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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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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>,
1.467 ! grunk 25: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 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.
1.467 ! grunk 29: The article talks extensively about the technical background of the
! 30: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
! 31: quenching, and path MTU discovery.
! 32: Many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
! 33: They are followed by a recall of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
! 34: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
! 35: and others.<br>
! 36: The article comes to the conclusion that OpenBSD was the first project
! 37: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
! 38: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 39: <p>
40:
41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 42: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
43: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 44: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 45: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
46: poor security:
1.467 ! grunk 47: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 48: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 ! grunk 49: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 50: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
51: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 55: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
56: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 57: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 58: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
59: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 60: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
61: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
62: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
63: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
64: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
65: commercial vendors.
66: <p>
67:
68: </ul>
69:
1.454 ian 70: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
71: <ul>
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 73: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
74: Free Bird</a>,
75: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
76: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
77: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
78: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
79: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
80: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
81: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
82: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
83: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
84: room will only be available in the print edition.
85: <p>
1.459 deraadt 86:
1.458 niallo 87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 88: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
89: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
90: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
91: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
92: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
93: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
94: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
95: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
96: <p>
1.457 deraadt 97:
1.456 niallo 98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 99: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 100: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
101: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
102: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
103: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
104: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
105: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 106: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 107: interview.</a>
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 111: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
112: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
113: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
114: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
115: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
116: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
117: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
118: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
119: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
120: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
121: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
122: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
123: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
124: "I have never used it."
125: <p>
126:
127: </ul>
128:
1.441 deraadt 129: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
130: <ul>
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 132: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
133: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
134: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
135: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
136: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
137: future enhancements.
138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 141: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 142: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
143: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
144: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
145: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
146: North America mirror:
147: <ul>
1.452 marco 148: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 149: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
150: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 151: </ul>
152: European mirror:
153: <ul>
1.452 marco 154: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 155: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
156: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
157: </ul>
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 161: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
162: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
163: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
164: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
165: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
166: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 170: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
171: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
172: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
173: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
174: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
175: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
176: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
177: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 181: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
182: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
183: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
184: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
185: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
186: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
187: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
188: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 192: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 193: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 194: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
195: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
196: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
197: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
198: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
199: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
200: <p>
201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
203: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 204: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 205: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
206: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
207: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
208: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
209: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
210: <p>
211:
212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 213: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
214: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
215: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 216: </strong></font><br>
217: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
218: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
219: with OpenBSD.
220: </ul>
221:
1.436 henning 222: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
223: <ul>
224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 225: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
226: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
227: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
228: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
229: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
230: than closed source, as we have long contended.
231: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
232: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
233: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
234: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
235: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
236: <p>
237: This article can also be found online as
238: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
239: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 243: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
244: </strong></font><br>
245: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
246: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
247: <p>
248:
249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 250: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
251: </strong></font><br>
252: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
253: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 254: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 255: the issues we had with IETF.
256: </ul>
257:
1.431 ian 258: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
259: <ul>
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 261: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
262: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
263: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
264: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
265: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
266: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
267: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
268: <p>
269:
270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 271: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
272: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
273: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
274: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
275: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
276: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 277: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 278: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
279: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
280: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
281: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
282: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
283: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
284: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
285: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
286:
287: </ul>
288:
1.427 matthieu 289: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
290: <ul>
291:
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 293: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
294: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
295: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
296: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
297: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
298: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
299: firmware.
1.434 ian 300: Similar articles can be found online at:
301: <ul>
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
304: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
305: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
307: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
308: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
309: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
311: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
312: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
313: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 315: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 316: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
317: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
318: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 319: </ul>
320:
1.426 ian 321: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
322: <ul>
323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
325: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
326: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
327: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
328: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 329: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 330: mechanism: what it is and why and
331: how to use it, with examples.
332: Another excerpt from the book
333: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
334: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
335: <p>
336:
337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
338: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
339: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
340: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
341: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
342: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
343: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
344: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
345: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
346: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
347: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
348: This article is a sample chapter from
349: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
350: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
351: <p>
1.443 ian 352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 354: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 355: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
356: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
357: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
358: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
359: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
360: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
361: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
362: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
363: ends with a sidebar on security.
364: <p>
1.426 ian 365: </ul>
366:
1.424 ian 367: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
368: <ul>
369:
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 371: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
372: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
373: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
374: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
375: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
376: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
377: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
378: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
379: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
380: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
381: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
382: <p>
383: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
384: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
385: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
386: <p>
387:
388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 389: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
390: Closed Source Hardware</a>
391: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
392: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
393: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
394: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
395: operating systems.
396: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
397: OpenBSD on his firewall.
398: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
399: systems, he writes:
400: <blockquote>
401: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
402: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
403: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
404: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
405: to the operating system...
406: <br/>
407: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
408: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
409: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
410: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
411: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
412: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
413: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
414: in a closed source operating system).
415: <br/>
416: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
417: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
418: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
419: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
420: </blockquote>
421: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
422: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
423: their hardware and software operates.
424: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
425: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 426: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 427: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
428: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
429: <p>
430: </ul>
431:
1.417 pvalchev 432: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
433: <ul>
1.421 ian 434:
1.417 pvalchev 435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 436: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
437: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
438: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
439: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
440: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
441: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
442: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
443: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
444: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
445: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
446: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 447: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 448: <p>
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 450: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
451: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
452: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
453: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
454: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
455: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
456: it claims to do".
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 460: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 461: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
462: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
463: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
464: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 465: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 466: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
467: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
468: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
469: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
470: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
471: (yes, this is a hint).
472: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
473: picked up on the
474: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
475: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 476: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 477: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
478: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 482: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
483: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
484: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
485: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
486: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
487: questions about the significance and rationale behind
488: the current efforts.
489: <p>
490: </ul>
491:
1.407 henning 492: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
493: <ul>
494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 495: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
496: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
497: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
498: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
499: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
500: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
501: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
502: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
503: <p>
504:
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 506: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
507: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
508: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
509: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
510: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
511: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
512: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
513: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
514: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 515: <p>
1.415 ian 516:
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 518: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 519: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
520: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
521: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
522: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
523: overflow attacks... because
524: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
525: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
526: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
527: and propolice.
528: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
529: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
530: and that's when the science falls apart."
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 534: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
535: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
536: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
537: Starts with the question:
538: <blockquote>
539: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
540: <br/>
541: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
542: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
543: <br/>
544: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
545: Should we believe them?"
546: </blockquote>
547: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
548: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
549: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
550: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
551: for your mail, web and other online activities.
552: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 556: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
557: Simple Simon</a>,
558: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
559: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
560: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
561: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
562: routing/firewall, and more.
563: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
564: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
565: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
566: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
567: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
568: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
569: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
570: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
571: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
572: </blockquote>
573: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
574: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
575: <p>
576:
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 578: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
579: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 580: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 581: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 582: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
583: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
584: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 585: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 586: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
587: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
588: in spite of it
589: (registration required, but worth it).
590: <p>
591:
592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
593: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
594: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
595: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
596: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
597: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
598: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
599: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 600: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 601: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
602: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
603: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
604: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
605: <p>
606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 608: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
609: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
610: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
611: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
612: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
613: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
614: <blockquote>
615: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
616: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
617: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
618: a lot of analysis.
619: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
620: </blockquote>
621: <p>
622: </ul>
623:
1.400 marco 624: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
625: <ul>
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 627: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
628: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
629: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
630: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
631: UNIX-like systems.
632: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
633: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
634: <p>
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 636: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
637: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 638: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
639: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
640: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
641: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
642: At one point, the article states:
643: <blockquote>
644: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
645: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
646: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
647: </blockquote>
648: And then quotes Theo as saying:
649: <blockquote>
650: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
651: fewer are reading or auditing code."
652: </blockquote>
653: <p>
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
655: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
656: marks its fifth birthday</a>
657: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
658: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
659: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
660: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
661: required).
