: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1656: Boston.com, MA.
1657: </strong></font>
1658:
1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1660: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1661: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1662: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1663: </strong></font>
1664:
1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1666: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1667: [Article was pulled]</a>
1668: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1669: </strong></font>
1670:
1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1672: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1673: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1674: Infoshop News.
1675: </strong></font>
1676:
1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1678: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1679: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1680: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1681: </strong></font>
1682:
1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1684: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1685: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1686: Raleigh News, NC.
1687: </strong></font>
1688:
1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1690: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1691: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1692: Napa News, CA.
1693: </strong></font>
1694:
1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1696: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1697: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1698: NEPA News, PA.
1699: </strong></font>
1700:
1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1702: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1703: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1704: Wired News.
1705: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1706: <br>
1707: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1708: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1709: [JAPANESE]
1710: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1711: Wired News Japan</a>
1712: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1713:
1.271 deraadt 1714: </ul>
1715: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1716: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1717: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1718: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1719: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1720: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1721: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1722: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1723: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1724: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1725: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1726: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1727: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1728: <p>
1729: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1730:
1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1732: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1733: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1734: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1735: </strong></font>
1736:
1737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1738: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1739: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1740: Miami Herald, FL.
1741: </strong></font>
1742:
1743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1744: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1745: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1746: </strong></font>
1747:
1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1749: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1750: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1751: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1752: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1753:
1754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1755: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1756: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1757: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1758: ABC News.
1759: </strong></font>
1760:
1.276 deraadt 1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1762: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1763: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1764: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1765: </strong></font>
1766:
1.286 dhartmei 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1768: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1769: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1770: Wilmington Star, NC.
1771: </strong></font>
1772:
1.300 jose 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1774: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1775: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1776: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1777: </strong></font>
1778:
1.309 jose 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1780: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1781: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1782: Globe Technology.
1783: </strong></font>
1784:
1.263 deraadt 1785: </ul>
1.262 beck 1786: <p>
1787:
1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1789: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1790: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1791: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1792: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1793: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1794: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1795: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1799: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1800: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1801: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1802: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1803: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1804: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1805: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1806: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1807: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1808: and simply restates other press reports.
1809: <p>
1810:
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1812: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1813: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1814: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1815: </strong></font><br>
1816: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1817: <p>
1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1820: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1821: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1822: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1823: </strong></font><br>
1824: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1825: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1826: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1827: <p>
1828:
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1830: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1831: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1832: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1833: April 17, 2003.
1834: </strong></font><br>
1835: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1836: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1837: Tech Anthems</a>
1838: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1839: 4 so far.
1840: <p>
1841:
1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1843: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1844: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1845: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1846: </strong></font><br>
1847: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1848: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1849: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1850: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1851: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1852: Goes on to say:
1853: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1854: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1855: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1856: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1857: This article is also found online at:
1858: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1860: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1861: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1862: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1863: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1865: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1866: ZDnet</a>,
1867: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1868: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1870: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1871: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1872: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1873: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1874: </ul>
1.260 ian 1875: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1876:
1.260 ian 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1878: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1879: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1880: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1881: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1882: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1883: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1884: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1885: without notice or justification.
1886: <p>
1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1889: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1890: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1891: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1892: </strong></font><br>
1893: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1894: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1895: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1896: effective today, without any warning..."
1897: <p>
1.257 ian 1898:
1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1900: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1901: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1902: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1903: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1904: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1905: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1906: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1907: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1908: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1909: <p>
1910:
1911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1912: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1913: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1914: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1915: </strong></font><br>
1916: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1917: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1918: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1919: quoting two of them:
1920: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1921: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1922: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1923: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1924: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1925: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1926: <p>
1927:
1.255 ian 1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1929: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1930: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1931: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1932: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1933: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1934: <p>
1935:
1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1937: [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 1938: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1939: </strong></font><br>
1940: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1941: <p>
1942:
1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1944: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1945: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1946: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1947: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1948: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1949: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1950: security experts for more than three decades."
1951: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1952: <p>
1.261 ian 1953:
1.254 drahn 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1955: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1956: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1957: </strong></font><br>
1958: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1959: <p>
1960:
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1962: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1963: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1964: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1965: </strong></font><br>
1966: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1967: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1968: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1969: <p>
1970:
1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1972: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1973: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1974: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1975: </strong></font><br>
1976: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1977: from US DARPA.
1978: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1979: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1980: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1981: the BSD license.
1982: <p>
1983: </ul>
1984:
1.251 ian 1985: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1986: <ul>
1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1989: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1990: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1991: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1994: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1995: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1996: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1997: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1998: <p>
1999:
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2001: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2002: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2003: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2004: </strong></font><br>
2005: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2006: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2007: Mentions
2008: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2009: and
2010: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2011: programs.
2012: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2013: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2014: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2015: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2016: <p>
1.325 ian 2017: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2018: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2019:
2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2021: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2022: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2023: </strong></font><br>
2024: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2025: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2026: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2027: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2028: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2029: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2030: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2031: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2032: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2033: put into service."
2034: <p>
2035: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2036: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2037: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2038: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2039: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2040: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2041: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2042: computers with security features."
2043: <p>
1.329 ian 2044:
2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2046: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2047: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2048: Slate,
2049: March 3, 2003.
