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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>
1.468 ! grunk 72:
! 73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 74: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
! 75: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
! 76: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
! 77: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 78: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
! 79: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
! 80: different institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
! 81: <br>
! 82: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
! 83: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
! 84: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
! 85: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
! 86: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
! 87: and noting when fixes were published; his research shows that
! 88: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
! 89: <p>
! 90:
1.454 ian 91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 92: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
93: Free Bird</a>,
94: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
95: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
96: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
97: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
98: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
99: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
100: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
101: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
102: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
103: room will only be available in the print edition.
104: <p>
1.459 deraadt 105:
1.458 niallo 106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 107: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
108: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
109: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
110: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
111: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
112: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
113: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
114: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
115: <p>
1.457 deraadt 116:
1.456 niallo 117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 118: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 119: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
120: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
121: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
122: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
123: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
124: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 125: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 126: interview.</a>
127: <p>
128:
129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 130: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
131: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
132: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
133: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
134: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
135: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
136: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
137: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
138: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
139: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
140: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
141: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
142: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
143: "I have never used it."
144: <p>
145:
146: </ul>
147:
1.441 deraadt 148: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
149: <ul>
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 151: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
152: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
153: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
154: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
155: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
156: future enhancements.
157: <p>
158:
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 160: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 161: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
162: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
163: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
164: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
165: North America mirror:
166: <ul>
1.452 marco 167: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 168: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
169: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 170: </ul>
171: European mirror:
172: <ul>
1.452 marco 173: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 174: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
175: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
176: </ul>
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 180: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
181: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
182: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
183: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
184: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
185: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 189: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
190: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
191: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
192: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
193: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
194: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
195: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
196: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 200: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
201: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
202: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
203: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
204: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
205: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
206: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
207: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
208: <p>
209:
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 211: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 212: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 213: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
214: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
215: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
216: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
217: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
218: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
219: <p>
220:
221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
222: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 223: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 224: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
225: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
226: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
227: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
228: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 232: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
233: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
234: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 235: </strong></font><br>
236: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
237: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
238: with OpenBSD.
239: </ul>
240:
1.436 henning 241: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
242: <ul>
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 244: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
245: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
246: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
247: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
248: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
249: than closed source, as we have long contended.
250: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
251: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
252: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
253: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
254: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
255: <p>
256: This article can also be found online as
257: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
258: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 262: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
263: </strong></font><br>
264: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
265: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 269: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
270: </strong></font><br>
271: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
272: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 273: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 274: the issues we had with IETF.
275: </ul>
276:
1.431 ian 277: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
278: <ul>
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 280: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
281: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
282: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
283: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
284: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
285: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
286: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 290: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
291: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
292: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
293: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
294: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
295: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 296: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 297: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
298: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
299: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
300: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
301: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
302: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
303: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
304: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
305:
306: </ul>
307:
1.427 matthieu 308: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
309: <ul>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 312: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
313: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
314: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
315: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
316: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
317: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
318: firmware.
1.434 ian 319: Similar articles can be found online at:
320: <ul>
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
322: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
323: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
324: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
326: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
327: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
328: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
330: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
331: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
332: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 334: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 335: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
336: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
337: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 338: </ul>
339:
1.426 ian 340: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
341: <ul>
342:
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
344: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
345: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
346: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
347: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 348: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 349: mechanism: what it is and why and
350: how to use it, with examples.
351: Another excerpt from the book
352: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
353: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
357: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
358: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
359: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
360: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
361: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
362: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
363: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
364: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
365: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
366: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
367: This article is a sample chapter from
368: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
369: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
370: <p>
1.443 ian 371:
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 373: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 374: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
375: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
376: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
377: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
378: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
379: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
380: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
381: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
382: ends with a sidebar on security.
383: <p>
1.426 ian 384: </ul>
385:
1.424 ian 386: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
387: <ul>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 390: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
391: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
392: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
393: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
394: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
395: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
396: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
397: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
398: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
399: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
400: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
401: <p>
402: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
403: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
404: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 408: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
409: Closed Source Hardware</a>
410: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
411: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
412: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
413: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
414: operating systems.
415: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
416: OpenBSD on his firewall.
417: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
418: systems, he writes:
419: <blockquote>
420: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
421: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
422: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
423: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
424: to the operating system...
425: <br/>
426: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
427: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
428: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
429: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
430: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
431: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
432: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
433: in a closed source operating system).
434: <br/>
435: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
436: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
437: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
438: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
439: </blockquote>
440: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
441: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
442: their hardware and software operates.
443: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
444: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 445: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 446: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
447: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
448: <p>
449: </ul>
450:
1.417 pvalchev 451: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
452: <ul>
1.421 ian 453:
1.417 pvalchev 454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 455: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
456: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
457: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
458: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
459: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
460: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
461: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
462: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
463: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
464: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
465: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 466: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 467: <p>
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 469: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
470: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
471: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
472: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
473: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
474: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
475: it claims to do".
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 479: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 480: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
481: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
482: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
483: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 484: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 485: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
486: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
487: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
488: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
489: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
490: (yes, this is a hint).
491: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
492: picked up on the
493: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
494: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 495: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 496: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
497: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 501: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
502: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
503: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
504: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
505: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
506: questions about the significance and rationale behind
507: the current efforts.
508: <p>
509: </ul>
510:
1.407 henning 511: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
512: <ul>
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 514: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
515: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
516: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
517: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
518: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
519: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
520: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
521: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 525: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
526: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
527: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
528: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
529: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
530: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
531: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
532: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
533: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 534: <p>
1.415 ian 535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 537: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 538: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
539: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
540: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
541: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
542: overflow attacks... because
543: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
544: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
545: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
546: and propolice.
547: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
548: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
549: and that's when the science falls apart."
550: <p>
551:
552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 553: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
554: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
555: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
556: Starts with the question:
557: <blockquote>
558: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
559: <br/>
560: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
561: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
562: <br/>
563: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
564: Should we believe them?"
565: </blockquote>
566: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
567: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
568: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
569: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
570: for your mail, web and other online activities.
571: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 575: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
576: Simple Simon</a>,
577: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
578: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
579: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
580: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
581: routing/firewall, and more.
582: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
583: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
584: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
585: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
586: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
587: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
588: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
589: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
590: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
591: </blockquote>
592: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
593: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
594: <p>
595:
596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 597: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
598: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 599: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 600: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 601: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
602: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
603: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 604: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 605: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
606: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
607: in spite of it
608: (registration required, but worth it).
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
612: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
613: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
614: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
615: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
616: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
617: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
618: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 619: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 620: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
621: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
622: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
623: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 627: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
628: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
629: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
630: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
631: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
632: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
633: <blockquote>
634: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
635: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
636: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
637: a lot of analysis.
638: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
639: </blockquote>
640: <p>
641: </ul>
642:
1.400 marco 643: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
644: <ul>
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 646: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
647: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
648: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
649: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
650: UNIX-like systems.
651: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
652: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
653: <p>
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 655: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
656: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 657: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
658: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
659: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
660: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
661: At one point, the article states:
662: <blockquote>
663: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
664: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
665: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
666: </blockquote>
667: And then quotes Theo as saying:
668: <blockquote>
669: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
670: fewer are reading or auditing code."
671: </blockquote>
672: <p>
673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
674: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
675: marks its fifth birthday</a>
676: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
677: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
678: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
679: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
680: required).
681: <p>
682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 683: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
684: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
685: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
686: </strong></font><br>
687: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
688: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
689: <p>
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 691: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
692: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 693: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 694: </strong></font><br>
695: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
696: <p>
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 698: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
699: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 700: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 701: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 702: 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 703: <p>
704: </ul>
705:
1.396 henning 706: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
707: <ul>
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 709: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
710: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
711: Unix Review, July, 2004
712: </strong></font><br>
713: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
714: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 715: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 716: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
717: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
718: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
719: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
720: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
721: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
722: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
723: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
724: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
725: and even spelling/wording errors.