662: <p>
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 664: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
665: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
666: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
667: </strong></font><br>
668: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
669: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
670: <p>
671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 672: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
673: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 674: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 675: </strong></font><br>
676: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
677: <p>
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 679: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
680: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 681: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 682: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 683: 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 684: <p>
685: </ul>
686:
1.396 henning 687: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
688: <ul>
689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 690: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
691: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
692: Unix Review, July, 2004
693: </strong></font><br>
694: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
695: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 696: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 697: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
698: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
699: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
700: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
701: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
702: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
703: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
704: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
705: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
706: and even spelling/wording errors.
707: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
708: <p>
709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 710: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 711: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
712: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
713: </strong></font><br>
714: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
715: <p>
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 717: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 718: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
719: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
720: </strong></font><br>
721: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
722: <p>
723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 724: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
725: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
726: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
727: </strong></font><br>
728: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
729: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
730: <p>
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 732: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
733: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
734: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
735: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
736: <p>
737: </ul>
738:
1.405 jolan 739: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
740: <ul>
741: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
742: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 743: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 744: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
745: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
746: details on how funds are dispersed.
747: <p>
748: </ul>
749:
1.393 david 750: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
751: <ul>
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 753: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
754: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
755: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
756: </strong></font><br>
757: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
758: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
759: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
760: on inserting large number of SQL records.
761: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
762: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
763: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
764: <p>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 767: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
768: Secure by Default</a>,
769: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
770: </strong></font><br>
771: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
772: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
773: <p>
774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
776: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
777: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
778: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
779: </strong></font><br>
780: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
781: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
782: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
783: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
784: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
785: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
786: <p>
787:
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
789: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
790: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
791: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
792: </strong></font><br>
793: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
794: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
795: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
796: <p>
797:
798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
799: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
800: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
801: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
802: </strong></font><br>
803: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
804: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
805: <p>
806: </ul>
807:
1.388 mcbride 808: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
809: <ul>
1.394 jolan 810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
812: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
813: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
814: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
815: </strong></font><br>
816: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
817: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
818: available for sparc64.
819: <p>
820:
1.390 beck 821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 822: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
823: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
824: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
825: </strong></font><br>
826: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
827: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
828: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
829: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
830: <p>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 833: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
834: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 835: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 836: </strong></font><br>
837: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
838: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
839: it does: CARP provides sharing
840: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
841: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
842: detail to get you started using it.
843: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
844: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
845: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
846: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
847: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
848: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
849: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 850: <p>
1.391 ian 851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 853: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 854: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
855: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 856: </strong></font><br>
857: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 858: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 859: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 860: <p>
1.388 mcbride 861:
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
863: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
864: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 865: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 866: </strong></font><br>
867: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
868: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
869: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
870: unencumbered by patents.
871: <p>
872: </ul>
873:
1.378 henning 874: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
875: <ul>
1.384 jose 876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 878: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
879: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
880: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
881: </strong></font><br>
882: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
883: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
884: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
885: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
886: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
887: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
888: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
889: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
890: in the page tables."
891: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
892: <p>
893:
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 895: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
896: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
897: </strong></font><br>
898: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
899: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
900: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
901: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 902: <p>
1.384 jose 903:
1.378 henning 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 905: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
906: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 907: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
908: </strong></font><br>
909: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
910: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
911: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
912: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
913: (quote:
914: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
915: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 916: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 917: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
918: the other developers for their work on the system.
919: <p>
920:
921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 922: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
923: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
924: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 925: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 926: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
927: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
928: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
929: too.
930: <p>
931:
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 933: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
934: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 935: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 936: OpenBSD source code using
937: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
938: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
939: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
940: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
941: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
942: <p>
943: </ul>
944:
1.374 jose 945: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
946: <ul>
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 948: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 949: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
950: </strong></font><br>
951: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
952: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
953: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
954: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
955: it."
956: <p>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 959: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
960: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
961: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
962: </strong></font><br/>
963: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
964: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
965: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
966: <p>
967: </ul>
968:
1.369 ian 969: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
970: <ul>
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 972: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
973: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
974: </strong></font><br/>
975: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
976: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
977: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
978: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
979: <p>
980:
981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 982: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
983: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
984: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
985: </strong></font><br/>
986: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
987: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
988: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
989: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
990: form factor.
991: <p>
992:
993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
994: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
995: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
996: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
997: Features</a>,
998: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
999: </strong></font><br/>
1000: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1001: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1002: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1003: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1004: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1005: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1006: <p>
1007: This article can also be found online at:
1008: <ul>
1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1010: <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 1011: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1012: </strong></font>
1013: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1014: </ul>
1015: <p>
1.392 david 1016:
1.371 jose 1017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1018: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1019: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1020: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1021: </strong></font><br/>
1022: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1023: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1024: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1025: <p>
1.371 jose 1026:
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1028: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1029: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1030: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1031: </strong></font><br/>
1032: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1033: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1034: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1035: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1036: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1037: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1038: and its history with OpenBSD.
1039: </ul>
1040:
1.368 henning 1041: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1042: <ul>
1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1044: [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 1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1047: </ul>
1048:
1.364 jose 1049: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1050: <ul>
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1052: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1053: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1054: UNIX Review,
1055: July, 2003.
1056: </strong></font><br>
1057: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1058: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1059: who want more information.
1060: <p>
1061:
1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1063: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1064: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1065: Government Computer News,
1066: July 22, 2003.
1067: </strong></font><br>
1068: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1069: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1070: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1071: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1075: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1076: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1077: SANS Institute,
1078: July 22, 2003.
1079: </strong></font><br>
1080: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1081: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1082: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1083: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1084: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1085: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1086: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1087: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1088: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1089: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1090: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1091: <p>
1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1094: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1095: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1096: OnLamp.com,
1097: July 17, 2003.
1098: </strong></font><br>
1099: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1100: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1101: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1102: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1103: have been working on.
1104:
1105: </ul>
1106:
1.356 jose 1107: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1108: <ul>
1109:
1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1111: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1112: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1113: UNIX Review,
1114: June, 2003.
1115: </strong></font><br>
1116: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1117: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1118: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1119: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1123: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1124: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1125: eWeek,
1126: June 23, 2003.
1127: </strong></font><br>
1128: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1129: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1130: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1131: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1132: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1133: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1134: <p>
1135:
1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1137: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1138: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1139: Software Development Online,
1140: June, 2003.
1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1143: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1144: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1145: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1146: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1147: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1148: current activities.
1149: <p>
1150:
1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1152: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1153: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1154: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1155: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1156: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1157: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1158: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1159: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1160: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1161: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1162: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1163: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1164: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1165: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1166: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1167: decisions.
1168: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1169: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1170: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1171: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1172: <p>
1173:
1174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1175: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1176: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1177: Page 58, eWeek,
1178: June 2, 2003.
1179: </strong></font><br>
1180: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1181: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1182: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1183: been addressed in -current.
1184: <p>
1185:
1.356 jose 1186: </ul>
1187:
1188: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1189: <ul>
1190:
1.355 jose 1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1192: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1193: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1194: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1195: </strong></font><br>
1196: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1197: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1198: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1199: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1200: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1201: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1202: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1203: <p>
1204:
1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1206: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1207: Beyond Linux</a>,
1208: InfoWorld,
1209: May 23, 2003.
1210: </strong></font><br>
1211: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1212: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1213: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1214: compared to the GPL.
1215: <p>
1216:
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1218: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1219: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1220: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1221: May 17, 2003.
1222: </strong></font><br>
1223: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1224: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1225: the business section and half of another page inside
1226: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1227: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1228: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1229: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1230: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1231: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1232: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1233: <br>
1234: This article can also be found online at:
1235: <ul>
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1237: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1238: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1239: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1240: May 17, 2003
1241: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1242: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1244: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1245: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1246: Montreal Gazette,
1247: May 21, 2003
1248: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1249: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1250: <p>
1.346 ian 1251:
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1253: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1254: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1255: May 7, 2003.
1256: </strong></font><br>
1257: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1258: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1259: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1260: <p>
1261:
1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1263: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1264: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1265: OsOpinion,
1266: May 6, 2003.
