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1.470 ! saad 19: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21:
! 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 23: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
! 24: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
! 25: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
! 26: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
! 27: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
! 28: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
! 29: performance data with pfstat.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: </ul>
! 33:
1.461 grunk 34: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
35: <ul>
36:
37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 38: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
39: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 40: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 41: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
42: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
43: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 44: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 45: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 46: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
47: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
48: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 49: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
50: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 51: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 52: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
53: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 57: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
58: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 59: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 60: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
61: poor security:
1.467 grunk 62: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 63: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 64: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 65: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
66: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 70: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
71: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 72: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 73: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
74: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 75: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
76: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
77: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
78: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
79: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
80: commercial vendors.
81: <p>
82:
83: </ul>
84:
1.454 ian 85: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
86: <ul>
1.468 grunk 87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
89: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
90: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
91: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
92: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
93: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
94: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 95: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 96: <br>
97: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
98: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
99: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
100: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
101: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 102: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 103: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
104: <p>
105:
1.454 ian 106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 107: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
108: Free Bird</a>,
109: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
110: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
111: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
112: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
113: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
114: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
115: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
116: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
117: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
118: room will only be available in the print edition.
119: <p>
1.459 deraadt 120:
1.458 niallo 121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 122: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
123: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
124: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
125: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
126: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
127: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
128: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
129: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
130: <p>
1.457 deraadt 131:
1.456 niallo 132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 133: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 134: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
135: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
136: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
137: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
138: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
139: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 140: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 141: interview.</a>
142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 145: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
146: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
147: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
148: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
149: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
150: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
151: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
152: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
153: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
154: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
155: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
156: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
157: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
158: "I have never used it."
159: <p>
160:
161: </ul>
162:
1.441 deraadt 163: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
164: <ul>
165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 166: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
167: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
168: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
169: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
170: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
171: future enhancements.
172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 175: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 176: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
177: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
178: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
179: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
180: North America mirror:
181: <ul>
1.452 marco 182: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 183: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
184: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 185: </ul>
186: European mirror:
187: <ul>
1.452 marco 188: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 189: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
190: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
191: </ul>
192: <p>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 195: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
196: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
197: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
198: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
199: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
200: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
201: <p>
202:
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 204: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
205: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
206: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
207: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
208: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
209: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
210: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
211: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 215: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
216: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
217: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
218: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
219: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
220: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
221: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
222: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 226: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 227: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 228: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
229: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
230: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
231: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
232: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
233: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
237: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 238: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 239: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
240: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
241: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
242: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
243: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 247: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
248: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
249: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 250: </strong></font><br>
251: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
252: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
253: with OpenBSD.
254: </ul>
255:
1.436 henning 256: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
257: <ul>
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 259: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
260: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
261: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
262: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
263: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
264: than closed source, as we have long contended.
265: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
266: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
267: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
268: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
269: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
270: <p>
271: This article can also be found online as
272: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
273: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 277: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
278: </strong></font><br>
279: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
280: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 284: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
285: </strong></font><br>
286: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
287: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 288: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 289: the issues we had with IETF.
290: </ul>
291:
1.431 ian 292: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
293: <ul>
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 295: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
296: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
297: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
298: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
299: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
300: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
301: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
302: <p>
303:
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 305: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
306: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
307: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
308: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
309: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
310: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 311: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 312: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
313: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
314: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
315: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
316: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
317: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
318: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
319: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
320:
321: </ul>
322:
1.427 matthieu 323: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
324: <ul>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 327: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
328: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
329: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
330: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
331: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
332: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
333: firmware.
1.434 ian 334: Similar articles can be found online at:
335: <ul>
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
337: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
338: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
339: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
341: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
342: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
343: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
345: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
346: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
347: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 349: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 350: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
351: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
352: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 353: </ul>
354:
1.426 ian 355: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
356: <ul>
357:
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
359: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
360: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
361: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
362: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 363: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 364: mechanism: what it is and why and
365: how to use it, with examples.
366: Another excerpt from the book
367: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
368: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
372: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
373: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
374: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
375: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
376: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
377: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
378: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
379: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
380: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
381: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
382: This article is a sample chapter from
383: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
384: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
385: <p>
1.443 ian 386:
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 388: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 389: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
390: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
391: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
392: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
393: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
394: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
395: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
396: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
397: ends with a sidebar on security.