726: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
727: <p>
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 729: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 730: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
731: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
732: </strong></font><br>
733: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
734: <p>
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 736: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 737: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
738: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
739: </strong></font><br>
740: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
741: <p>
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 743: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
744: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
745: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
746: </strong></font><br>
747: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
748: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
749: <p>
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 751: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
752: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
753: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
754: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
755: <p>
756: </ul>
757:
1.405 jolan 758: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
759: <ul>
760: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
761: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 762: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 763: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
764: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
765: details on how funds are dispersed.
766: <p>
767: </ul>
768:
1.393 david 769: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
770: <ul>
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 772: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
773: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
774: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
775: </strong></font><br>
776: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
777: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
778: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
779: on inserting large number of SQL records.
780: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
781: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
782: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 786: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
787: Secure by Default</a>,
788: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
789: </strong></font><br>
790: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
791: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
795: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
796: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
797: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
798: </strong></font><br>
799: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
800: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
801: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
802: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
803: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
804: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
805: <p>
806:
807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
808: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
809: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
810: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
811: </strong></font><br>
812: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
813: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
814: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
818: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
819: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
820: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
821: </strong></font><br>
822: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
823: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
824: <p>
825: </ul>
826:
1.388 mcbride 827: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
828: <ul>
1.394 jolan 829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
831: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
832: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
833: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
834: </strong></font><br>
835: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
836: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
837: available for sparc64.
838: <p>
839:
1.390 beck 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 841: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
842: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
843: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
844: </strong></font><br>
845: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
846: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
847: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
848: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
849: <p>
850:
851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 852: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
853: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 854: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 855: </strong></font><br>
856: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
857: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
858: it does: CARP provides sharing
859: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
860: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
861: detail to get you started using it.
862: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
863: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
864: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
865: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
866: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
867: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
868: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 869: <p>
1.391 ian 870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 872: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 873: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
874: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 875: </strong></font><br>
876: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 877: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 878: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 879: <p>
1.388 mcbride 880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
882: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
883: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 884: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 885: </strong></font><br>
886: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
887: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
888: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
889: unencumbered by patents.
890: <p>
891: </ul>
892:
1.378 henning 893: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
894: <ul>
1.384 jose 895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 897: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
898: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
899: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
900: </strong></font><br>
901: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
902: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
903: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
904: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
905: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
906: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
907: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
908: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
909: in the page tables."
910: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
911: <p>
912:
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 914: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
915: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
916: </strong></font><br>
917: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
918: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
919: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
920: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 921: <p>
1.384 jose 922:
1.378 henning 923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 924: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
925: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 926: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
927: </strong></font><br>
928: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
929: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
930: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
931: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
932: (quote:
933: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
934: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 935: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 936: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
937: the other developers for their work on the system.
938: <p>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 941: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
942: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
943: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 944: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 945: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
946: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
947: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
948: too.
949: <p>
950:
951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 952: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
953: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 954: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 955: OpenBSD source code using
956: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
957: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
958: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
959: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
960: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
961: <p>
962: </ul>
963:
1.374 jose 964: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
965: <ul>
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 967: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 968: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
969: </strong></font><br>
970: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
971: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
972: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
973: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
974: it."
975: <p>
976:
977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 978: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
979: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
980: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
981: </strong></font><br/>
982: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
983: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
984: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
985: <p>
986: </ul>
987:
1.369 ian 988: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
989: <ul>
990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 991: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
992: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
993: </strong></font><br/>
994: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
995: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
996: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
997: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
998: <p>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1001: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1002: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1003: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1004: </strong></font><br/>
1005: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1006: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1007: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1008: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1009: form factor.
1010: <p>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1013: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1014: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1015: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1016: Features</a>,
1017: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1018: </strong></font><br/>
1019: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1020: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1021: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1022: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1023: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1024: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1025: <p>
1026: This article can also be found online at:
1027: <ul>
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1029: <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 1030: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1031: </strong></font>
1032: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1033: </ul>
1034: <p>
1.392 david 1035:
1.371 jose 1036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1037: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1038: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1039: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1040: </strong></font><br/>
1041: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1042: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1043: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1044: <p>
1.371 jose 1045:
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1047: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1048: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1049: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1050: </strong></font><br/>
1051: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1052: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1053: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1054: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1055: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1056: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1057: and its history with OpenBSD.
1058: </ul>
1059:
1.368 henning 1060: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1061: <ul>
1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1063: [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 1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1066: </ul>
1067:
1.364 jose 1068: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1069: <ul>
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1071: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1072: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1073: UNIX Review,
1074: July, 2003.
1075: </strong></font><br>
1076: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1077: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1078: who want more information.
1079: <p>
1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1082: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1083: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1084: Government Computer News,
1085: July 22, 2003.
1086: </strong></font><br>
1087: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1088: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1089: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1090: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1091: <p>
1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1094: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1095: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1096: SANS Institute,
1097: July 22, 2003.
1098: </strong></font><br>
1099: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1100: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1101: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1102: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1103: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1104: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1105: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1106: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1107: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1108: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1109: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1110: <p>
1111:
1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1113: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1114: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1115: OnLamp.com,
1116: July 17, 2003.
1117: </strong></font><br>
1118: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1119: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1120: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1121: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1122: have been working on.
1123:
1124: </ul>
1125:
1.356 jose 1126: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1127: <ul>
1128:
1129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1130: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1131: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1132: UNIX Review,
1133: June, 2003.
1134: </strong></font><br>
1135: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1136: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1137: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1138: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1139: <p>
1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1142: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1143: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1144: eWeek,
1145: June 23, 2003.
1146: </strong></font><br>
1147: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1148: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1149: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1150: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1151: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1152: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1153: <p>
1154:
1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1156: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1157: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1158: Software Development Online,
1159: June, 2003.
1160: </strong></font><br>
1161: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1162: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1163: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1164: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1165: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1166: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1167: current activities.
1168: <p>
1169:
1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1171: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1172: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1173: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1174: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1175: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1176: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1177: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1178: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1179: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1180: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1181: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1182: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1183: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1184: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1185: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1186: decisions.
1187: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1188: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1189: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1190: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1191: <p>
1192:
1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1194: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1195: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1196: Page 58, eWeek,
1197: June 2, 2003.
1198: </strong></font><br>
1199: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1200: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1201: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1202: been addressed in -current.
1203: <p>
1204:
1.356 jose 1205: </ul>
1206:
1207: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1208: <ul>
1209:
1.355 jose 1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1211: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1212: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1213: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1214: </strong></font><br>
1215: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1216: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1217: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1218: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1219: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1220: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1221: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1222: <p>
1223:
1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1225: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1226: Beyond Linux</a>,
1227: InfoWorld,
1228: May 23, 2003.
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1231: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1232: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1233: compared to the GPL.
1234: <p>
1235:
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1237: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1238: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1239: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1240: May 17, 2003.
1241: </strong></font><br>
1242: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1243: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1244: the business section and half of another page inside
1245: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1246: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1247: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1248: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1249: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1250: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1251: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1252: <br>
1253: This article can also be found online at:
1254: <ul>
1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1256: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1257: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1258: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1259: May 17, 2003
1260: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1261: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1263: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1264: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1265: Montreal Gazette,
1266: May 21, 2003
1267: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1268: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1269: <p>
1.346 ian 1270:
1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1272: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1273: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1274: May 7, 2003.
1275: </strong></font><br>
1276: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1277: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1278: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1279: <p>
1280:
1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1282: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1283: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1284: OsOpinion,
1285: May 6, 2003.
1286: </strong></font><br>
1287: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1288: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1289: <br>
1290: This article can also be found online at:
1291: <ul>
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1293: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1294: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1295: NewsFactor Network.
1296: </strong></font>
1297: </ul>
1298: <p>
1299:
1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1301: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1302: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1303: ITBusiness,
1304: May 2, 2003.
1305: </strong></font><br>
1306: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1307: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1308: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1309: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1310: <p>
1311:
1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1313: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1314: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1315: InfoWorld,
1316: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1317: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1318: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1319: <br>
1320: This article can also be found online at:
1321: <ul>
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1323: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1324: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1325: IDG Singapore.