1267: </strong></font><br>
1268: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1269: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1270: <br>
1271: This article can also be found online at:
1272: <ul>
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1274: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1275: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1276: NewsFactor Network.
1277: </strong></font>
1278: </ul>
1279: <p>
1280:
1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1282: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1283: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1284: ITBusiness,
1285: May 2, 2003.
1286: </strong></font><br>
1287: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1288: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1289: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1290: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1291: <p>
1292:
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1294: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1295: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1296: InfoWorld,
1297: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1298: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1299: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1300: <br>
1301: This article can also be found online at:
1302: <ul>
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1304: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1305: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1306: IDG Singapore.
1307: </strong></font>
1308: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1309: <p>
1310:
1.339 jose 1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1312: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1313: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1314: ZDNet,
1315: May 1, 2003.
1316: </strong></font><br>
1317: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1318: someone using parts from previous articles.
1319: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1320: This article can also be found online at:
1321: <ul>
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1323: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1324: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1325: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1326: </strong></font>
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1328: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1329: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1330: CNET News.com.
1331: </strong></font>
1332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1333: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1334: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1335: ZDNet UK.
1336: </strong></font>
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1338: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1339: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1340: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1341: </strong></font>
1342: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1343: <p>
1.339 jose 1344:
1.341 deraadt 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1346: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1347: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1348: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1349: May 1, 2003.
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1352: that have been added
1353: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1354: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1355: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1356: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1357: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1358: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1359: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1360: <p>
1361:
1362: </ul>
1363:
1.253 ian 1364: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1365: <ul>
1.255 ian 1366:
1.260 ian 1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1368: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1369: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1370: TechRepublic,
1371: April 28, 2003.
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1374: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1375: work.<br>
1376: Can also be found online at:
1377: <ul>
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1379: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1380: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1381: ZDNet UK.
1382: </strong></font>
1383: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1384: <p>
1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1387: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1388: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1389: IDG,
1390: April 24, 2003.
1391: </strong></font><br>
1392: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1393: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1394: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1395: Can also be found online at:
1396: <ul>
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1398: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1399: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1400: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1401: </strong></font>
1402: </ul>
1403: <p>
1404:
1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1406: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1407: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1408: Slate,
1409: April 24, 2003.
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1412: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1413: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1414: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1415: <p>
1416:
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1418: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1419: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1420: April 24, 2003.
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1423: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1424: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1425: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1426: <p>
1427:
1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1429: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1430: April 24, 2003.
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1433: the free software community".
1434: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1435: other articles.
1436: <p>
1437:
1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1439: <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 1440: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1441: </strong></font><br>
1442: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1443: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1444: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1445: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1446: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1447: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1448: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1449: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1450: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1451: <br/>
1452: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1453: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1454: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1455: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1456: <br>
1457: Can also be found online at:
1458: <ul>
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1460: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1461: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1462: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1463: </strong></font>
1464: </ul>
1.324 ian 1465: <p>
1466:
1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1468: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1469: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1470: </strong></font><br>
1471: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1472: article above.
1473: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1474: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1475: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1476: <br>
1477: Can also be found online at:
1478: <ul>
1479: <li>
1480: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1481: </strong></font>
1482: </ul>
1.324 ian 1483: <p>
1484:
1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1486: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1487: </strong></font><br>
1488: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1489: <p>
1490:
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1492: <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.
1493: </strong></font><br>
1494: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1495: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1496: <p>
1497:
1498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1499: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1500: April 23, 2003.
1501: </strong></font><br>
1502: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1503: <p>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1506: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1507: April 22, 2003.
1508: </strong></font><br>
1509: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1510: <p>
1511:
1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1513: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1514: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1515: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1516: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1517: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1518: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1519: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1520: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1521: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1522: Can also be found online at:
1523: <ul>
1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1525: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1526: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1527: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1528: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1530: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1531: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1532: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1533: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1534: </ul>
1535: <p>
1536:
1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1538: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1539: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1540: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1541: </strong></font><br>
1542: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1543: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1544: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1545: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1546: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1547: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1548: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1549: <p>
1550:
1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1552: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1553: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1554: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1555: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1556: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1557: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1558: at UPenn and DARPA.
1559: <p>
1560:
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1562: [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,
1563: France
1.315 deraadt 1564: April 18, 2003.
1565: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1566: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1567: <p>
1568:
1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1570: [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 1571: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1574: <p>
1575:
1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1577: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1578: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1579: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1581: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1582: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1583: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1584: <p>
1585:
1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1587: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1588: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1589: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1590: </strong></font><br>
1591: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1592: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1593: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1594: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1595: <p>
1596:
1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1598: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1599: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1600: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1601: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1602: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1603: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1604: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1605: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1606: Can also be found online at:
1607: <ul>
1608: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1609: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1610: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1611: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1612: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1613: <p>
1614:
1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1616: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1617: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1618: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1619: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1620: </strong></font><br>
1621: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1622: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1623: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1624: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1625: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1626:
1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1628: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1629: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1630: New York Times.
1631: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1632:
1.273 deraadt 1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1634: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1635: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1636: ABC News.
1637: </strong></font>
1638:
1639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1640: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1641: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1642: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1643: </strong></font>
1644:
1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1646: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1647: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1648: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1649: </strong></font>
1650:
1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1652: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1653: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1654: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1655: </strong></font>
1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1658: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1659: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1660: Times Daily, AL.
1661: </strong></font>
1662:
1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1664: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1665: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1666: Boston.com, MA.
1667: </strong></font>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1670: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1671: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1672: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1673: </strong></font>
1674:
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1676: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1677: [Article was pulled]</a>
1678: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1679: </strong></font>
1680:
1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1682: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1683: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1684: Infoshop News.
1685: </strong></font>
1686:
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1688: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1689: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1690: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1691: </strong></font>
1692:
1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1694: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1695: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1696: Raleigh News, NC.
1697: </strong></font>
1698:
1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1700: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1701: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1702: Napa News, CA.
1703: </strong></font>
1704:
1705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1706: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1707: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1708: NEPA News, PA.
1709: </strong></font>
1710:
1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1712: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1713: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1714: Wired News.
1715: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1716: <br>
1717: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1718: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1719: [JAPANESE]
1720: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1721: Wired News Japan</a>
1722: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1723:
1.271 deraadt 1724: </ul>
1725: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1726: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1727: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1728: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1729: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1730: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1731: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1732: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1733: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1734: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1735: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1736: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1737: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1738: <p>
1739: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1740:
1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1742: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1743: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1744: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1745: </strong></font>
1746:
1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1748: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1749: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1750: Miami Herald, FL.
1751: </strong></font>
1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1754: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1755: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1756: </strong></font>
1757:
1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1759: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1760: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1761: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1762: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1763:
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1765: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1766: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1767: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1768: ABC News.
1769: </strong></font>
1770:
1.276 deraadt 1771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1772: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1773: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1774: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1775: </strong></font>
1776:
1.286 dhartmei 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1778: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1779: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1780: Wilmington Star, NC.
1781: </strong></font>
1782:
1.300 jose 1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1784: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1785: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1786: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1787: </strong></font>
1788:
1.309 jose 1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1790: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1791: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1792: Globe Technology.
1793: </strong></font>
1794:
1.263 deraadt 1795: </ul>
1.262 beck 1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1799: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1800: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1801: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1802: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1803: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1804: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1805: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1806: <p>
1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1809: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1810: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1811: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1813: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1814: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1815: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1816: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1817: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1818: and simply restates other press reports.
1819: <p>
1820:
1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1822: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1823: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1824: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1827: <p>
1828:
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1830: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1831: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1832: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1833: </strong></font><br>
1834: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1835: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1836: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1837: <p>
1838:
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1840: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1841: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1842: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1843: April 17, 2003.
1844: </strong></font><br>
1845: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1846: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1847: Tech Anthems</a>
1848: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1849: 4 so far.