2050: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2051: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2052: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2053: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2054: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2055: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2056: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2057: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2058: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2059: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2060: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2061: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2062: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2063: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2064: of more secure open-source solutions like
2065: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2066: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2067: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2068: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2069: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2070: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2071: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2072: the Beltway."
2073: <p>
1.251 ian 2074: </ul>
2075:
1.249 jufi 2076: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2077: <ul>
2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2079: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2080: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2081: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2082: </strong></font><br>
2083: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2084: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2085: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2086: <p>
1.334 ian 2087:
2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2089: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2090: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2091: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2092: </strong></font><br>
2093: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2094: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2095: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2096: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2097: "... the hypothetical question ...
2098: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2099: <br>
2100: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2101: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2102: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2103: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2104: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2105: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2106: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2107: support network security.
2108: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2109: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2110: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2111: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2112: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2113: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2114: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2115: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2116: <br>
2117: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2118: <p>
2119:
1.249 jufi 2120: </ul>
2121:
1.246 jufi 2122: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2123: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2126: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2127: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2128: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2129: </strong></font><br>
2130: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2131: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2132: <p>
2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2135: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2136: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2137: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2139: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2140: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2141: <p>
2142:
2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2144: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2145: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2146: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2147: </strong></font><br>
2148: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2149: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2150: <p>
1.247 jufi 2151: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2152:
1.244 jufi 2153: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2154: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2157: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2158: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2159: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2160: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2161: </strong></font><br>
2162: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2163: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2164: md5 digests.
2165: <p>
2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2168: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2169: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2170: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2171: </strong></font><br>
2172: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2173: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2174: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2175: right the first time."
2176: <p>
1.247 jufi 2177: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2178:
2179:
2180: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2181: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2182:
1.247 jufi 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2184: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2185: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2186: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2187: </strong></font><br>
2188: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2189: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2190: part 6</a>.
2191: <p>
2192:
1.247 jufi 2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2194: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2195: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2196: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2197: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2198: </strong></font><br>
2199: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2200: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2201: <p>
1.301 jose 2202:
2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2204: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2205: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2206: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2207: </strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2210: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2211: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2212: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2213: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2214: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2215: <i>Here's the
2216: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2217: <p>
1.247 jufi 2218: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2219:
2220: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2221: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2224: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2225: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2226: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2227: </strong></font><br>
2228: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2229: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2230: <p>
2231:
1.247 jufi 2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2233: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2234: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2235: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2236: </strong></font><br>
2237: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2238: this time using pf.
2239: <p>
1.247 jufi 2240: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2241:
2242: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2243: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2244:
1.247 jufi 2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2246: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2247: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2248: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2249: </strong></font><br>
2250: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2251: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2252: their rotation.
2253: <p>
2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2256: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2257: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2258: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2259: </strong></font><br>
2260: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2261: <p>
1.247 jufi 2262: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2263:
1.239 jufi 2264: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2265: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2268: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2269: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2270: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2273: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2274: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2275: <p>
2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2278: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2279: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2280: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2281: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2282: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2283: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2284: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2285: <p>
1.247 jufi 2286: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2287:
1.235 lebel 2288: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2290:
1.239 jufi 2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2293: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2294: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2295: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2296: </strong></font><br>
2297: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2298: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2299: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2300: <p>
1.301 jose 2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2303:
1.228 horacio 2304: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2305: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2308: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2309: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2310: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2311: </strong></font><br>
2312: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2313: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2314: <p>
2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2317: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2318: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2319: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2320: </strong></font><br>
2321: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2322: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2323: <p>
2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2326: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2327: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2328: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2329: </strong></font><br>
2330: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2331: on the desktop of his parents.
2332: <p>
2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2335: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2336: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2337: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2338: </strong></font><br>
2339: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2340: using IPFilter.
2341:
2342: <p>
2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2345: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2346: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2347: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2348: </strong></font><br>
2349: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2350: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2351: perspectives of the four OS.
2352: <br>
2353: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2354: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2355: <p>
2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2358: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2359: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2360: software and security</a>,
2361: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2362: </strong></font><br>
2363:
2364: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2365: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2366: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2367: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2368: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2369: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2370: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2371: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2372: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2373: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2374: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2375: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2376: <p>
1.247 jufi 2377: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2378:
1.225 horacio 2379: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2380: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2383: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2384: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2385: Interview</a>,
2386: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2387: </strong></font><br>
2388:
2389: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2390: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2391: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2392: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2393: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2394: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2395: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2396: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2397: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2398: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2399: of choice.
2400: <p>
1.247 jufi 2401: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2402:
2403: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2404: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2407: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2408: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2409: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2410: </strong></font><br>
2411:
2412: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2413: <p>
2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2416: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2417: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2418: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2419: </strong></font><br>
2420:
2421: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2422: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2423: <p>
1.247 jufi 2424: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2425:
1.218 horacio 2426: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2427: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2430: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2431: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2432: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2433: </strong></font><br>
2434:
2435: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2436: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2437: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2438: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2439: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2440: subjects. Worth a read.