1326: </strong></font>
1327: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1328: <p>
1329:
1.339 jose 1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1331: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1332: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1333: ZDNet,
1334: May 1, 2003.
1335: </strong></font><br>
1336: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1337: someone using parts from previous articles.
1338: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1339: This article can also be found online at:
1340: <ul>
1341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1342: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1343: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1344: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1345: </strong></font>
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1347: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1348: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1349: CNET News.com.
1350: </strong></font>
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1352: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1353: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1354: ZDNet UK.
1355: </strong></font>
1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1357: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1358: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1359: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1360: </strong></font>
1361: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1362: <p>
1.339 jose 1363:
1.341 deraadt 1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1365: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1366: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1367: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1368: May 1, 2003.
1369: </strong></font><br>
1370: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1371: that have been added
1372: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1373: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1374: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1375: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1376: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1377: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1378: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1379: <p>
1380:
1381: </ul>
1382:
1.253 ian 1383: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1384: <ul>
1.255 ian 1385:
1.260 ian 1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1387: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1388: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1389: TechRepublic,
1390: April 28, 2003.
1391: </strong></font><br>
1392: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1393: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1394: work.<br>
1395: Can also be found online at:
1396: <ul>
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1398: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1399: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1400: ZDNet UK.
1401: </strong></font>
1402: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1403: <p>
1404:
1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1406: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1407: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1408: IDG,
1409: April 24, 2003.
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1412: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1413: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1414: Can also be found online at:
1415: <ul>
1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1417: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1418: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1419: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1420: </strong></font>
1421: </ul>
1422: <p>
1423:
1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1425: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1426: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1427: Slate,
1428: April 24, 2003.
1429: </strong></font><br>
1430: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1431: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1432: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1433: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1434: <p>
1435:
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1437: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1438: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1439: April 24, 2003.
1440: </strong></font><br>
1441: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1442: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1443: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1444: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1445: <p>
1446:
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1448: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1449: April 24, 2003.
1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1452: the free software community".
1453: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1454: other articles.
1455: <p>
1456:
1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1458: <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 1459: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1460: </strong></font><br>
1461: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1462: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1463: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1464: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1465: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1466: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1467: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1468: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1469: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1470: <br/>
1471: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1472: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1473: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1474: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1475: <br>
1476: Can also be found online at:
1477: <ul>
1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1479: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1480: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1481: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1482: </strong></font>
1483: </ul>
1.324 ian 1484: <p>
1485:
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1487: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1488: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1489: </strong></font><br>
1490: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1491: article above.
1492: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1493: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1494: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1495: <br>
1496: Can also be found online at:
1497: <ul>
1498: <li>
1499: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1500: </strong></font>
1501: </ul>
1.324 ian 1502: <p>
1503:
1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1505: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1506: </strong></font><br>
1507: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1508: <p>
1509:
1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1511: <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.
1512: </strong></font><br>
1513: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1514: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1515: <p>
1516:
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1518: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1519: April 23, 2003.
1520: </strong></font><br>
1521: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1522: <p>
1523:
1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1525: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1526: April 22, 2003.
1527: </strong></font><br>
1528: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1529: <p>
1530:
1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1532: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1533: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1534: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1535: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1536: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1537: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1538: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1539: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1540: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1541: Can also be found online at:
1542: <ul>
1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1544: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1545: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1546: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1547: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1549: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1550: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1551: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1552: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1553: </ul>
1554: <p>
1555:
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1557: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1558: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1559: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1560: </strong></font><br>
1561: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1562: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1563: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1564: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1565: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1566: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1567: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1568: <p>
1569:
1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1571: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1572: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1573: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1574: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1575: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1576: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1577: at UPenn and DARPA.
1578: <p>
1579:
1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1581: [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,
1582: France
1.315 deraadt 1583: April 18, 2003.
1584: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1585: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1586: <p>
1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1589: [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 1590: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1593: <p>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1596: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1597: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1598: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1599: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1600: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1601: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1602: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1603: <p>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1606: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1607: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1608: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1609: </strong></font><br>
1610: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1611: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1612: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1613: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1614: <p>
1615:
1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1617: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1618: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1619: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1620: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1621: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1622: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1623: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1624: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1625: Can also be found online at:
1626: <ul>
1627: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1628: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1629: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1630: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1631: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1632: <p>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1635: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1636: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1637: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1638: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1639: </strong></font><br>
1640: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1641: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1642: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1643: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1644: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1647: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1648: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1649: New York Times.
1650: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1651:
1.273 deraadt 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1653: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1654: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1655: ABC News.
1656: </strong></font>
1657:
1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1659: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1660: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1661: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1662: </strong></font>
1663:
1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1665: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1666: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1667: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1668: </strong></font>
1669:
1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1671: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1672: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1673: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1674: </strong></font>
1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1677: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1678: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1679: Times Daily, AL.
1680: </strong></font>
1681:
1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1683: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1684: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1685: Boston.com, MA.
1686: </strong></font>
1687:
1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1689: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1690: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1691: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1692: </strong></font>
1693:
1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1695: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1696: [Article was pulled]</a>
1697: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1698: </strong></font>
1699:
1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1701: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1702: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1703: Infoshop News.
1704: </strong></font>
1705:
1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1707: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1708: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1709: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1710: </strong></font>
1711:
1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1713: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1714: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1715: Raleigh News, NC.
1716: </strong></font>
1717:
1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1719: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1720: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1721: Napa News, CA.
1722: </strong></font>
1723:
1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1725: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1726: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1727: NEPA News, PA.
1728: </strong></font>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1731: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1732: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1733: Wired News.
1734: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1735: <br>
1736: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1737: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1738: [JAPANESE]
1739: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1740: Wired News Japan</a>
1741: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1742:
1.271 deraadt 1743: </ul>
1744: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1745: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1746: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1747: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1748: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1749: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1750: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1751: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1752: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1753: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1754: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1755: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1756: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1757: <p>
1758: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1759:
1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1761: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1762: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1763: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1764: </strong></font>
1765:
1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1767: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1768: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1769: Miami Herald, FL.
1770: </strong></font>
1771:
1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1773: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1774: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1775: </strong></font>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1778: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1779: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1780: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1781: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1782:
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1784: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1785: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1786: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1787: ABC News.
1788: </strong></font>
1789:
1.276 deraadt 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1791: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1792: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1793: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1794: </strong></font>
1795:
1.286 dhartmei 1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1797: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1798: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1799: Wilmington Star, NC.
1800: </strong></font>
1801:
1.300 jose 1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1803: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1804: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1805: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1806: </strong></font>
1807:
1.309 jose 1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1809: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1810: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1811: Globe Technology.
1812: </strong></font>
1813:
1.263 deraadt 1814: </ul>
1.262 beck 1815: <p>
1816:
1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1818: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1819: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1820: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1821: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1822: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1823: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1824: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1825: <p>
1826:
1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1828: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1829: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1830: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1832: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1833: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1834: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1835: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1836: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1837: and simply restates other press reports.
1838: <p>
1839:
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1841: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1842: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1843: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1844: </strong></font><br>
1845: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1846: <p>
1847:
1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1849: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1850: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1851: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1852: </strong></font><br>
1853: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1854: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1855: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1856: <p>
1857:
1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1859: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1860: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1861: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1862: April 17, 2003.
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1865: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1866: Tech Anthems</a>
1867: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1868: 4 so far.
1869: <p>
1870:
1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1872: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1873: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1874: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1875: </strong></font><br>
1876: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1877: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1878: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1879: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1880: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1881: Goes on to say:
1882: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1883: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1884: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1885: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1886: This article is also found online at:
1887: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1889: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1890: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1891: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1894: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1895: ZDnet</a>,
1896: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1897: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1899: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1900: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1901: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1902: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1903: </ul>
1.260 ian 1904: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1905:
1.260 ian 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1907: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1908: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1909: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1910: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1911: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1912: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1913: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1914: without notice or justification.