1850: <p>
1851:
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1853: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1854: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1855: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1856: </strong></font><br>
1857: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1858: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1859: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1860: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1861: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1862: Goes on to say:
1863: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1864: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1865: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1866: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1867: This article is also found online at:
1868: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1870: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1871: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1872: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1873: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1875: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1876: ZDnet</a>,
1877: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1878: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1880: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1881: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1882: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1883: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1884: </ul>
1.260 ian 1885: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1886:
1.260 ian 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1888: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1889: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1890: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1891: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1892: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1893: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1894: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1895: without notice or justification.
1896: <p>
1897:
1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1899: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1900: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1901: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1902: </strong></font><br>
1903: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1904: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1905: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1906: effective today, without any warning..."
1907: <p>
1.257 ian 1908:
1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1910: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1911: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1912: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1913: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1914: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1915: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1916: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1917: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1918: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1919: <p>
1920:
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1922: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1923: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1924: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1925: </strong></font><br>
1926: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1927: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1928: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1929: quoting two of them:
1930: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1931: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1932: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1933: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1934: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1935: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1936: <p>
1937:
1.255 ian 1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1939: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1940: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1941: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1942: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1943: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1944: <p>
1945:
1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1947: [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 1948: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1949: </strong></font><br>
1950: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1951: <p>
1952:
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1954: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1955: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1956: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1957: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1958: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1959: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1960: security experts for more than three decades."
1961: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1962: <p>
1.261 ian 1963:
1.254 drahn 1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1965: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1966: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1967: </strong></font><br>
1968: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1969: <p>
1970:
1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1972: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1973: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1974: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1975: </strong></font><br>
1976: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1977: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1978: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1979: <p>
1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1982: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1983: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1984: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1985: </strong></font><br>
1986: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1987: from US DARPA.
1988: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1989: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1990: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1991: the BSD license.
1992: <p>
1993: </ul>
1994:
1.251 ian 1995: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1996: <ul>
1997:
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1999: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2000: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2001: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2002: </strong></font><br>
2003:
2004: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2005: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2006: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2007: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2008: <p>
2009:
2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2011: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2012: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2013: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2014: </strong></font><br>
2015: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2016: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2017: Mentions
2018: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2019: and
2020: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2021: programs.
2022: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2023: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2024: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2025: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2026: <p>
1.325 ian 2027: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2028: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2029:
2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2031: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2032: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2033: </strong></font><br>
2034: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2035: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2036: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2037: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2038: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2039: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2040: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2041: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2042: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2043: put into service."
2044: <p>
2045: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2046: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2047: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2048: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2049: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2050: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2051: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2052: computers with security features."
2053: <p>
1.329 ian 2054:
2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2056: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2057: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2058: Slate,
2059: March 3, 2003.
2060: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2061: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2062: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2063: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2064: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2065: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2066: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2067: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2068: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2069: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2070: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2071: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2072: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2073: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2074: of more secure open-source solutions like
2075: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2076: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2077: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2078: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2079: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2080: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2081: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2082: the Beltway."
2083: <p>
1.251 ian 2084: </ul>
2085:
1.249 jufi 2086: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2087: <ul>
2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2089: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2090: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2091: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2092: </strong></font><br>
2093: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2094: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2095: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2096: <p>
1.334 ian 2097:
2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2099: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2100: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2101: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2102: </strong></font><br>
2103: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2104: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2105: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2106: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2107: "... the hypothetical question ...
2108: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2109: <br>
2110: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2111: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2112: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2113: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2114: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2115: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2116: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2117: support network security.
2118: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2119: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2120: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2121: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2122: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2123: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2124: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2125: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2126: <br>
2127: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2128: <p>
2129:
1.249 jufi 2130: </ul>
2131:
1.246 jufi 2132: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2133: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2136: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2137: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2138: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2139: </strong></font><br>
2140: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2141: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2142: <p>
2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2145: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2146: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2147: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2148: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2149: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2150: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2151: <p>
2152:
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2154: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2155: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2156: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2159: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2160: <p>
1.247 jufi 2161: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2162:
1.244 jufi 2163: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2164: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2165:
1.247 jufi 2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2167: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2168: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2169: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2170: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2171: </strong></font><br>
2172: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2173: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2174: md5 digests.
2175: <p>
2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2178: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2179: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2180: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2181: </strong></font><br>
2182: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2183: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2184: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2185: right the first time."
2186: <p>
1.247 jufi 2187: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2188:
2189:
2190: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2191: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2192:
1.247 jufi 2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2194: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2195: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2196: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2197: </strong></font><br>
2198: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2199: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2200: part 6</a>.
2201: <p>
2202:
1.247 jufi 2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2204: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2205: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2206: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2207: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2208: </strong></font><br>
2209: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2210: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2211: <p>
1.301 jose 2212:
2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2214: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2215: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2216: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2217: </strong></font><br>
2218:
2219: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2220: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2221: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2222: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2223: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2224: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2225: <i>Here's the
2226: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2227: <p>
1.247 jufi 2228: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2229:
2230: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2231: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2234: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2235: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2236: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2237: </strong></font><br>
2238: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2239: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2240: <p>
2241:
1.247 jufi 2242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2243: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2244: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2245: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2246: </strong></font><br>
2247: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2248: this time using pf.
2249: <p>
1.247 jufi 2250: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2251:
2252: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2253: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2256: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2257: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2258: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2259: </strong></font><br>
2260: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2261: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2262: their rotation.
2263: <p>
2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2266: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2267: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2268: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2269: </strong></font><br>
2270: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2271: <p>
1.247 jufi 2272: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2273:
1.239 jufi 2274: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2275: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2278: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2279: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2280: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2281: </strong></font><br>
2282: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2283: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2284: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2285: <p>
2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2288: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2289: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2290: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2292: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2293: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2294: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2295: <p>
1.247 jufi 2296: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2297:
1.235 lebel 2298: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2299: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2300:
1.239 jufi 2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2303: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2304: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2305: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2306: </strong></font><br>
2307: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2308: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2309: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2310: <p>
1.301 jose 2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2313:
1.228 horacio 2314: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2315: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2318: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2319: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2320: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2321: </strong></font><br>
2322: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2323: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2324: <p>
2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2327: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2328: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2329: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2330: </strong></font><br>
2331: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2332: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2333: <p>
2334:
1.247 jufi 2335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2336: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2337: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2338: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2339: </strong></font><br>
2340: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2341: on the desktop of his parents.
2342: <p>
2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2345: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2346: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2347: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2348: </strong></font><br>
2349: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2350: using IPFilter.
2351:
2352: <p>
2353:
1.247 jufi 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2355: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2356: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2357: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2358: </strong></font><br>
2359: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2360: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2361: perspectives of the four OS.
2362: <br>
2363: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2364: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2365: <p>
2366:
1.247 jufi 2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2368: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2369: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2370: software and security</a>,
2371: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2375: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2376: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2377: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2378: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2379: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2380: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2381: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2382: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2383: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2384: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2385: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2386: <p>
1.247 jufi 2387: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2388:
1.225 horacio 2389: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2390: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2393: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2394: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2395: Interview</a>,
2396: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2400: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2401: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2402: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2403: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2404: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2405: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2406: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2407: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2408: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2409: of choice.
2410: <p>
1.247 jufi 2411: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2412:
2413: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2414: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2417: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2418: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2419: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421:
2422: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2423: <p>
2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2426: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2427: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2428: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2429: </strong></font><br>
2430:
2431: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2432: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2433: <p>
1.247 jufi 2434: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2435:
1.218 horacio 2436: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2437: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2438:
1.247 jufi 2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2440: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2441: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2442: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2443: </strong></font><br>
2444:
2445: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2446: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2447: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2448: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2449: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2450: subjects. Worth a read.