2441: <p>
2442:
2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2445: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2446: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2447: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2448: </strong></font><br>
2449:
2450: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2451: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2452: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2453: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2454: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2455: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2456: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2457: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2458: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2459: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2460: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2461: on other operating systems.<br>
2462: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2463: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2464: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2465: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2466: <p>
2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2469: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2470: Operating System 2010</a>,
2471: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2472: </strong></font><br>
2473:
2474: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2475: covering the level of software integration into the core
2476: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2477: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2478: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2479: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2480: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2481: <p>
2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2484: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2485: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2486: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2487: </strong></font><br>
2488:
2489: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2490: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2491: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2492: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2493: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2494: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2495: <p>
1.247 jufi 2496: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2497:
1.210 jufi 2498: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2499: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2502: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2503: Already a Contender</a>,
2504: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2505: </strong></font><br>
2506:
2507: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2508: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2509: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2510: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2511: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2512: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2513: <p>
2514:
1.247 jufi 2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2516: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2517: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2518: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2520:
1.224 horacio 2521: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2522: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2523: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2524: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2525: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2526: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2527: <p>
1.247 jufi 2528: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2529:
2530: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2531: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2532:
1.247 jufi 2533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2534: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2535: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2536: Division</a>,
2537: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2538: </strong></font><br>
2539:
2540: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2541: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2542: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2543: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2544: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2545: investment</em>.<br>
2546: The implementation details can be seen on their
2547: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2548: <p>
2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2551: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2552: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2553: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2554: </strong></font><br>
2555:
2556: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2557: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2558: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2559: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2560: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2561: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2562: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2563: <p>
2564:
2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2566: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2567: Thinking about Security</a>,
2568: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2569: </strong></font><br>
2570:
2571: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2572: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2573: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2574: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2575: to time.<br>
2576: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2577: system and just the most secure system.
2578: <p>
2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2581: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2582: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2583: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2584: </strong></font><br>
2585:
2586: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2587: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2588: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2589: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2590: choice:<br>
2591: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2592: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2593: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2594: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2595: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2596: network security devices and as such must be well
2597: armored."</em><br>
2598: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2599: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2600: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2601: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2602: <br>
2603: Bravo!
2604: <p>
1.247 jufi 2605: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2606:
1.207 ian 2607: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2608: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2611: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2612: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2613: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2614:
1.207 ian 2615: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2616: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2617: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2618: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2619: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2620: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2621: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2622: <p>
1.247 jufi 2623: </ul>
1.207 ian 2624:
1.194 jufi 2625: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2626: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2629: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2630: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2631: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2633:
1.240 miod 2634: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2635: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2636: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2637: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2638: <p>
2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2641: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2642: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2643: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2644:
2645: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2646: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2647: <p>
2648:
2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2650: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2651: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2652: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2653:
2654: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2655: <p>
2656:
2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2658: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2659: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2660: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2661: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2662:
1.240 miod 2663: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2664: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2665: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2666: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2667: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2668: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2669: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2670: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2671: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2672: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2673: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2674: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2675: <p>
2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2678: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2679: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2680: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2681: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2682:
1.194 jufi 2683: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2684: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2685: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2686: <br>
2687: The new
2688: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2689: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2690: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2691: <p>
1.247 jufi 2692: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2693:
1.190 horacio 2694: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2695: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2698:
2699: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2700: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2701:
1.301 jose 2702:
1.191 jufi 2703: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2704: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2705:
2706: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2707: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2708:
1.212 horacio 2709: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2710: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2711: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2712:
1.211 horacio 2713: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2714: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2715: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2718: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2719:
1.247 jufi 2720: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2721: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2722:
1.212 horacio 2723: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2724: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2725: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2726:
2727: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2728: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2729:
2730: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2731: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2732:
1.301 jose 2733: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2734: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2735:
1.191 jufi 2736: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2737: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2738:
2739: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2740: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2741:
1.192 jufi 2742: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2743: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2744: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2745:
1.193 deraadt 2746: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2747: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2748: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2751: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2754: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2755: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2756:
1.213 horacio 2757: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2758: 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 2759: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2760:
1.190 horacio 2761: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2762: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2763: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2764: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2765: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2766: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2767: <p>
1.190 horacio 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2770: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2771: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2772: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2773: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2774:
1.195 jufi 2775: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2776: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2777: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2778: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2779: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2780: <p>
2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2783: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2784: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2785: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2786: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2787:
1.191 jufi 2788: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2789: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2790: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2791: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2792: <p>
2793:
2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2795: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2796: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2797: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2798:
2799: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2800: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2801: <p>
1.247 jufi 2802: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2803:
1.191 jufi 2804:
1.186 jufi 2805: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2806: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2807:
1.247 jufi 2808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2809: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2810: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2811: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2812: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2813:
1.188 jufi 2814: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2815: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2816: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2817: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2818: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2819: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2820: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2821: <p>
2822:
1.301 jose 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2824: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2825: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2826: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2827:
2828: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2829: <p>
1.191 jufi 2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2832: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2833: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 ! deraadt 2834: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2835: </strong></font><br>
2836:
2837: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2838: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2839: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2840: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2841: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2842: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2843: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2844: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2845: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2846: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2847: familiar?