1915: <p>
1916:
1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1918: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1919: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1920: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1921: </strong></font><br>
1922: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1923: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1924: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1925: effective today, without any warning..."
1926: <p>
1.257 ian 1927:
1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1929: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1930: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1931: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1932: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1933: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1934: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1935: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1936: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1937: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1938: <p>
1939:
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1941: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1942: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1943: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1944: </strong></font><br>
1945: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1946: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1947: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1948: quoting two of them:
1949: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1950: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1951: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1952: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1953: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1954: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1955: <p>
1956:
1.255 ian 1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1958: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1959: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1960: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1961: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1962: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1963: <p>
1964:
1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1966: [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 1967: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1968: </strong></font><br>
1969: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1970: <p>
1971:
1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1973: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1974: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1975: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1976: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1977: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1978: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1979: security experts for more than three decades."
1980: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1981: <p>
1.261 ian 1982:
1.254 drahn 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1984: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1985: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1986: </strong></font><br>
1987: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1988: <p>
1989:
1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1991: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1992: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1993: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1994: </strong></font><br>
1995: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1996: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1997: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1998: <p>
1999:
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2001: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2002: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2003: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2004: </strong></font><br>
2005: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2006: from US DARPA.
2007: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2008: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2009: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2010: the BSD license.
2011: <p>
2012: </ul>
2013:
1.251 ian 2014: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2015: <ul>
2016:
2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2018: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2019: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2020: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2021: </strong></font><br>
2022:
2023: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2024: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2025: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2026: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2027: <p>
2028:
2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2030: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2031: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2032: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2033: </strong></font><br>
2034: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2035: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2036: Mentions
2037: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2038: and
2039: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2040: programs.
2041: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2042: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2043: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2044: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2045: <p>
1.325 ian 2046: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2047: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2048:
2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2050: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2051: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2052: </strong></font><br>
2053: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2054: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2055: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2056: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2057: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2058: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2059: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2060: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2061: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2062: put into service."
2063: <p>
2064: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2065: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2066: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2067: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2068: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2069: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2070: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2071: computers with security features."
2072: <p>
1.329 ian 2073:
2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2075: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2076: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2077: Slate,
2078: March 3, 2003.
2079: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2080: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2081: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2082: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2083: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2084: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2085: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2086: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2087: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2088: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2089: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2090: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2091: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2092: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2093: of more secure open-source solutions like
2094: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2095: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2096: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2097: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2098: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2099: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2100: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2101: the Beltway."
2102: <p>
1.251 ian 2103: </ul>
2104:
1.249 jufi 2105: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2106: <ul>
2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2108: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2109: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2110: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2111: </strong></font><br>
2112: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2113: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2114: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2115: <p>
1.334 ian 2116:
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2118: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2119: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2120: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2121: </strong></font><br>
2122: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2123: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2124: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2125: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2126: "... the hypothetical question ...
2127: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2128: <br>
2129: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2130: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2131: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2132: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2133: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2134: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2135: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2136: support network security.
2137: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2138: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2139: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2140: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2141: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2142: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2143: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2144: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2145: <br>
2146: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2147: <p>
2148:
1.249 jufi 2149: </ul>
2150:
1.246 jufi 2151: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2152: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2153:
1.247 jufi 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2155: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2156: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2157: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2158: </strong></font><br>
2159: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2160: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2161: <p>
2162:
1.247 jufi 2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2164: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2165: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2166: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2167: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2168: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2169: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2170: <p>
2171:
2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2173: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2174: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2175: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2176: </strong></font><br>
2177: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2178: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2179: <p>
1.247 jufi 2180: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2181:
1.244 jufi 2182: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2183: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2186: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2187: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2188: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2189: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2190: </strong></font><br>
2191: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2192: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2193: md5 digests.
2194: <p>
2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2197: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2198: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2199: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2200: </strong></font><br>
2201: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2202: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2203: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2204: right the first time."
2205: <p>
1.247 jufi 2206: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2207:
2208:
2209: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2210: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2211:
1.247 jufi 2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2213: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2214: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2215: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2216: </strong></font><br>
2217: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2218: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2219: part 6</a>.
2220: <p>
2221:
1.247 jufi 2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2223: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2224: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2225: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2226: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2227: </strong></font><br>
2228: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2229: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2230: <p>
1.301 jose 2231:
2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2233: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2234: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2235: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2236: </strong></font><br>
2237:
2238: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2239: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2240: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2241: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2242: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2243: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2244: <i>Here's the
2245: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2246: <p>
1.247 jufi 2247: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2248:
2249: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2250: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2251:
1.247 jufi 2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2253: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2254: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2255: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2256: </strong></font><br>
2257: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2258: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2259: <p>
2260:
1.247 jufi 2261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2262: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2263: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2264: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2265: </strong></font><br>
2266: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2267: this time using pf.
2268: <p>
1.247 jufi 2269: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2270:
2271: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2272: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2275: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2276: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2277: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2278: </strong></font><br>
2279: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2280: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2281: their rotation.
2282: <p>
2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2285: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2286: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2287: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2288: </strong></font><br>
2289: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2290: <p>
1.247 jufi 2291: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2292:
1.239 jufi 2293: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2294: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2295:
1.247 jufi 2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2297: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2298: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2299: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2300: </strong></font><br>
2301: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2302: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2303: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2304: <p>
2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2307: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2308: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2309: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2310: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2311: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2312: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2313: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2314: <p>
1.247 jufi 2315: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2316:
1.235 lebel 2317: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2318: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2319:
1.239 jufi 2320:
1.247 jufi 2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2322: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2323: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2324: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2325: </strong></font><br>
2326: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2327: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2328: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2329: <p>
1.301 jose 2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2332:
1.228 horacio 2333: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2334: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2337: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2338: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2339: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2342: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2343: <p>
2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2346: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2347: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2348: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2349: </strong></font><br>
2350: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2351: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2352: <p>
2353:
1.247 jufi 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2355: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2356: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2357: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2358: </strong></font><br>
2359: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2360: on the desktop of his parents.
2361: <p>
2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2364: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2365: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2366: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2367: </strong></font><br>
2368: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2369: using IPFilter.
2370:
2371: <p>
2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2374: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2375: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2376: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2377: </strong></font><br>
2378: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2379: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2380: perspectives of the four OS.
2381: <br>
2382: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2383: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2384: <p>
2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2387: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2388: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2389: software and security</a>,
2390: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2391: </strong></font><br>
2392:
2393: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2394: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2395: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2396: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2397: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2398: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2399: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2400: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2401: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2402: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2403: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2404: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2405: <p>
1.247 jufi 2406: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2407:
1.225 horacio 2408: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2409: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2410:
1.247 jufi 2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2412: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2413: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2414: Interview</a>,
2415: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2416: </strong></font><br>
2417:
2418: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2419: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2420: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2421: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2422: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2423: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2424: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2425: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2426: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2427: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2428: of choice.
2429: <p>
1.247 jufi 2430: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2431:
2432: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2433: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2436: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2437: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2438: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2439: </strong></font><br>
2440:
2441: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2442: <p>
2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2445: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2446: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2447: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2448: </strong></font><br>
2449:
2450: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2451: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2452: <p>
1.247 jufi 2453: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2454:
1.218 horacio 2455: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2456: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2459: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2460: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2461: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463:
2464: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2465: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2466: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2467: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2468: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2469: subjects. Worth a read.