2451: <p>
2452:
2453:
1.247 jufi 2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2455: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2456: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2457: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2458: </strong></font><br>
2459:
2460: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2461: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2462: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2463: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2464: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2465: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2466: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2467: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2468: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2469: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2470: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2471: on other operating systems.<br>
2472: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2473: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2474: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2475: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2476: <p>
2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2479: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2480: Operating System 2010</a>,
2481: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2482: </strong></font><br>
2483:
2484: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2485: covering the level of software integration into the core
2486: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2487: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2488: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2489: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2490: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2491: <p>
2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2494: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2495: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2496: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2497: </strong></font><br>
2498:
2499: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2500: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2501: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2502: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2503: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2504: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2505: <p>
1.247 jufi 2506: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2507:
1.210 jufi 2508: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2509: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2512: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2513: Already a Contender</a>,
2514: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2515: </strong></font><br>
2516:
2517: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2518: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2519: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2520: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2521: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2522: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2523: <p>
2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2526: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2527: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2528: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2529: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2530:
1.224 horacio 2531: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2532: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2533: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2534: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2535: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2536: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2537: <p>
1.247 jufi 2538: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2539:
2540: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2541: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2544: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2545: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2546: Division</a>,
2547: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2548: </strong></font><br>
2549:
2550: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2551: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2552: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2553: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2554: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2555: investment</em>.<br>
2556: The implementation details can be seen on their
2557: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2558: <p>
2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2561: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2562: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2563: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2564: </strong></font><br>
2565:
2566: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2567: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2568: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2569: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2570: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2571: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2572: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2573: <p>
2574:
2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2576: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2577: Thinking about Security</a>,
2578: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2579: </strong></font><br>
2580:
2581: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2582: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2583: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2584: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2585: to time.<br>
2586: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2587: system and just the most secure system.
2588: <p>
2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2591: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2592: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2593: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2594: </strong></font><br>
2595:
2596: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2597: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2598: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2599: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2600: choice:<br>
2601: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2602: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2603: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2604: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2605: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2606: network security devices and as such must be well
2607: armored."</em><br>
2608: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2609: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2610: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2611: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2612: <br>
2613: Bravo!
2614: <p>
1.247 jufi 2615: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2616:
1.207 ian 2617: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2618: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2619:
1.247 jufi 2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2621: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2622: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2623: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2624:
1.207 ian 2625: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2626: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2627: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2628: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2629: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2630: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2631: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2632: <p>
1.247 jufi 2633: </ul>
1.207 ian 2634:
1.194 jufi 2635: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2636: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2637:
1.247 jufi 2638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2639: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2640: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2641: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2642: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2643:
1.240 miod 2644: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2645: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2646: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2647: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2648: <p>
2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2651: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2652: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2653: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2654:
2655: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2656: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2657: <p>
2658:
2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2660: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2661: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2662: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2663:
2664: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2665: <p>
2666:
2667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2668: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2669: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2670: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2671: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2672:
1.240 miod 2673: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2674: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2675: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2676: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2677: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2678: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2679: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2680: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2681: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2682: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2683: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2684: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2685: <p>
2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2688: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2689: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2690: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2691: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2692:
1.194 jufi 2693: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2694: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2695: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2696: <br>
2697: The new
2698: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2699: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2700: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2701: <p>
1.247 jufi 2702: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2703:
1.190 horacio 2704: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2705: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2706:
1.247 jufi 2707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2708:
2709: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2710: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2711:
1.301 jose 2712:
1.191 jufi 2713: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2714: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2715:
2716: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2717: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2718:
1.212 horacio 2719: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2720: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2721: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2722:
1.211 horacio 2723: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2724: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2725: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2728: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2731: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2732:
1.212 horacio 2733: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2734: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2735: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2736:
2737: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2738: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2739:
2740: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2741: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2742:
1.301 jose 2743: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2744: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2745:
1.191 jufi 2746: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2747: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2748:
2749: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2750: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2751:
1.192 jufi 2752: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2753: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2754: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2755:
1.193 deraadt 2756: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2757: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2758: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2759:
1.247 jufi 2760: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2761: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2764: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2765: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2766:
1.213 horacio 2767: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2768: 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 2769: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2770:
1.190 horacio 2771: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2772: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2773: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2774: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2775: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2776: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2777: <p>
1.190 horacio 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2780: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2781: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2782: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2783: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2784:
1.195 jufi 2785: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2786: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2787: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2788: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2789: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2790: <p>
2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2793: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2794: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2795: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2796: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2797:
1.191 jufi 2798: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2799: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2800: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2801: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2802: <p>
2803:
2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2805: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2806: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2807: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2810: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2811: <p>
1.247 jufi 2812: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2813:
1.191 jufi 2814:
1.186 jufi 2815: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2816: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2819: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2820: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2821: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2822: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2823:
1.188 jufi 2824: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2825: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2826: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2827: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2828: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2829: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2830: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2831: <p>
2832:
1.301 jose 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2834: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2835: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2836: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2837:
2838: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2839: <p>
1.191 jufi 2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2842: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2843: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2844: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2845: </strong></font><br>
2846:
2847: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2848: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2849: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2850: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2851: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2852: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2853: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2854: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2855: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2856: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2857: familiar?
2858: <p>
1.247 jufi 2859: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2860:
1.178 louis 2861: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2862: <ul>
1.178 louis 2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2865: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2866: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2867: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2868: </strong></font><br>
2869:
2870: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2871: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2872: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2873: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2874: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2875: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2876: <p>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2879: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2880: Open source under the hood</a>,
2881: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2882: </strong></font><br>
2883:
2884: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2885: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2886: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2887: <p>
2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2890: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2891: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2892: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2893: </strong></font><br>
2894:
2895: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2896: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2897: <p>
1.247 jufi 2898: </ul>
1.179 louis 2899:
1.174 louis 2900:
1.175 louis 2901: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2902: <ul>
1.175 louis 2903:
1.247 jufi 2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2905: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2906: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2907: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2908: </strong></font><br>
2909:
2910: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2911: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2912: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2913: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2914: <p>
2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2917: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2918: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2919: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2920: </strong></font><br>
2921:
2922: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2923: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2924: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2925: <p>
1.247 jufi 2926: </ul>
1.175 louis 2927:
1.176 louis 2928:
1.172 mickey 2929: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2930: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2933: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2934: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2935: </strong></font><br>
2936:
2937: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2938: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2939: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2940: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2941: <p>
2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2944: <a
1.269 deraadt 2945: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2946: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2947: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2948: </strong></font><br>
2949:
2950: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2951: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2952: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2953: <p>
2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2956: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2957: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2958: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2959: </strong></font><br>
2960:
2961: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2962: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2963: <p>
2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2966: <a
1.269 deraadt 2967: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2968: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2969: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2970: </strong></font><br>
2971:
2972: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2973: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2974: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2975: our own Theo de Raadt.
2976: <p>
2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2979: <a
1.269 deraadt 2980: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2981: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2982: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2983: </strong></font><br>
2984:
2985: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2986: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2987: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2988: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2989: shut down.]
2990: <p>
2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2993: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2994: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2995: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2996: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2997: </strong></font><br>
2998:
2999: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3000: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3001: <p>
1.247 jufi 3002: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3003:
1.161 louis 3004: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3005: <ul>
1.161 louis 3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3008: <a
1.269 deraadt 3009: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3010: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3011: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3012: </strong></font><br>
3013:
3014: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3015: by John Wolley
3016: <p>
3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3019: <a
1.269 deraadt 3020: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3021: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3022: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3023: </strong></font><br>
3024:
3025: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3026: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3027: OpenBSD).
3028: <p>
3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3031: <a
1.247 jufi 3032: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3033: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3034: </strong></font><br>
3035:
3036: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3037: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3038: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3039: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3040: and hindsight.
3041: <p>
3042:
1.247 jufi 3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3044: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3045: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3046: </strong></font><br>
3047:
3048: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3049: <p>
3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3052: <a
1.168 provos 3053: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3054: December 7, 2000
3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3058: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3059: us explain.