2848: <p>
1.247 jufi 2849: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2850:
1.178 louis 2851: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2852: <ul>
1.178 louis 2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2855: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2856: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2857: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2858: </strong></font><br>
2859:
2860: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2861: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2862: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2863: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2864: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2865: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2866: <p>
2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2869: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2870: Open source under the hood</a>,
2871: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2872: </strong></font><br>
2873:
2874: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2875: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2876: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2877: <p>
2878:
1.247 jufi 2879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2880: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2881: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2882: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2883: </strong></font><br>
2884:
2885: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2886: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.179 louis 2889:
1.174 louis 2890:
1.175 louis 2891: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2892: <ul>
1.175 louis 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2895: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2896: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2897: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2898: </strong></font><br>
2899:
2900: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2901: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2902: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2903: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2904: <p>
2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2907: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2908: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2909: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2910: </strong></font><br>
2911:
2912: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2913: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2914: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2915: <p>
1.247 jufi 2916: </ul>
1.175 louis 2917:
1.176 louis 2918:
1.172 mickey 2919: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2920: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2921:
1.247 jufi 2922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2923: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2924: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2925: </strong></font><br>
2926:
2927: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2928: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2929: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2930: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2931: <p>
2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2934: <a
1.269 deraadt 2935: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2936: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2937: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2938: </strong></font><br>
2939:
2940: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2941: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2942: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2943: <p>
2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2946: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2947: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2948: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2949: </strong></font><br>
2950:
2951: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2952: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2953: <p>
2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2956: <a
1.269 deraadt 2957: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2958: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2959: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2960: </strong></font><br>
2961:
2962: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2963: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2964: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2965: our own Theo de Raadt.
2966: <p>
2967:
1.247 jufi 2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2969: <a
1.269 deraadt 2970: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2971: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2972: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2973: </strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2976: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2977: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2978: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2979: shut down.]
2980: <p>
2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2983: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2984: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2985: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2986: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2987: </strong></font><br>
2988:
2989: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2990: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2991: <p>
1.247 jufi 2992: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2993:
1.161 louis 2994: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2995: <ul>
1.161 louis 2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2998: <a
1.269 deraadt 2999: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3000: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3001: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3002: </strong></font><br>
3003:
3004: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3005: by John Wolley
3006: <p>
3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3009: <a
1.269 deraadt 3010: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3011: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3012: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3013: </strong></font><br>
3014:
3015: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3016: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3017: OpenBSD).
3018: <p>
3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3021: <a
1.247 jufi 3022: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3023: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3027: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3028: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3029: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3030: and hindsight.
3031: <p>
3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3034: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3035: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3036: </strong></font><br>
3037:
3038: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3039: <p>
3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3042: <a
1.168 provos 3043: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3044: December 7, 2000
3045: </strong></font><br>
3046:
3047: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3048: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3049: us explain.
3050: <p>
3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3053: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3054: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3055: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3056: December 6, 2000
3057: </strong></font><br>
3058:
3059: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3060: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3061: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3062: <p>
3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3065: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3066: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3067: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3068: </strong></font><br>
3069:
3070: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3071: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3072: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3073: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3074: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3075: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3076: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3077: <p>
3078:
3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3080: <a
1.226 horacio 3081: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3082: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3083: </strong></font><br>
3084:
3085: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3086: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3087: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3088: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3089: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3090: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3091: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3092: <p>
1.162 millert 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3095: <a
1.161 louis 3096: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3097: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3101: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3102: <p>
3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3105: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3106: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3107: </strong></font><br>
3108:
3109: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3110: <p>
3111:
3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3114: <a
1.226 horacio 3115: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3116: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3117: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3121: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3122: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3123: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3124: <p>
1.247 jufi 3125: </ul>
1.169 louis 3126:
1.158 louis 3127: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3128: <ul>
1.147 louis 3129:
1.247 jufi 3130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3131: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3132: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3133: </strong></font><br>
3134:
3135: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3136: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3137: <p>
3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3140: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3141: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3142: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3143: </strong></font><br>
3144: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3145: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3146: <p>
3147:
1.247 jufi 3148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3149: <a
3150: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3151: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3152: </strong></font><br>
3153:
3154: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3155: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3156: <p>
3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3159: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3160: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3161: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3162:
1.213 horacio 3163: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3164: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3165: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3166: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3167: <p>
1.215 horacio 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3170: <a
3171: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3172: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3173: </strong></font><br>
3174:
3175: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3176: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3177: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3178: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3179: much of the attitude too).
3180: <p>
1.161 louis 3181:
1.247 jufi 3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3183: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3184: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3185: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3186:
1.157 louis 3187: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3188: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3189: <p>
1.247 jufi 3190: </ul>
1.157 louis 3191:
3192: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3193: <ul>
1.157 louis 3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3196: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3197: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3198: </strong></font><br>
3199:
3200: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3201: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3202: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3203: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3204: <p>
3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3207: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3208: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3209: </strong></font><br>
3210:
3211: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3212: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3213: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3214: it because they love coding...
3215: <p>
3216:
1.247 jufi 3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3218: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3219: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3220: </strong></font><br>
3221:
3222: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3223: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3224: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3225: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3226: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3227: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3228: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3229: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3230: <p>
3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3233: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3234: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3235: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3236: </strong></font><br>
3237:
3238: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3239: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3240: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3241: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3242: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3243: the pizza.
3244: <p>
3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3247: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3248: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3249: </strong></font><br>
3250:
3251: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3252: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3253: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3254: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3255: problems.
3256: <p>
3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3259: <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 3260: </strong></font><br>
3261:
1.222 miod 3262: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3263: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3264: - whether they like it or not.