2470: <p>
2471:
2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2474: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2475: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2476: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2477: </strong></font><br>
2478:
2479: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2480: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2481: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2482: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2483: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2484: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2485: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2486: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2487: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2488: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2489: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2490: on other operating systems.<br>
2491: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2492: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2493: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2494: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2495: <p>
2496:
1.247 jufi 2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2498: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2499: Operating System 2010</a>,
2500: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2504: covering the level of software integration into the core
2505: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2506: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2507: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2508: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2509: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2510: <p>
2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2513: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2514: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2515: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2516: </strong></font><br>
2517:
2518: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2519: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2520: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2521: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2522: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2523: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2524: <p>
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2526:
1.210 jufi 2527: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2528: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2531: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2532: Already a Contender</a>,
2533: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2534: </strong></font><br>
2535:
2536: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2537: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2538: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2539: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2540: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2541: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2542: <p>
2543:
1.247 jufi 2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2545: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2546: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2547: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2548: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2549:
1.224 horacio 2550: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2551: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2552: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2553: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2554: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2555: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2556: <p>
1.247 jufi 2557: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2558:
2559: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2560: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2563: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2564: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2565: Division</a>,
2566: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2567: </strong></font><br>
2568:
2569: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2570: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2571: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2572: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2573: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2574: investment</em>.<br>
2575: The implementation details can be seen on their
2576: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2577: <p>
2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2580: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2581: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2582: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2583: </strong></font><br>
2584:
2585: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2586: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2587: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2588: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2589: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2590: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2591: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2592: <p>
2593:
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2595: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2596: Thinking about Security</a>,
2597: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2598: </strong></font><br>
2599:
2600: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2601: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2602: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2603: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2604: to time.<br>
2605: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2606: system and just the most secure system.
2607: <p>
2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2610: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2611: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2612: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
2615: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2616: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2617: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2618: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2619: choice:<br>
2620: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2621: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2622: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2623: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2624: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2625: network security devices and as such must be well
2626: armored."</em><br>
2627: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2628: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2629: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2630: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2631: <br>
2632: Bravo!
2633: <p>
1.247 jufi 2634: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2635:
1.207 ian 2636: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2637: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2640: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2641: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2642: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2643:
1.207 ian 2644: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2645: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2646: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2647: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2648: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2649: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2650: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2651: <p>
1.247 jufi 2652: </ul>
1.207 ian 2653:
1.194 jufi 2654: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2655: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2656:
1.247 jufi 2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2658: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2659: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2660: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2661: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2662:
1.240 miod 2663: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2664: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2665: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2666: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2667: <p>
2668:
1.247 jufi 2669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2670: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2671: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2672: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2673:
2674: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2675: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2676: <p>
2677:
2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2679: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2680: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2681: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2682:
2683: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2684: <p>
2685:
2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2687: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2688: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2689: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2690: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2691:
1.240 miod 2692: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2693: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2694: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2695: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2696: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2697: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2698: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2699: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2700: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2701: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2702: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2703: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2704: <p>
2705:
1.247 jufi 2706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2707: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2708: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2709: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2710: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2711:
1.194 jufi 2712: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2713: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2714: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2715: <br>
2716: The new
2717: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2718: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2719: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2720: <p>
1.247 jufi 2721: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2722:
1.190 horacio 2723: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2724: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2727:
2728: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2729: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2730:
1.301 jose 2731:
1.191 jufi 2732: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2733: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2734:
2735: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2736: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2737:
1.212 horacio 2738: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2739: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2740: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2741:
1.211 horacio 2742: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2743: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2744: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2747: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2748:
1.247 jufi 2749: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2750: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2751:
1.212 horacio 2752: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2753: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2754: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2755:
2756: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2757: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2758:
2759: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2760: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2761:
1.301 jose 2762: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2763: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2764:
1.191 jufi 2765: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2766: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2767:
2768: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2769: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2770:
1.192 jufi 2771: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2772: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2773: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2774:
1.193 deraadt 2775: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2776: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2777: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2780: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2783: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2784: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2785:
1.213 horacio 2786: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2787: 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 2788: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2789:
1.190 horacio 2790: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2791: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2792: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2793: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2794: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2795: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2796: <p>
1.190 horacio 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2799: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2800: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2801: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2802: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2803:
1.195 jufi 2804: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2805: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2806: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2807: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2808: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2809: <p>
2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2812: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2813: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2814: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2815: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2816:
1.191 jufi 2817: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2818: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2819: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2820: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2821: <p>
2822:
2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2824: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2825: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2826: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2827:
2828: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2829: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2830: <p>
1.247 jufi 2831: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2832:
1.191 jufi 2833:
1.186 jufi 2834: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2835: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2838: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2839: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2840: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2842:
1.188 jufi 2843: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2844: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2845: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2846: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2847: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2848: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2849: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2850: <p>
2851:
1.301 jose 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2853: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2854: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2855: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2856:
2857: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2858: <p>
1.191 jufi 2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2861: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2862: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2863: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
2866: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2867: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2868: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2869: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2870: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2871: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2872: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2873: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2874: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2875: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2876: familiar?
2877: <p>
1.247 jufi 2878: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2879:
1.178 louis 2880: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2881: <ul>
1.178 louis 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2884: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2885: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2886: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
2889: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2890: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2891: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2892: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2893: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2894: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2895: <p>
2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2898: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2899: Open source under the hood</a>,
2900: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2901: </strong></font><br>
2902:
2903: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2904: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2905: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2906: <p>
2907:
1.247 jufi 2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2909: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2910: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2911: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2912: </strong></font><br>
2913:
2914: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2915: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2916: <p>
1.247 jufi 2917: </ul>
1.179 louis 2918:
1.174 louis 2919:
1.175 louis 2920: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2921: <ul>
1.175 louis 2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2924: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2925: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2926: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2927: </strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2930: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2931: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2932: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2933: <p>
2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2936: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2937: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2938: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2939: </strong></font><br>
2940:
2941: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2942: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2943: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2944: <p>
1.247 jufi 2945: </ul>
1.175 louis 2946:
1.176 louis 2947:
1.172 mickey 2948: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2949: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2952: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2953: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2954: </strong></font><br>
2955:
2956: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2957: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2958: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2959: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2960: <p>
2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2963: <a
1.269 deraadt 2964: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2965: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2966: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2967: </strong></font><br>
2968:
2969: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2970: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2971: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2972: <p>
2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2975: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2976: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2977: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2978: </strong></font><br>
2979:
2980: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2981: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2982: <p>
2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2985: <a
1.269 deraadt 2986: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2987: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2988: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2989: </strong></font><br>
2990:
2991: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2992: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2993: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2994: our own Theo de Raadt.
2995: <p>
2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2998: <a
1.269 deraadt 2999: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3000: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3001: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3002: </strong></font><br>
3003:
3004: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3005: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3006: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3007: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3008: shut down.]
3009: <p>
3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3012: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3013: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3014: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3015: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3016: </strong></font><br>
3017:
3018: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3019: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3020: <p>
1.247 jufi 3021: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3022:
1.161 louis 3023: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3024: <ul>
1.161 louis 3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3027: <a
1.269 deraadt 3028: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3029: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3030: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3031: </strong></font><br>
3032:
3033: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3034: by John Wolley
3035: <p>
3036:
1.247 jufi 3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3038: <a
1.269 deraadt 3039: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3040: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3041: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3042: </strong></font><br>
3043:
3044: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3045: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3046: OpenBSD).
3047: <p>
3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3050: <a
1.247 jufi 3051: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3052: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3053: </strong></font><br>
3054:
3055: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3056: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3057: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3058: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3059: and hindsight.
3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3063: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3064: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3065: </strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3068: <p>
3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3071: <a
1.168 provos 3072: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3073: December 7, 2000
3074: </strong></font><br>
3075:
3076: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3077: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3078: us explain.