3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3063: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3064: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3065: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3066: December 6, 2000
3067: </strong></font><br>
3068:
3069: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3070: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3071: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3072: <p>
3073:
1.247 jufi 3074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3075: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3076: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3077: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3078: </strong></font><br>
3079:
3080: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3081: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3082: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3083: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3084: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3085: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3086: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3087: <p>
3088:
3089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3090: <a
1.226 horacio 3091: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3092: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3093: </strong></font><br>
3094:
3095: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3096: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3097: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3098: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3099: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3100: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3101: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3102: <p>
1.162 millert 3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3105: <a
1.161 louis 3106: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3107: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3108: </strong></font><br>
3109:
3110: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3111: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3112: <p>
3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3115: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3116: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3117: </strong></font><br>
3118:
3119: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3120: <p>
3121:
3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3124: <a
1.226 horacio 3125: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3126: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3127: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3128: </strong></font><br>
3129:
3130: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3131: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3132: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3133: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3134: <p>
1.247 jufi 3135: </ul>
1.169 louis 3136:
1.158 louis 3137: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3138: <ul>
1.147 louis 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3141: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3142: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3143: </strong></font><br>
3144:
3145: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3146: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3147: <p>
3148:
1.247 jufi 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3150: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3151: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3152: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3153: </strong></font><br>
3154: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3155: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3156: <p>
3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3159: <a
3160: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3161: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3162: </strong></font><br>
3163:
3164: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3165: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3166: <p>
3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3169: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3170: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3171: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3172:
1.213 horacio 3173: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3174: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3175: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3176: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3177: <p>
1.215 horacio 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3180: <a
3181: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3182: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3183: </strong></font><br>
3184:
3185: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3186: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3187: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3188: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3189: much of the attitude too).
3190: <p>
1.161 louis 3191:
1.247 jufi 3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3193: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3194: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3195: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3196:
1.157 louis 3197: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3198: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3199: <p>
1.247 jufi 3200: </ul>
1.157 louis 3201:
3202: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3203: <ul>
1.157 louis 3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3206: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3207: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3208: </strong></font><br>
3209:
3210: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3211: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3212: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3213: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3214: <p>
3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3217: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3218: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3219: </strong></font><br>
3220:
3221: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3222: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3223: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3224: it because they love coding...
3225: <p>
3226:
1.247 jufi 3227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3228: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3229: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3230: </strong></font><br>
3231:
3232: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3233: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3234: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3235: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3236: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3237: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3238: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3239: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3240: <p>
3241:
1.247 jufi 3242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3243: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3244: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3245: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3246: </strong></font><br>
3247:
3248: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3249: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3250: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3251: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3252: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3253: the pizza.
3254: <p>
3255:
1.247 jufi 3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3257: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3258: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3259: </strong></font><br>
3260:
3261: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3262: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3263: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3264: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3265: problems.
3266: <p>
3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3269: <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 3270: </strong></font><br>
3271:
1.222 miod 3272: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3273: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3274: - whether they like it or not.
3275: <p>
3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3278: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3279: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3280: </strong></font><br>
3281:
3282: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3283: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3284: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3285: <p>
1.148 aaron 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3288: <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 3289: </strong></font><br>
3290:
3291: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3292: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3293: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3294: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3295: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3296: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3297: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3298: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3299: <p>
3300:
1.247 jufi 3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3302: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3303: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3304: </strong></font><br>
3305:
3306: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3307: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3308: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3309: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3310: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3311: <p>
1.247 jufi 3312: </ul>
1.147 louis 3313:
1.138 louis 3314: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3315: <ul>
1.138 louis 3316:
1.247 jufi 3317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3318: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3319: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3320: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3321: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3322: </strong></font><br>
3323:
1.227 horacio 3324: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3325: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3326: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3327: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3328: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3329: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3330: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3331: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3332: <p>
3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3335: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3336: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3337: </strong></font><br>
3338:
3339: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3340: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3341: groups, and even Linux.
3342: <p>
3343:
1.247 jufi 3344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3345: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3346: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3347: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3348: </strong></font><br>
3349:
3350: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3351: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3352: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3353: library after installing the OS.
3354: <p>
3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3357: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3358: Sys Admin, September 2000
3359: </strong></font><br>
3360:
3361: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3362: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3363: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3364: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3365: (<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>,
3366: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3367: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3368: <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 3369: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3370: out of the system.
3371: <p>
3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3374: <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
3375: </strong></font><br>
3376:
3377: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3378: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3379: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3380: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3381: the IP filtering and address translation.
3382: <p>
1.301 jose 3383:
3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3385: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3386: </strong></font><br>
3387:
3388: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3389: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3390: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3391: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3392: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3393: <p>
1.247 jufi 3394: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3395:
1.131 louis 3396: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3397: <ul>
1.131 louis 3398:
1.247 jufi 3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3400: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3401: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3402: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3403: </strong></font><br>
3404:
3405: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3406: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3407: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3408: <p>
3409:
1.247 jufi 3410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3411: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3412: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3413: </strong></font><br>
3414:
3415: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3416: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3417: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3418: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3419: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3420: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3421: note of"</i>.
3422: <p>
3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3425: <a
1.247 jufi 3426: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3427: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3428: </strong></font><br>
3429:
3430: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3431: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3432: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3433: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3434: <p>
3435:
1.247 jufi 3436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3437: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3438: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3439: </strong></font><br>
3440:
3441: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3442: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3443: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3444: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3445: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3446: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3447: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3448: <p>
3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3451: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3452: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3453: 2000
3454: </strong></font><br>
3455:
3456: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3457: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3458: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3459: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3460: against current industry practices.
3461: <p>
3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3464: <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
3465: </strong></font><br>
3466:
3467: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3468: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3469: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3470: <p>
3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3473: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3474: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3475: </strong></font><br>
3476:
3477: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3478: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3479: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3480: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3481: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3482: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3483: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3484: <p>
3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3487: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3488: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3489: </strong></font><br>
3490:
3491: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3492: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3493: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3494: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3495: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3496: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3497: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3498: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3499: <p>
1.247 jufi 3500: </ul>
1.131 louis 3501:
1.118 louis 3502: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3503: <ul>
1.118 louis 3504:
1.247 jufi 3505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3506: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3507: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3508: </strong></font><br>
3509:
3510: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3511: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3512: about time. The article mentions that
3513: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3514: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3515: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3516: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3517: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3518: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3519: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3520: <p>
3521:
1.247 jufi 3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3523: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3524: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3525: </strong></font><br>
3526:
3527: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3528: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3529: of OpenSSH.
3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3533: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3534: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3535: </strong></font><br>
3536:
3537: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3538: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3539: bridging.
3540: <p>
3541:
1.247 jufi 3542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3543: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3544: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3545: </strong></font><br>
3546:
1.121 deraadt 3547: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3548: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3549: <p>
3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3552: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3553: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3554: </strong></font><br>
3555:
3556: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3557: <p>
3558:
1.247 jufi 3559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3560: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3561: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3562: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3563: </strong></font><br>
3564:
1.120 deraadt 3565: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3566: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3567: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3568: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3569: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3570: <p>
3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3573: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3574: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3575: </strong></font><br>
3576:
1.222 miod 3577: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3578: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3579: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3580: protocols and their quirks.
3581: <p>
3582:
1.247 jufi 3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3584: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3585: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3586: </strong></font><br>
3587:
3588: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3589: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3590: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3591: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3592: <p>
3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3595: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3596: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3597: </strong></font><br>
3598:
3599: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3600: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3601: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3602: <p>
3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3605: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3606: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3607: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3608: </strong></font><br>
3609:
3610: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3611: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3612: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3613: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3614: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3615: <p>
1.247 jufi 3616: </ul>
1.118 louis 3617:
1.104 louis 3618: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3619: <ul>
1.104 louis 3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3622: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3623: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3624: </strong></font><br>
3625:
3626: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3627: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3628: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3629: be a bit dry.