3265: <p>
3266:
1.247 jufi 3267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3268: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3269: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3270: </strong></font><br>
3271:
3272: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3273: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3274: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3275: <p>
1.148 aaron 3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3278: <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 3279: </strong></font><br>
3280:
3281: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3282: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3283: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3284: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3285: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3286: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3287: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3288: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3289: <p>
3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3292: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3293: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3294: </strong></font><br>
3295:
3296: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3297: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3298: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3299: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3300: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3301: <p>
1.247 jufi 3302: </ul>
1.147 louis 3303:
1.138 louis 3304: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3305: <ul>
1.138 louis 3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3308: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3309: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3310: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3311: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3312: </strong></font><br>
3313:
1.227 horacio 3314: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3315: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3316: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3317: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3318: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3319: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3320: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3321: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3322: <p>
3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3325: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3326: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3327: </strong></font><br>
3328:
3329: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3330: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3331: groups, and even Linux.
3332: <p>
3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3335: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3336: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3337: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3338: </strong></font><br>
3339:
3340: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3341: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3342: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3343: library after installing the OS.
3344: <p>
3345:
1.247 jufi 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3347: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3348: Sys Admin, September 2000
3349: </strong></font><br>
3350:
3351: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3352: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3353: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3354: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3355: (<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>,
3356: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3357: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3358: <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 3359: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3360: out of the system.
3361: <p>
3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3364: <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
3365: </strong></font><br>
3366:
3367: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3368: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3369: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3370: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3371: the IP filtering and address translation.
3372: <p>
1.301 jose 3373:
3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3375: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3376: </strong></font><br>
3377:
3378: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3379: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3380: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3381: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3382: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3383: <p>
1.247 jufi 3384: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3385:
1.131 louis 3386: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3387: <ul>
1.131 louis 3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3390: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3391: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3392: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3393: </strong></font><br>
3394:
3395: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3396: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3397: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3398: <p>
3399:
1.247 jufi 3400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3401: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3402: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3403: </strong></font><br>
3404:
3405: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3406: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3407: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3408: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3409: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3410: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3411: note of"</i>.
3412: <p>
3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3415: <a
1.247 jufi 3416: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3417: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3418: </strong></font><br>
3419:
3420: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3421: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3422: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3423: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3424: <p>
3425:
1.247 jufi 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3427: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3428: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3429: </strong></font><br>
3430:
3431: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3432: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3433: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3434: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3435: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3436: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3437: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3438: <p>
3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3441: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3442: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3443: 2000
3444: </strong></font><br>
3445:
3446: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3447: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3448: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3449: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3450: against current industry practices.
3451: <p>
3452:
1.247 jufi 3453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3454: <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
3455: </strong></font><br>
3456:
3457: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3458: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3459: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3460: <p>
3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3463: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3464: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3465: </strong></font><br>
3466:
3467: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3468: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3469: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3470: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3471: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3472: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3473: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3474: <p>
3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3477: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3478: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3479: </strong></font><br>
3480:
3481: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3482: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3483: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3484: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3485: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3486: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3487: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3488: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3489: <p>
1.247 jufi 3490: </ul>
1.131 louis 3491:
1.118 louis 3492: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3493: <ul>
1.118 louis 3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3496: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3497: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3498: </strong></font><br>
3499:
3500: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3501: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3502: about time. The article mentions that
3503: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3504: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3505: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3506: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3507: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3508: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3509: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3510: <p>
3511:
1.247 jufi 3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3513: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3514: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3515: </strong></font><br>
3516:
3517: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3518: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3519: of OpenSSH.
3520: <p>
3521:
1.247 jufi 3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3523: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3524: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3525: </strong></font><br>
3526:
3527: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3528: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3529: bridging.
3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3533: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3534: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3535: </strong></font><br>
3536:
1.121 deraadt 3537: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3538: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3539: <p>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3542: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3543: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3544: </strong></font><br>
3545:
3546: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3547: <p>
3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3550: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3551: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3552: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3553: </strong></font><br>
3554:
1.120 deraadt 3555: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3556: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3557: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3558: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3559: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3560: <p>
3561:
1.247 jufi 3562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3563: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3564: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3565: </strong></font><br>
3566:
1.222 miod 3567: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3568: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3569: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3570: protocols and their quirks.
3571: <p>
3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3574: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3575: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3576: </strong></font><br>
3577:
3578: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3579: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3580: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3581: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3582: <p>
3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3585: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3586: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3587: </strong></font><br>
3588:
3589: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3590: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3591: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3592: <p>
3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3595: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3596: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3597: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3598: </strong></font><br>
3599:
3600: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3601: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3602: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3603: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3604: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3605: <p>
1.247 jufi 3606: </ul>
1.118 louis 3607:
1.104 louis 3608: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3609: <ul>
1.104 louis 3610:
1.247 jufi 3611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3612: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3613: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3614: </strong></font><br>
3615:
3616: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3617: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3618: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3619: be a bit dry.