3079: <p>
3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3082: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3083: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3084: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3085: December 6, 2000
3086: </strong></font><br>
3087:
3088: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3089: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3090: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3091: <p>
3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3094: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3095: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3096: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3097: </strong></font><br>
3098:
3099: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3100: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3101: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3102: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3103: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3104: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3105: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3106: <p>
3107:
3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3109: <a
1.226 horacio 3110: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3111: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3112: </strong></font><br>
3113:
3114: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3115: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3116: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3117: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3118: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3119: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3120: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3121: <p>
1.162 millert 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3124: <a
1.161 louis 3125: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3126: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3127: </strong></font><br>
3128:
3129: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3130: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3131: <p>
3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3134: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3135: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3136: </strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3139: <p>
3140:
3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3143: <a
1.226 horacio 3144: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3145: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3146: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3147: </strong></font><br>
3148:
3149: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3150: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3151: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3152: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3153: <p>
1.247 jufi 3154: </ul>
1.169 louis 3155:
1.158 louis 3156: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3157: <ul>
1.147 louis 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3160: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3161: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3162: </strong></font><br>
3163:
3164: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3165: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3166: <p>
3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3169: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3170: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3171: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3172: </strong></font><br>
3173: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3174: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3175: <p>
3176:
1.247 jufi 3177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3178: <a
3179: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3180: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3181: </strong></font><br>
3182:
3183: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3184: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3185: <p>
3186:
1.247 jufi 3187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3188: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3189: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3190: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3191:
1.213 horacio 3192: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3193: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3194: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3195: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3196: <p>
1.215 horacio 3197:
1.247 jufi 3198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3199: <a
3200: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3201: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3205: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3206: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3207: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3208: much of the attitude too).
3209: <p>
1.161 louis 3210:
1.247 jufi 3211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3212: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3213: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3214: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3215:
1.157 louis 3216: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3217: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3218: <p>
1.247 jufi 3219: </ul>
1.157 louis 3220:
3221: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3222: <ul>
1.157 louis 3223:
1.247 jufi 3224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3225: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3226: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3230: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3231: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3232: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3233: <p>
3234:
1.247 jufi 3235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3236: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3237: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3238: </strong></font><br>
3239:
3240: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3241: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3242: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3243: it because they love coding...
3244: <p>
3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3247: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3248: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3249: </strong></font><br>
3250:
3251: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3252: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3253: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3254: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3255: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3256: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3257: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3258: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3259: <p>
3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3262: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3263: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3264: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3265: </strong></font><br>
3266:
3267: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3268: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3269: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3270: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3271: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3272: the pizza.
3273: <p>
3274:
1.247 jufi 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3276: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3277: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3278: </strong></font><br>
3279:
3280: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3281: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3282: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3283: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3284: problems.
3285: <p>
3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3288: <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 3289: </strong></font><br>
3290:
1.222 miod 3291: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3292: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3293: - whether they like it or not.
3294: <p>
3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3297: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3298: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3299: </strong></font><br>
3300:
3301: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3302: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3303: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3304: <p>
1.148 aaron 3305:
1.247 jufi 3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3307: <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 3308: </strong></font><br>
3309:
3310: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3311: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3312: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3313: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3314: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3315: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3316: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3317: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3318: <p>
3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3321: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3322: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3323: </strong></font><br>
3324:
3325: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3326: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3327: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3328: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3329: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3330: <p>
1.247 jufi 3331: </ul>
1.147 louis 3332:
1.138 louis 3333: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3334: <ul>
1.138 louis 3335:
1.247 jufi 3336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3337: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3338: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3339: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3340: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3341: </strong></font><br>
3342:
1.227 horacio 3343: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3344: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3345: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3346: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3347: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3348: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3349: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3350: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3351: <p>
3352:
1.247 jufi 3353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3354: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3355: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3356: </strong></font><br>
3357:
3358: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3359: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3360: groups, and even Linux.
3361: <p>
3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3364: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3365: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3366: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3367: </strong></font><br>
3368:
3369: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3370: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3371: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3372: library after installing the OS.
3373: <p>
3374:
1.247 jufi 3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3376: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3377: Sys Admin, September 2000
3378: </strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3381: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3382: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3383: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3384: (<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>,
3385: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3386: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3387: <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 3388: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3389: out of the system.
3390: <p>
3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3393: <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
3394: </strong></font><br>
3395:
3396: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3397: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3398: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3399: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3400: the IP filtering and address translation.
3401: <p>
1.301 jose 3402:
3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3404: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3405: </strong></font><br>
3406:
3407: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3408: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3409: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3410: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3411: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3412: <p>
1.247 jufi 3413: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3414:
1.131 louis 3415: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3416: <ul>
1.131 louis 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3419: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3420: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3421: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3422: </strong></font><br>
3423:
3424: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3425: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3426: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3427: <p>
3428:
1.247 jufi 3429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3430: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3431: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3432: </strong></font><br>
3433:
3434: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3435: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3436: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3437: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3438: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3439: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3440: note of"</i>.
3441: <p>
3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3444: <a
1.247 jufi 3445: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3446: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3447: </strong></font><br>
3448:
3449: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3450: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3451: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3452: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3453: <p>
3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3456: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3457: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3458: </strong></font><br>
3459:
3460: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3461: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3462: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3463: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3464: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3465: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3466: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3467: <p>
3468:
1.247 jufi 3469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3470: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3471: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3472: 2000
3473: </strong></font><br>
3474:
3475: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3476: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3477: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3478: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3479: against current industry practices.
3480: <p>
3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3483: <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
3484: </strong></font><br>
3485:
3486: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3487: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3488: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3489: <p>
3490:
1.247 jufi 3491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3492: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3493: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3494: </strong></font><br>
3495:
3496: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3497: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3498: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3499: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3500: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3501: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3502: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3503: <p>
3504:
1.247 jufi 3505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3506: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3507: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3508: </strong></font><br>
3509:
3510: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3511: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3512: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3513: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3514: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3515: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3516: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3517: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3518: <p>
1.247 jufi 3519: </ul>
1.131 louis 3520:
1.118 louis 3521: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3522: <ul>
1.118 louis 3523:
1.247 jufi 3524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3525: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3526: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3527: </strong></font><br>
3528:
3529: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3530: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3531: about time. The article mentions that
3532: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3533: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3534: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3535: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3536: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3537: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3538: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3539: <p>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3542: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3543: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3544: </strong></font><br>
3545:
3546: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3547: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3548: of OpenSSH.
3549: <p>
3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3552: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3553: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3554: </strong></font><br>
3555:
3556: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3557: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3558: bridging.
3559: <p>
3560:
1.247 jufi 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3562: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3563: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3564: </strong></font><br>
3565:
1.121 deraadt 3566: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3567: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3568: <p>
3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3571: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3572: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3573: </strong></font><br>
3574:
3575: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3576: <p>
3577:
1.247 jufi 3578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3579: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3580: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3581: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3582: </strong></font><br>
3583:
1.120 deraadt 3584: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3585: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3586: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3587: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3588: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3589: <p>
3590:
1.247 jufi 3591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3592: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3593: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3594: </strong></font><br>
3595:
1.222 miod 3596: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3597: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3598: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3599: protocols and their quirks.
3600: <p>
3601:
1.247 jufi 3602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3603: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3604: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3605: </strong></font><br>
3606:
3607: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3608: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3609: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3610: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3611: <p>
3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3614: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3615: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3616: </strong></font><br>
3617:
3618: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3619: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3620: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3621: <p>
3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3624: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3625: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3626: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3627: </strong></font><br>
3628:
3629: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3630: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3631: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3632: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3633: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3634: <p>
1.247 jufi 3635: </ul>
1.118 louis 3636:
1.104 louis 3637: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3638: <ul>
1.104 louis 3639:
1.247 jufi 3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3641: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3642: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3643: </strong></font><br>
3644:
3645: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3646: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3647: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3648: be a bit dry.