3630: <p>
3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3633: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3634: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3635: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3636: </strong></font><br>
3637: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3638: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3639: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3640: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3641: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3642: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3643: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3644: <p>
3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3647: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3648: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3649: 2000
1.128 louis 3650: </strong></font><br>
3651:
3652: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3653: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3654: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3655: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3656: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3657: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3658: <p>
3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3661: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3662: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3663: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3664:
3665: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3666: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3667: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3668: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3669: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3670: <p>
1.110 louis 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3673: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3674: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3678: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3679: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3680: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3681: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3682: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3683: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3684: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3685: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3686: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3687: <p>
3688:
1.247 jufi 3689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3690: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3691: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3692:
3693: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3694: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3695: <p>
1.108 louis 3696:
1.247 jufi 3697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3698: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3699: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3700: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3701:
3702: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3703: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3704: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3705: <p>
1.106 louis 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3708: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3709: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3711:
3712: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3713: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3714: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3715: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3716: <p>
1.107 louis 3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3719: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3720: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3721: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3722:
3723: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3724: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3725: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3726: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3727: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3728: <p>
1.105 louis 3729:
1.247 jufi 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3731: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3732: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3733: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3734:
1.113 naddy 3735: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3736: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3737: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3738: <p>
1.104 louis 3739:
1.247 jufi 3740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3741: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3742: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3743: </strong></font><br>
3744:
3745: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3746: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3747: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3748: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3749: <p>
1.301 jose 3750:
3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3752: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3753: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3754: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3755:
3756: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3757: hardware-supported cryptography.
3758: <p>
1.247 jufi 3759: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3760:
1.85 louis 3761: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3762: <ul>
1.85 louis 3763:
1.247 jufi 3764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3765: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3766: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3767: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3768:
3769: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3770: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3771: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3772: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3773: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3774: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3775: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3776: <p>
1.99 louis 3777:
1.247 jufi 3778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3779: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3780: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3781: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3782:
3783: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3784: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3785: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3786: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3787: <p>
1.100 louis 3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3790: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3791: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3792: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3793:
3794: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3795: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3796: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3797: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3798: <p>
1.95 louis 3799:
1.247 jufi 3800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3801: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3802: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3803: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3804:
3805: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3806: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3807: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3808: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3809: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3810: <p>
1.92 louis 3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3813: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3814: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3815: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3816:
3817: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3818: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3819: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3820: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3821: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3822: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3823: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3824: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3825: <p>
1.91 louis 3826:
1.247 jufi 3827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3828: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3829: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3830: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3831:
3832: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3833: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3834: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3835: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3836: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3837: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3838: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3839: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3840: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3841: <p>
1.90 louis 3842:
1.247 jufi 3843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3844: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3845: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3846: </strong></font><br>
3847: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3848: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3849: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3850: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3851: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3852: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3853: <p>
3854:
1.247 jufi 3855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3856: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3857: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3858: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3859:
1.113 naddy 3860: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3861: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3862: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3863: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3864: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3865: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3866: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3867: <p>
1.87 louis 3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3870: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3871: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3872: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3873:
3874: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3875: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3876: <p>
1.85 louis 3877:
1.247 jufi 3878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3879: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3880: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3881: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3882:
3883: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3884: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3885: <p>
3886:
3887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3888: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3889: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3890: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3891:
3892: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3893: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3894: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3895: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3896: <p>
1.89 louis 3897:
1.247 jufi 3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3899: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3900: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3901: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3902:
3903: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3904: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3905: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3906: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3907: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3908: </ul>
1.85 louis 3909:
1.78 deraadt 3910: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3911: <ul>
1.74 louis 3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3914: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3915: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3916: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3917: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3918:
3919: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3920: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3921: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3922: <p>
1.83 louis 3923:
1.247 jufi 3924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3925: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3926: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3927: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3928:
3929: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3930: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3931: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3932: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3933: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3934: <p>
1.93 louis 3935:
1.247 jufi 3936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3937: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3938: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3939: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3940: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3941:
1.83 louis 3942: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3943: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3944: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3945: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3946: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3947: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3948: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3949: <p>
1.82 aaron 3950:
1.247 jufi 3951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3952: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3953: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3954: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3955:
1.83 louis 3956: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3957: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3958: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3959: <p>
1.80 louis 3960:
1.247 jufi 3961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3962: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3963: Bad Press</a>,
3964: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3965: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3966:
3967: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3968: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3969: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3970: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3971: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3972: <p>
1.247 jufi 3973: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3974:
3975: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3976: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3977:
1.247 jufi 3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3979: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3980: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3981: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3982: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3983:
3984: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3985: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3986: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3987: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3988: <p>
1.74 louis 3989:
1.247 jufi 3990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3991: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3992: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3993: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3994:
1.219 horacio 3995: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3996: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3997: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3998: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3999: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4000: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4001: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4002: <p>
1.88 louis 4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4005: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4006: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4007: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4008:
4009: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4010: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4011: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4012: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4013: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4014: <p>
1.81 louis 4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4017: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4018: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4019: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4020:
4021: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4022: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4023: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4024: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4025: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4026: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4027: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4028: <p>
1.90 louis 4029:
1.247 jufi 4030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4031: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4032: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4033: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4034:
4035: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4036: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4037: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4038: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4039: <p>
1.247 jufi 4040: </ul>
1.71 louis 4041:
1.69 deraadt 4042: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4043: <ul>
1.70 louis 4044:
1.247 jufi 4045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4046: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4047: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4048: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4049:
4050: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4051: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4052: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4053: <p>
1.70 louis 4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4056: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4057: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4058: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4059:
4060: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4061: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4062: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4063: <p>
1.68 louis 4064:
1.247 jufi 4065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4066: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4067: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4068: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4069: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4070:
1.111 jufi 4071: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4072: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4073: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4074: "secure by default" installation.
4075: <p>
1.64 louis 4076:
1.247 jufi 4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4078: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4079: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4080: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4081:
1.113 naddy 4082: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4083: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4084: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4085: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4086: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4087: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4088: <p>
1.66 louis 4089:
1.247 jufi 4090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4091: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4092: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4093: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4094:
4095: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4096: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4097: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4098: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4099: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4100: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4101: <p>
1.83 louis 4102:
1.247 jufi 4103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4104: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4105: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4106: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4107:
4108: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4109: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4110: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4111: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4112: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4113: <p>
1.64 louis 4114:
1.247 jufi 4115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4116: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4117: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4118: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4119:
4120: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4121: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4122: <p>
1.301 jose 4123:
4124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4125: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4126: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4127: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4128: </strong></font><br>
4129:
4130: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4131: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4132: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4133: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4134: Giving way to
4135: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4136: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4137: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4138: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4139: <p>
1.247 jufi 4140: </ul>
1.65 louis 4141:
1.69 deraadt 4142: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4143: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4144:
1.247 jufi 4145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4146: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4147: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4148: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4149:
4150: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4151: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4152: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4153: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4154: <p>
1.88 louis 4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4157: <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 4158: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4159:
4160: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4161: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4162: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4163: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4164: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4165: <p>
1.60 louis 4166:
1.247 jufi 4167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4168: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4169: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4170: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4171: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4172:
4173: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4174: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4175: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4176: <p>
1.58 louis 4177:
1.247 jufi 4178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4179: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4180: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4181:
4182: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4183: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4184: <p>
1.53 louis 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4187: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4188: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4189: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4190:
4191: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4192: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4193: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4194: <p>
1.99 louis 4195:
1.247 jufi 4196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4197: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4198: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4199:
4200: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4201: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4202: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4203: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4204: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4205:
1.247 jufi 4206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4207: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4208: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4209: </strong></font><br>
4210:
4211: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4212: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4213: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4214: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4215: <p>
4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4218: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4219: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4220: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4221:
4222: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4223: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4224: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4225:
1.247 jufi 4226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4227: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4228: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4229:
4230: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4231: in
1.247 jufi 4232: <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 4233: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4234: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4235: <p>
1.53 louis 4236:
1.247 jufi 4237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4238: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4239: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4240: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4241: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4242:
1.58 louis 4243: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4244: <p>
1.301 jose 4245:
4246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4247: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4248: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4249: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4250: Informacyjny, January 2000
4251: </strong></font><br>
4252:
4253: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4254: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4255: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4256: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4257: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4258: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4259: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4260: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4261: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4262: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4263: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4264: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4265: <p>
4266:
4267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4268: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4269: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4270: </strong></font><br>
4271:
4272: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4273: <p>
4274: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4275:
1.69 deraadt 4276: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4277: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4278:
1.247 jufi 4279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4280: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4281: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4282: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4283: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4284:
1.58 louis 4285: Kurt Seifried
4286: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4287: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4288: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4289: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4292: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4293: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4295:
4296: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4297: <p>
1.96 louis 4298:
1.247 jufi 4299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4300: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4301: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4302: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4303: </strong></font><br>
4304:
4305: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4306: <p>
4307:
4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4309: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4310: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4311: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4312:
4313: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4314: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4315: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4316: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4317: <p>
1.247 jufi 4318: </ul>
1.86 louis 4319:
1.69 deraadt 4320: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4321: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4322:
1.247 jufi 4323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4324: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4325: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4326: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4327:
4328: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4329: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4330: <p>
1.61 louis 4331:
1.247 jufi 4332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4333: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4334: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4335: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4336: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4337:
4338: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4339: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4340: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4341: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4342: right -- or at least strives to".