3620: <p>
3621:
1.247 jufi 3622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3623: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3624: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3625: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3626: </strong></font><br>
3627: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3628: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3629: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3630: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3631: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3632: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3633: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3634: <p>
3635:
1.247 jufi 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3637: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3638: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3639: 2000
1.128 louis 3640: </strong></font><br>
3641:
3642: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3643: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3644: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3645: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3646: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3647: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3648: <p>
3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3651: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3652: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3653: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3654:
3655: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3656: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3657: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3658: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3659: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3660: <p>
1.110 louis 3661:
1.247 jufi 3662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3663: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3664: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3665: </strong></font><br>
3666:
3667: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3668: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3669: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3670: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3671: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3672: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3673: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3674: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3675: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3676: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3677: <p>
3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3680: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3681: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3682:
3683: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3684: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3685: <p>
1.108 louis 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3688: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3689: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3690: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3691:
3692: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3693: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3694: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3695: <p>
1.106 louis 3696:
1.247 jufi 3697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3698: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3699: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3700: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3701:
3702: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3703: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3704: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3705: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3706: <p>
1.107 louis 3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3709: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3710: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3711: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3712:
3713: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3714: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3715: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3716: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3717: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3718: <p>
1.105 louis 3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3721: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3722: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3723: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3724:
1.113 naddy 3725: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3726: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3727: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3728: <p>
1.104 louis 3729:
1.247 jufi 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3731: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3732: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3733: </strong></font><br>
3734:
3735: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3736: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3737: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3738: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3739: <p>
1.301 jose 3740:
3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3742: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3743: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3744: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3745:
3746: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3747: hardware-supported cryptography.
3748: <p>
1.247 jufi 3749: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3750:
1.85 louis 3751: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3752: <ul>
1.85 louis 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3755: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3756: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3757: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3758:
3759: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3760: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3761: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3762: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3763: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3764: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3765: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3766: <p>
1.99 louis 3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3769: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3770: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3771: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3772:
3773: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3774: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3775: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3776: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3777: <p>
1.100 louis 3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3780: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3781: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3782: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3783:
3784: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3785: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3786: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3787: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3788: <p>
1.95 louis 3789:
1.247 jufi 3790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3791: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3792: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3793: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3794:
3795: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3796: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3797: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3798: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3799: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3800: <p>
1.92 louis 3801:
1.247 jufi 3802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3803: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3804: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3805: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3806:
3807: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3808: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3809: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3810: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3811: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3812: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3813: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3814: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3815: <p>
1.91 louis 3816:
1.247 jufi 3817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3818: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3819: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3820: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3821:
3822: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3823: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3824: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3825: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3826: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3827: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3828: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3829: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3830: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3831: <p>
1.90 louis 3832:
1.247 jufi 3833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3834: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3835: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3836: </strong></font><br>
3837: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3838: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3839: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3840: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3841: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3842: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3843: <p>
3844:
1.247 jufi 3845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3846: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3847: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3848: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3849:
1.113 naddy 3850: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3851: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3852: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3853: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3854: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3855: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3856: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3857: <p>
1.87 louis 3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3860: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3861: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3862: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3863:
3864: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3865: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3866: <p>
1.85 louis 3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3869: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3870: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3871: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3872:
3873: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3874: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3875: <p>
3876:
3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3878: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3879: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3880: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3881:
3882: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3883: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3884: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3885: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3886: <p>
1.89 louis 3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3889: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3890: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3891: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3892:
3893: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3894: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3895: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3896: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3897: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3898: </ul>
1.85 louis 3899:
1.78 deraadt 3900: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3901: <ul>
1.74 louis 3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3904: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3905: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3906: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3907: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3908:
3909: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3910: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3911: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3912: <p>
1.83 louis 3913:
1.247 jufi 3914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3915: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3916: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3917: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3918:
3919: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3920: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3921: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3922: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3923: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3924: <p>
1.93 louis 3925:
1.247 jufi 3926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3927: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3928: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3929: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3930: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3931:
1.83 louis 3932: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3933: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3934: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3935: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3936: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3937: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3938: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3939: <p>
1.82 aaron 3940:
1.247 jufi 3941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3942: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3943: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3944: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3945:
1.83 louis 3946: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3947: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3948: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3949: <p>
1.80 louis 3950:
1.247 jufi 3951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3952: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3953: Bad Press</a>,
3954: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3955: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3956:
3957: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3958: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3959: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3960: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3961: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3962: <p>
1.247 jufi 3963: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3964:
3965: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3966: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3967:
1.247 jufi 3968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3969: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3970: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3971: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3972: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3973:
3974: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3975: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3976: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3977: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3978: <p>
1.74 louis 3979:
1.247 jufi 3980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3981: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3982: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3983: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3984:
1.219 horacio 3985: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3986: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3987: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3988: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3989: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3990: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3991: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3992: <p>
1.88 louis 3993:
1.247 jufi 3994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3995: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3996: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3997: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3998:
3999: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4000: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4001: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4002: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4003: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4004: <p>
1.81 louis 4005:
1.247 jufi 4006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4007: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4008: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4009: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4010:
4011: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4012: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4013: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4014: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4015: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4016: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4017: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4018: <p>
1.90 louis 4019:
1.247 jufi 4020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4021: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4022: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4023: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4024:
4025: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4026: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4027: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4028: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4029: <p>
1.247 jufi 4030: </ul>
1.71 louis 4031:
1.69 deraadt 4032: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4033: <ul>
1.70 louis 4034:
1.247 jufi 4035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4036: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4037: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4038: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4039:
4040: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4041: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4042: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4043: <p>
1.70 louis 4044:
1.247 jufi 4045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4046: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4047: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4048: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4049:
4050: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4051: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4052: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4053: <p>
1.68 louis 4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4056: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4057: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4058: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4059: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4060:
1.111 jufi 4061: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4062: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4063: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4064: "secure by default" installation.