3649: <p>
3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3652: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3653: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3654: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3655: </strong></font><br>
3656: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3657: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3658: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3659: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3660: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3661: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3662: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3663: <p>
3664:
1.247 jufi 3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3666: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3667: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3668: 2000
1.128 louis 3669: </strong></font><br>
3670:
3671: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3672: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3673: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3674: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3675: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3676: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3677: <p>
3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3680: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3681: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3682: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3683:
3684: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3685: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3686: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3687: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3688: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3689: <p>
1.110 louis 3690:
1.247 jufi 3691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3692: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3693: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3694: </strong></font><br>
3695:
3696: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3697: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3698: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3699: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3700: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3701: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3702: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3703: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3704: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3705: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3706: <p>
3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3709: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3711:
3712: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3713: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3714: <p>
1.108 louis 3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3717: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3718: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3719: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3720:
3721: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3722: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3723: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3724: <p>
1.106 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3727: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3728: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3729: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3730:
3731: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3732: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3733: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3734: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3735: <p>
1.107 louis 3736:
1.247 jufi 3737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3738: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3739: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3740: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3741:
3742: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3743: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3744: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3745: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3746: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3747: <p>
1.105 louis 3748:
1.247 jufi 3749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3750: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3751: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3752: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3753:
1.113 naddy 3754: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3755: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3756: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3757: <p>
1.104 louis 3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3760: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3761: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3762: </strong></font><br>
3763:
3764: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3765: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3766: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3767: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3768: <p>
1.301 jose 3769:
3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3771: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3772: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3773: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3774:
3775: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3776: hardware-supported cryptography.
3777: <p>
1.247 jufi 3778: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3779:
1.85 louis 3780: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3781: <ul>
1.85 louis 3782:
1.247 jufi 3783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3784: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3785: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3786: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3787:
3788: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3789: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3790: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3791: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3792: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3793: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3794: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3795: <p>
1.99 louis 3796:
1.247 jufi 3797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3798: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3799: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3800: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3801:
3802: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3803: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3804: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3805: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3806: <p>
1.100 louis 3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3809: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3810: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3811: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3812:
3813: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3814: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3815: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3816: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3817: <p>
1.95 louis 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3820: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3821: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3822: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3823:
3824: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3825: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3826: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3827: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3828: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3829: <p>
1.92 louis 3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3832: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3833: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3834: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3835:
3836: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3837: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3838: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3839: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3840: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3841: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3842: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3843: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3844: <p>
1.91 louis 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3847: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3848: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3849: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3850:
3851: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3852: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3853: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3854: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3855: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3856: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3857: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3858: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3859: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3860: <p>
1.90 louis 3861:
1.247 jufi 3862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3863: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3864: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3865: </strong></font><br>
3866: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3867: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3868: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3869: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3870: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3871: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3872: <p>
3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3875: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3876: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3877: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3878:
1.113 naddy 3879: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3880: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3881: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3882: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3883: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3884: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3885: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3886: <p>
1.87 louis 3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3889: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3890: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3891: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3892:
3893: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3894: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3895: <p>
1.85 louis 3896:
1.247 jufi 3897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3898: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3899: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3900: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3901:
3902: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3903: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3904: <p>
3905:
3906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3907: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3908: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3909: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3910:
3911: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3912: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3913: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3914: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3915: <p>
1.89 louis 3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3918: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3919: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3920: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3921:
3922: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3923: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3924: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3925: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3926: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3927: </ul>
1.85 louis 3928:
1.78 deraadt 3929: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3930: <ul>
1.74 louis 3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3933: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3934: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3935: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3936: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3937:
3938: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3939: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3940: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3941: <p>
1.83 louis 3942:
1.247 jufi 3943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3944: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3945: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3946: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3947:
3948: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3949: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3950: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3951: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3952: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3953: <p>
1.93 louis 3954:
1.247 jufi 3955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3956: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3957: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3958: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3959: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3960:
1.83 louis 3961: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3962: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3963: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3964: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3965: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3966: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3967: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3968: <p>
1.82 aaron 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3971: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3972: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3973: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3974:
1.83 louis 3975: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3976: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3977: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3978: <p>
1.80 louis 3979:
1.247 jufi 3980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3981: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3982: Bad Press</a>,
3983: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3984: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3985:
3986: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3987: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3988: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3989: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3990: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3991: <p>
1.247 jufi 3992: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3993:
3994: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3995: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3998: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3999: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4000: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4001: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4002:
4003: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4004: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4005: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4006: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4007: <p>
1.74 louis 4008:
1.247 jufi 4009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4010: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4011: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4012: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4013:
1.219 horacio 4014: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4015: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4016: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4017: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4018: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4019: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4020: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4021: <p>
1.88 louis 4022:
1.247 jufi 4023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4024: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4025: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4026: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4027:
4028: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4029: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4030: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4031: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4032: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4033: <p>
1.81 louis 4034:
1.247 jufi 4035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4036: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4037: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4038: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4039:
4040: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4041: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4042: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4043: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4044: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4045: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4046: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4047: <p>
1.90 louis 4048:
1.247 jufi 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4050: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4051: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4052: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4053:
4054: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4055: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4056: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4057: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4058: <p>
1.247 jufi 4059: </ul>
1.71 louis 4060:
1.69 deraadt 4061: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4062: <ul>
1.70 louis 4063:
1.247 jufi 4064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4065: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4066: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4067: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4068:
4069: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4070: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4071: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4072: <p>
1.70 louis 4073:
1.247 jufi 4074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4075: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4076: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4077: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4078:
4079: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4080: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4081: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4082: <p>
1.68 louis 4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4085: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4086: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4087: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4088: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4089:
1.111 jufi 4090: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4091: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4092: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4093: "secure by default" installation.
4094: <p>
1.64 louis 4095:
1.247 jufi 4096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4097: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4098: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4099: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4100:
1.113 naddy 4101: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4102: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4103: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4104: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4105: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4106: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4107: <p>
1.66 louis 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4110: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4111: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4112: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4113:
4114: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4115: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4116: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4117: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4118: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4119: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4120: <p>
1.83 louis 4121:
1.247 jufi 4122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4123: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4124: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4125: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4126:
4127: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4128: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4129: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4130: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4131: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4132: <p>
1.64 louis 4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4135: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4136: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4137: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4138:
4139: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4140: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4141: <p>
1.301 jose 4142:
4143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4144: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4145: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4146: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4147: </strong></font><br>
4148:
4149: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4150: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4151: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4152: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4153: Giving way to
4154: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4155: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4156: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4157: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4158: <p>
1.247 jufi 4159: </ul>
1.65 louis 4160:
1.69 deraadt 4161: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4162: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4163:
1.247 jufi 4164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4165: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4166: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4167: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4168:
4169: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4170: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4171: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4172: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4173: <p>
1.88 louis 4174:
1.247 jufi 4175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4176: <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 4177: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4178:
4179: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4180: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4181: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4182: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4183: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4184: <p>
1.60 louis 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4187: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4188: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4189: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4190: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4191:
4192: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4193: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4194: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4195: <p>
1.58 louis 4196:
1.247 jufi 4197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4198: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4199: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4200:
4201: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4202: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4203: <p>
1.53 louis 4204:
1.247 jufi 4205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4206: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4207: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4208: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4209:
4210: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4211: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4212: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4213: <p>
1.99 louis 4214:
1.247 jufi 4215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4216: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4217: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4218:
4219: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4220: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4221: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4222: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4223: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4224:
1.247 jufi 4225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4226: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4227: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4228: </strong></font><br>
4229:
4230: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4231: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4232: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4233: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4234: <p>
4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4237: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4238: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4239: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4240:
4241: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4242: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4243: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4244:
1.247 jufi 4245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4246: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4248:
4249: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4250: in
1.247 jufi 4251: <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 4252: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4253: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4254: <p>
1.53 louis 4255:
1.247 jufi 4256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4257: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4258: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4259: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4260: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4261:
1.58 louis 4262: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4263: <p>
1.301 jose 4264:
4265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4266: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4267: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4268: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4269: Informacyjny, January 2000
4270: </strong></font><br>
4271:
4272: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4273: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4274: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4275: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4276: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4277: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4278: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4279: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4280: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4281: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4282: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4283: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4284: <p>
4285:
4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4287: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4288: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4289: </strong></font><br>
4290:
4291: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4292: <p>
4293: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4294:
1.69 deraadt 4295: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4296: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4297:
1.247 jufi 4298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4299: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4300: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4301: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4302: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4303:
1.58 louis 4304: Kurt Seifried
4305: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4306: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4307: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4308: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4311: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4312: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4313: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4314:
4315: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4316: <p>
1.96 louis 4317:
1.247 jufi 4318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4319: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4320: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4321: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4322: </strong></font><br>
4323:
4324: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4325: <p>
4326:
4327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4328: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4329: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4330: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4331:
4332: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4333: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4334: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4335: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4336: <p>
1.247 jufi 4337: </ul>
1.86 louis 4338:
1.69 deraadt 4339: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4340: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4341:
1.247 jufi 4342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4343: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4344: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4345: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4346:
4347: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4348: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4349: <p>
1.61 louis 4350:
1.247 jufi 4351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4352: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4353: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4354: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4355: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4356:
4357: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4358: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4359: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4360: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4361: right -- or at least strives to".