4343: <p>
1.48 louis 4344:
1.247 jufi 4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4346: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4347: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4348: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4349: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4350: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4351: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4352: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4353: <p>
1.61 louis 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <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 4356: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4357: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4358:
4359: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4360: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4361: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4362: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4363: <p>
1.46 louis 4364:
1.247 jufi 4365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4366: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4367: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4368: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4369:
4370: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4371: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4372: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4373:
1.247 jufi 4374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4375: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4376: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4377: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4378:
4379: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4380: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4381: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4382: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4383: <p>
1.247 jufi 4384: </ul>
1.70 louis 4385:
1.69 deraadt 4386: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4387: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4390: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4391: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4392: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4393: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4394:
4395: Kurt Seifried
4396: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4397: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4398: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4399: <p>
1.44 philen 4400:
1.247 jufi 4401: <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 4402: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4403: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4404:
4405: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4406: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4407:
1.247 jufi 4408: <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 4409: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4410: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4411:
4412: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4413: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4414:
1.247 jufi 4415: <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 4416: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4417: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4418:
4419: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4420: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4421: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4422: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4423: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <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 4426: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4428:
1.36 louis 4429: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4430: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4431:
1.247 jufi 4432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4433: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4434: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4435: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4436:
4437: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4438: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4439: </ul>
1.38 louis 4440:
1.69 deraadt 4441: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4442: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4443:
1.247 jufi 4444: <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 4445: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4447:
4448: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4449: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4450: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4451:
1.113 naddy 4452: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4453: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4454: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4455: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4456:
4457: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4458: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4459: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4460: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4461: <blockquote>
4462: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4463: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4464: <br>
4465: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4466: </code>
4467: </blockquote>
4468: <p>
4469:
1.247 jufi 4470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4471: <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 4472: <p>
4473:
4474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4475: <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 4476: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4477:
4478: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4479: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4480: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4481: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4482:
1.247 jufi 4483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4484: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4485: Sept. 28, 1999
4486: </strong></font><br>
4487:
4488: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4489: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4490: translating and reprinting articles from
4491: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4492: <p>
4493:
4494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4495: <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 4496: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4497:
4498: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4499: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4500: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4501: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4502: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4503: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4504: <p>
1.19 louis 4505:
1.113 naddy 4506: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4507: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4508: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4509:
4510: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4511: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4512: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4513: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4514: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4515: <p>
1.16 louis 4516:
1.247 jufi 4517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4518: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4519: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4520: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4521:
1.57 louis 4522: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4523: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4524: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4525: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4528: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4529: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4530: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4531:
1.113 naddy 4532: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4533:
1.247 jufi 4534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4535: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4536: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4537: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4538:
1.23 louis 4539: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4540: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4541: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4542: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4543: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4544: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4547: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4548: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4550:
1.199 pvalchev 4551: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4552: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4553: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4554: installation.
1.113 naddy 4555: <p>
1.47 louis 4556:
1.247 jufi 4557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4558: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4559: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4560: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4561:
1.301 jose 4562: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4563: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4564: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4565: </ul>
1.57 louis 4566:
1.69 deraadt 4567: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4568: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4569:
1.247 jufi 4570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4571: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4572: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4573: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4574:
4575: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4576: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4577: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4578: <p>
1.12 louis 4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4581: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4582: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4583: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4584:
4585: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4586: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4587: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4588: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4589: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4590: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4591: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4592: <p>
1.247 jufi 4593: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4594:
1.69 deraadt 4595: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4596: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4599: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4600: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4601:
4602: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4603: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4604: available."
1.113 naddy 4605: <p>
1.301 jose 4606:
4607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4608: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4609: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4610: </strong></font><br>
4611:
4612: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4613: <p>
1.247 jufi 4614: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4615:
1.69 deraadt 4616: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4617: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4620: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4621: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4622:
4623: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4624: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4625: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4626: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4627: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4628: <p>
1.33 louis 4629:
1.247 jufi 4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4631: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4632: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4633: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4634:
1.113 naddy 4635: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4636: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4637: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4638: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4639: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4640: <p>
1.247 jufi 4641: </ul>
1.57 louis 4642:
1.69 deraadt 4643: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4644: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4645:
1.247 jufi 4646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4647: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4648: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4649: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4650:
4651: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4652: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4653: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4654:
1.247 jufi 4655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4656: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4657: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4658: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4659: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4660:
4661: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4662: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4663:
1.247 jufi 4664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4665: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4666:
1.113 naddy 4667: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4668:
1.247 jufi 4669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4670: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4671: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4672: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4673:
4674: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4675: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4676: </ul>
1.23 louis 4677:
1.69 deraadt 4678: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4679: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4680:
1.247 jufi 4681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4682: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4683: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4684:
4685: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4686: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4687: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4688:
1.247 jufi 4689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4690: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4691: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4692: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4693:
4694: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4695: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4696: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4697: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4698: </ul>
1.57 louis 4699:
1.69 deraadt 4700: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4701: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4702:
1.247 jufi 4703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4704: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4705: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4706: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4707:
4708: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4709: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4710: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4711: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4712: <p>
1.15 louis 4713:
1.247 jufi 4714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4715: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4716: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4717: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4718:
4719: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4720: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4721: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4722: columns."
1.113 naddy 4723: <p>
1.247 jufi 4724: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4725:
1.69 deraadt 4726: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4727: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4728:
1.247 jufi 4729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4730: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4731: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4732: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4733:
4734: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4735: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4736:
1.113 naddy 4737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4738: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4739: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4740:
4741: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4742: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4743: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4744: </ul>
1.57 louis 4745:
1.69 deraadt 4746: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4747: <ul>
1.301 jose 4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4749: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4750: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4751: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4752:
4753: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4754: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4755: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4756: <p>
4757:
4758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4759: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4760: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4761: Nov 13, 1998 and
4762: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4763: Datateknik</a>,
4764: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4765:
1.380 saad 4766: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4767: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4768: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4769: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4770: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4771:
1.113 naddy 4772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4773: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4774: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4775: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4776:
1.222 miod 4777: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4778: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4779: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4780: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4781: <p>
1.247 jufi 4782: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4783:
1.69 deraadt 4784: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4785: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4786:
1.247 jufi 4787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4788: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4789: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4790:
1.69 deraadt 4791: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4792: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4793: <p>
1.247 jufi 4794: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4795:
1.69 deraadt 4796: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4797: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4798:
1.247 jufi 4799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4800: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4801: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4802: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4803:
1.383 jcs 4804: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4805: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4806: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4807:
1.247 jufi 4808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4809: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4810: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4811: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4812: <p>
1.247 jufi 4813: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4814:
1.69 deraadt 4815: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4816: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4817:
1.247 jufi 4818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4819: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4820: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4821: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4822: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4823: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4824:
4825: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4826: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4827: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4828: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4829: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4830: <p>
1.247 jufi 4831: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4832:
4833: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4834: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4835:
1.247 jufi 4836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4837: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4838: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4839:
1.69 deraadt 4840: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4841: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4842: <p>
1.112 naddy 4843:
1.247 jufi 4844: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4845: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4846:
1.292 camield 4847: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4848: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4849: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.467 ! grunk 4850: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.466 2005/07/06 22:04:34 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4851:
4852: </body>
4853: </html>