4065: <p>
1.64 louis 4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4068: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4069: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4070: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4071:
1.113 naddy 4072: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4073: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4074: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4075: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4076: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4077: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4078: <p>
1.66 louis 4079:
1.247 jufi 4080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4081: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4082: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4083: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4084:
4085: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4086: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4087: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4088: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4089: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4090: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4091: <p>
1.83 louis 4092:
1.247 jufi 4093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4094: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4095: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4096: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4097:
4098: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4099: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4100: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4101: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4102: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4103: <p>
1.64 louis 4104:
1.247 jufi 4105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4106: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4107: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4108: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4109:
4110: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4111: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4112: <p>
1.301 jose 4113:
4114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4115: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4116: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4117: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4118: </strong></font><br>
4119:
4120: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4121: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4122: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4123: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4124: Giving way to
4125: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4126: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4127: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4128: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4129: <p>
1.247 jufi 4130: </ul>
1.65 louis 4131:
1.69 deraadt 4132: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4133: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4136: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4137: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4138: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4139:
4140: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4141: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4142: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4143: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4144: <p>
1.88 louis 4145:
1.247 jufi 4146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4147: <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 4148: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4149:
4150: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4151: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4152: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4153: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4154: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4155: <p>
1.60 louis 4156:
1.247 jufi 4157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4158: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4159: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4160: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4161: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4162:
4163: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4164: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4165: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4166: <p>
1.58 louis 4167:
1.247 jufi 4168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4169: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4170: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4171:
4172: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4173: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4174: <p>
1.53 louis 4175:
1.247 jufi 4176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4177: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4178: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4179: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4180:
4181: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4182: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4183: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4184: <p>
1.99 louis 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4187: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4188: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4189:
4190: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4191: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4192: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4193: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4194: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4195:
1.247 jufi 4196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4197: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4198: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4199: </strong></font><br>
4200:
4201: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4202: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4203: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4204: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4205: <p>
4206:
1.247 jufi 4207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4208: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4209: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4210: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4211:
4212: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4213: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4214: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4215:
1.247 jufi 4216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4217: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4218: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4219:
4220: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4221: in
1.247 jufi 4222: <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 4223: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4224: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4225: <p>
1.53 louis 4226:
1.247 jufi 4227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4228: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4229: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4230: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4231: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4232:
1.58 louis 4233: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4234: <p>
1.301 jose 4235:
4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4237: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4238: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4239: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4240: Informacyjny, January 2000
4241: </strong></font><br>
4242:
4243: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4244: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4245: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4246: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4247: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4248: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4249: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4250: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4251: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4252: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4253: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4254: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4255: <p>
4256:
4257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4258: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4259: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4260: </strong></font><br>
4261:
4262: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4263: <p>
4264: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4265:
1.69 deraadt 4266: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4267: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4268:
1.247 jufi 4269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4270: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4271: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4272: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4273: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4274:
1.58 louis 4275: Kurt Seifried
4276: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4277: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4278: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4279: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4280:
1.247 jufi 4281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4282: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4283: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4284: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4285:
4286: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4287: <p>
1.96 louis 4288:
1.247 jufi 4289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4290: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4291: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4292: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4293: </strong></font><br>
4294:
4295: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4296: <p>
4297:
4298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4299: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4300: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4301: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4302:
4303: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4304: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4305: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4306: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4307: <p>
1.247 jufi 4308: </ul>
1.86 louis 4309:
1.69 deraadt 4310: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4311: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4312:
1.247 jufi 4313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4314: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4315: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4316: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4317:
4318: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4319: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4320: <p>
1.61 louis 4321:
1.247 jufi 4322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4323: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4324: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4325: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4326: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4327:
4328: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4329: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4330: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4331: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4332: right -- or at least strives to".
4333: <p>
1.48 louis 4334:
1.247 jufi 4335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4336: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4337: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4338: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4339: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4340: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4341: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4342: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4343: <p>
1.61 louis 4344:
1.247 jufi 4345: <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 4346: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4347: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4348:
4349: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4350: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4351: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4352: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4353: <p>
1.46 louis 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4356: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4357: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4358: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4359:
4360: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4361: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4362: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4365: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4366: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4367: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4368:
4369: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4370: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4371: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4372: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4373: <p>
1.247 jufi 4374: </ul>
1.70 louis 4375:
1.69 deraadt 4376: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4377: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4380: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4381: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4382: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4383: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4384:
4385: Kurt Seifried
4386: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4387: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4388: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4389: <p>
1.44 philen 4390:
1.247 jufi 4391: <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 4392: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4393: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4394:
4395: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4396: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4397:
1.247 jufi 4398: <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 4399: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4400: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4401:
4402: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4403: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4404:
1.247 jufi 4405: <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 4406: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4407: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4408:
4409: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4410: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4411: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4412: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4413: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4414:
1.247 jufi 4415: <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 4416: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4417: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4418:
1.36 louis 4419: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4420: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4421:
1.247 jufi 4422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4423: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4424: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4425: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4426:
4427: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4428: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4429: </ul>
1.38 louis 4430:
1.69 deraadt 4431: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4432: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4433:
1.247 jufi 4434: <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 4435: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4436: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4437:
4438: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4439: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4440: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4441:
1.113 naddy 4442: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4443: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4444: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4445: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4446:
4447: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4448: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4449: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4450: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4451: <blockquote>
4452: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4453: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4454: <br>
4455: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4456: </code>
4457: </blockquote>
4458: <p>
4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4461: <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 4462: <p>
4463:
4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4465: <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 4466: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4467:
4468: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4469: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4470: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4471: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4474: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4475: Sept. 28, 1999
4476: </strong></font><br>
4477:
4478: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4479: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4480: translating and reprinting articles from
4481: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4482: <p>
4483:
4484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4485: <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 4486: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4487:
4488: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4489: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4490: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4491: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4492: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4493: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4494: <p>
1.19 louis 4495:
1.113 naddy 4496: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4497: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4498: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4499:
4500: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4501: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4502: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4503: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4504: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4505: <p>
1.16 louis 4506:
1.247 jufi 4507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4508: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4509: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4510: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4511:
1.57 louis 4512: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4513: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4514: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4515: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4516:
1.247 jufi 4517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4518: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 ! deraadt 4519: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4520: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4521:
1.113 naddy 4522: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4523:
1.247 jufi 4524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4525: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4526: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4527: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4528:
1.23 louis 4529: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4530: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4531: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4532: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4533: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4534: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4535:
1.247 jufi 4536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4537: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4538: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4539: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4540:
1.199 pvalchev 4541: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4542: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4543: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4544: installation.