4362: <p>
1.48 louis 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4365: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4366: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4367: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4368: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4369: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4370: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4371: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4372: <p>
1.61 louis 4373:
1.247 jufi 4374: <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 4375: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4376: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4377:
4378: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4379: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4380: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4381: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4382: <p>
1.46 louis 4383:
1.247 jufi 4384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4385: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4386: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4387: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4388:
4389: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4390: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4391: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4392:
1.247 jufi 4393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4394: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4395: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4396: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4397:
4398: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4399: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4400: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4401: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4402: <p>
1.247 jufi 4403: </ul>
1.70 louis 4404:
1.69 deraadt 4405: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4406: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4407:
1.247 jufi 4408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4409: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4410: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4411: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4412: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4413:
4414: Kurt Seifried
4415: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4416: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4417: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4418: <p>
1.44 philen 4419:
1.247 jufi 4420: <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 4421: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4422: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4423:
4424: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4425: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4426:
1.247 jufi 4427: <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 4428: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4429: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4430:
4431: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4432: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4433:
1.247 jufi 4434: <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 4435: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4436: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4437:
4438: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4439: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4440: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4441: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4442: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4443:
1.247 jufi 4444: <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 4445: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4447:
1.36 louis 4448: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4449: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4450:
1.247 jufi 4451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4452: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4453: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4454: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4455:
4456: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4457: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4458: </ul>
1.38 louis 4459:
1.69 deraadt 4460: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4461: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4462:
1.247 jufi 4463: <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 4464: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4465: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4466:
4467: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4468: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4469: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4470:
1.113 naddy 4471: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4472: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4473: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4474: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4475:
4476: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4477: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4478: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4479: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4480: <blockquote>
4481: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4482: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4483: <br>
4484: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4485: </code>
4486: </blockquote>
4487: <p>
4488:
1.247 jufi 4489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4490: <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 4491: <p>
4492:
4493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4494: <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 4495: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4496:
4497: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4498: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4499: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4500: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4503: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4504: Sept. 28, 1999
4505: </strong></font><br>
4506:
4507: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4508: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4509: translating and reprinting articles from
4510: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4511: <p>
4512:
4513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4514: <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 4515: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4516:
4517: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4518: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4519: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4520: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4521: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4522: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4523: <p>
1.19 louis 4524:
1.113 naddy 4525: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4526: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4527: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4528:
4529: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4530: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4531: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4532: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4533: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4534: <p>
1.16 louis 4535:
1.247 jufi 4536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4537: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4538: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4539: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4540:
1.57 louis 4541: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4542: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4543: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4544: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4547: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4548: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4550:
1.113 naddy 4551: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4552:
1.247 jufi 4553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4554: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4555: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4556: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4557:
1.23 louis 4558: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4559: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4560: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4561: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4562: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4563: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4564:
1.247 jufi 4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4566: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4567: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4568: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4569:
1.199 pvalchev 4570: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4571: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4572: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4573: installation.
1.113 naddy 4574: <p>
1.47 louis 4575:
1.247 jufi 4576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4577: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4578: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4579: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4580:
1.301 jose 4581: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4582: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4583: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4584: </ul>
1.57 louis 4585:
1.69 deraadt 4586: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4587: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4588:
1.247 jufi 4589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4590: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4591: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4592: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4593:
4594: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4595: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4596: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4597: <p>
1.12 louis 4598:
1.247 jufi 4599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4600: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4601: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4602: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4603:
4604: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4605: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4606: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4607: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4608: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4609: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4610: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4611: <p>
1.247 jufi 4612: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4613:
1.69 deraadt 4614: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4615: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4616:
1.247 jufi 4617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4618: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4619: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4620:
4621: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4622: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4623: available."
1.113 naddy 4624: <p>
1.301 jose 4625:
4626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4627: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4628: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4629: </strong></font><br>
4630:
4631: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4632: <p>
1.247 jufi 4633: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4634:
1.69 deraadt 4635: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4636: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4637:
1.247 jufi 4638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4639: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4640: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4641:
4642: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4643: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4644: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4645: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4646: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4647: <p>
1.33 louis 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4650: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4651: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4652: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4653:
1.113 naddy 4654: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4655: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4656: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4657: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4658: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4659: <p>
1.247 jufi 4660: </ul>
1.57 louis 4661:
1.69 deraadt 4662: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4663: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4664:
1.247 jufi 4665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4666: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4667: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4668: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4669:
4670: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4671: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4672: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4673:
1.247 jufi 4674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4675: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4676: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4677: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4678: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4679:
4680: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4681: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4682:
1.247 jufi 4683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4684: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4685:
1.113 naddy 4686: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4687:
1.247 jufi 4688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4689: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4690: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4691: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4692:
4693: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4694: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4695: </ul>
1.23 louis 4696:
1.69 deraadt 4697: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4698: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4699:
1.247 jufi 4700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4701: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4702: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4703:
4704: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4705: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4706: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4707:
1.247 jufi 4708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4709: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4710: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4711: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4712:
4713: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4714: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4715: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4716: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4717: </ul>
1.57 louis 4718:
1.69 deraadt 4719: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4720: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4721:
1.247 jufi 4722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4723: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4724: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4725: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4726:
4727: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4728: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4729: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4730: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4731: <p>
1.15 louis 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4734: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4735: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4736: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4737:
4738: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4739: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4740: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4741: columns."
1.113 naddy 4742: <p>
1.247 jufi 4743: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4744:
1.69 deraadt 4745: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4746: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4747:
1.247 jufi 4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4749: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4750: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4751: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4752:
4753: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4754: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4755:
1.113 naddy 4756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4757: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4758: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4759:
4760: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4761: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4762: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4763: </ul>
1.57 louis 4764:
1.69 deraadt 4765: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4766: <ul>
1.301 jose 4767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4768: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4769: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4770: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4771:
4772: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4773: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4774: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4775: <p>
4776:
4777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4778: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4779: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4780: Nov 13, 1998 and
4781: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4782: Datateknik</a>,
4783: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4784:
1.380 saad 4785: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4786: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4787: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4788: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4789: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4790:
1.113 naddy 4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4792: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4793: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4794: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4795:
1.222 miod 4796: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4797: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4798: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4799: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4800: <p>
1.247 jufi 4801: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4802:
1.69 deraadt 4803: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4804: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4805:
1.247 jufi 4806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4807: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4808: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4809:
1.69 deraadt 4810: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4811: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4812: <p>
1.247 jufi 4813: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4814:
1.69 deraadt 4815: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4816: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4817:
1.247 jufi 4818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4819: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4820: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4821: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4822:
1.383 jcs 4823: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4824: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4825: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4826:
1.247 jufi 4827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4828: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4829: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4830: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4831: <p>
1.247 jufi 4832: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4833:
1.69 deraadt 4834: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4835: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4836:
1.247 jufi 4837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4838: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4839: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4840: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4841: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4842: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4843:
4844: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4845: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4846: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4847: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4848: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4849: <p>
1.247 jufi 4850: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4851:
4852: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4853: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4856: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4857: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4858:
1.69 deraadt 4859: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4860: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4861: <p>
1.112 naddy 4862:
1.247 jufi 4863: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4864: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4865:
1.292 camield 4866: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4867: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4868: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.468 ! grunk 4869: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.467 2005/07/07 09:07:19 grunk Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4870:
4871: </body>
4872: </html>