1.113 naddy 4545: <p>
1.47 louis 4546:
1.247 jufi 4547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4548: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4549: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4550: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4551:
1.301 jose 4552: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4553: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4554: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4555: </ul>
1.57 louis 4556:
1.69 deraadt 4557: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4558: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4559:
1.247 jufi 4560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4561: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4562: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4563: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4564:
4565: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4566: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4567: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4568: <p>
1.12 louis 4569:
1.247 jufi 4570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4571: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4572: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4573: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4574:
4575: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4576: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4577: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4578: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4579: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4580: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4581: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4582: <p>
1.247 jufi 4583: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4584:
1.69 deraadt 4585: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4586: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4589: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4590: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4591:
4592: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4593: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4594: available."
1.113 naddy 4595: <p>
1.301 jose 4596:
4597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4598: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4599: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4600: </strong></font><br>
4601:
4602: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4603: <p>
1.247 jufi 4604: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4605:
1.69 deraadt 4606: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4607: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4608:
1.247 jufi 4609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4610: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4611: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4612:
4613: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4614: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4615: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4616: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4617: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4618: <p>
1.33 louis 4619:
1.247 jufi 4620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4621: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4622: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4623: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4624:
1.113 naddy 4625: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4626: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4627: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4628: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4629: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4630: <p>
1.247 jufi 4631: </ul>
1.57 louis 4632:
1.69 deraadt 4633: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4634: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4635:
1.247 jufi 4636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4637: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4638: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4639: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4640:
4641: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4642: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4643: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4646: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4647: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4648: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4649: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4650:
4651: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4652: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4653:
1.247 jufi 4654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4655: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4656:
1.113 naddy 4657: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4658:
1.247 jufi 4659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4660: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4661: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4662: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4663:
4664: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4665: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4666: </ul>
1.23 louis 4667:
1.69 deraadt 4668: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4669: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4672: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4673: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4674:
4675: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4676: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4677: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4678:
1.247 jufi 4679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4680: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4681: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4683:
4684: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4685: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4686: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4687: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4688: </ul>
1.57 louis 4689:
1.69 deraadt 4690: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4691: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4692:
1.247 jufi 4693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4694: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4695: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4696: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4697:
4698: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4699: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4700: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4701: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4702: <p>
1.15 louis 4703:
1.247 jufi 4704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4705: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4706: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4707: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4708:
4709: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4710: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4711: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4712: columns."
1.113 naddy 4713: <p>
1.247 jufi 4714: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4715:
1.69 deraadt 4716: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4718:
1.247 jufi 4719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4720: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4721: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4722: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4723:
4724: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4725: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4726:
1.113 naddy 4727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4728: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4729: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4730:
4731: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4732: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4733: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4734: </ul>
1.57 louis 4735:
1.69 deraadt 4736: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4737: <ul>
1.301 jose 4738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4739: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4740: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4741: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4742:
4743: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4744: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4745: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4746: <p>
4747:
4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4749: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4750: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4751: Nov 13, 1998 and
4752: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4753: Datateknik</a>,
4754: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4755:
1.380 saad 4756: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4757: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4758: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4759: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4760: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4761:
1.113 naddy 4762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4763: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4764: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4765: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4766:
1.222 miod 4767: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4768: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4769: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4770: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4771: <p>
1.247 jufi 4772: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4773:
1.69 deraadt 4774: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4775: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4776:
1.247 jufi 4777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4778: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4779: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4780:
1.69 deraadt 4781: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4782: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4783: <p>
1.247 jufi 4784: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4785:
1.69 deraadt 4786: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4787: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4788:
1.247 jufi 4789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4790: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4791: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4792: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4793:
1.383 jcs 4794: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4795: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4796: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4797:
1.247 jufi 4798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4799: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4800: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4801: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4802: <p>
1.247 jufi 4803: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4804:
1.69 deraadt 4805: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4806: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4807:
1.247 jufi 4808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4809: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4810: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4811: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4812: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4813: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4814:
4815: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4816: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4817: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4818: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4819: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4820: <p>
1.247 jufi 4821: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4822:
4823: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4824: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4825:
1.247 jufi 4826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4827: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4828: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4829:
1.69 deraadt 4830: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4831: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4832: <p>
1.112 naddy 4833:
1.247 jufi 4834: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4835: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4836:
1.292 camield 4837: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4838: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4839: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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