398: <p>
1.426 ian 399: </ul>
400:
1.424 ian 401: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
402: <ul>
403:
404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 405: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
406: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
407: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
408: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
409: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
410: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
411: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
412: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
413: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
414: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
415: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
416: <p>
417: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
418: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
419: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 423: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
424: Closed Source Hardware</a>
425: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
426: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
427: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
428: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
429: operating systems.
430: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
431: OpenBSD on his firewall.
432: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
433: systems, he writes:
434: <blockquote>
435: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
436: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
437: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
438: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
439: to the operating system...
440: <br/>
441: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
442: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
443: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
444: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
445: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
446: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
447: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
448: in a closed source operating system).
449: <br/>
450: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
451: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
452: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
453: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
454: </blockquote>
455: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
456: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
457: their hardware and software operates.
458: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
459: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 460: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 461: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
462: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
463: <p>
464: </ul>
465:
1.417 pvalchev 466: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
467: <ul>
1.421 ian 468:
1.417 pvalchev 469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 470: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
471: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
472: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
473: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
474: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
475: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
476: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
477: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
478: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
479: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
480: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 481: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 482: <p>
483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 484: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
485: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
486: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
487: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
488: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
489: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
490: it claims to do".
491: <p>
492:
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 494: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 495: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
496: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
497: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
498: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 499: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 500: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
501: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
502: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
503: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
504: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
505: (yes, this is a hint).
506: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
507: picked up on the
508: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
509: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 510: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 511: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
512: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
513: <p>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 516: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
517: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
518: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
519: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
520: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
521: questions about the significance and rationale behind
522: the current efforts.
523: <p>
524: </ul>
525:
1.407 henning 526: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
527: <ul>
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 529: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
530: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
531: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
532: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
533: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
534: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
535: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
536: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 540: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
541: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
542: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
543: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
544: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
545: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
546: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
547: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
548: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 549: <p>
1.415 ian 550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 552: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 553: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
554: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
555: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
556: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
557: overflow attacks... because
558: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
559: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
560: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
561: and propolice.
562: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
563: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
564: and that's when the science falls apart."
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 568: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
569: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
570: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
571: Starts with the question:
572: <blockquote>
573: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
574: <br/>
575: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
576: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
577: <br/>
578: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
579: Should we believe them?"
580: </blockquote>
581: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
582: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
583: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
584: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
585: for your mail, web and other online activities.
586: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
587: <p>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 590: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
591: Simple Simon</a>,
592: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
593: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
594: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
595: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
596: routing/firewall, and more.
597: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
598: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
599: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
600: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
601: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
602: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
603: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
604: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
605: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
606: </blockquote>
607: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
608: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 612: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
613: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 614: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 615: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 616: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
617: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
618: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 619: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 620: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
621: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
622: in spite of it
623: (registration required, but worth it).
624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
627: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
628: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
629: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
630: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
631: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
632: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
633: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 634: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 635: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
636: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
637: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
638: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 642: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
643: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
644: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
645: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
646: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
647: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
648: <blockquote>
649: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
650: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
651: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
652: a lot of analysis.
653: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
654: </blockquote>
655: <p>
656: </ul>
657:
1.400 marco 658: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
659: <ul>
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 661: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
662: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
663: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
664: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
665: UNIX-like systems.
666: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
667: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
668: <p>
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 670: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
671: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 672: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
673: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
674: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
675: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
676: At one point, the article states:
677: <blockquote>
678: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
679: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
680: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
681: </blockquote>
682: And then quotes Theo as saying:
683: <blockquote>
684: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
685: fewer are reading or auditing code."
686: </blockquote>
687: <p>
688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
689: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
690: marks its fifth birthday</a>
691: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
692: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
693: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
694: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
695: required).
696: <p>
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 698: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
699: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
700: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
701: </strong></font><br>
702: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
703: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
704: <p>
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 706: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
707: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 708: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 709: </strong></font><br>
710: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
711: <p>
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 713: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
714: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 715: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 716: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 717: 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 718: <p>
719: </ul>
720:
1.396 henning 721: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
722: <ul>
723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 724: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
725: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
726: Unix Review, July, 2004
727: </strong></font><br>
728: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
729: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 730: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 731: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
732: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
733: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
734: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
735: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
736: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
737: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
738: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
739: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
740: and even spelling/wording errors.
741: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
742: <p>
743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 744: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 745: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
746: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
747: </strong></font><br>
748: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
749: <p>
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 751: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 752: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
753: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
754: </strong></font><br>
755: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
756: <p>
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 758: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
759: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
760: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
761: </strong></font><br>
762: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
763: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
764: <p>
765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 766: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
767: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
768: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
769: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
770: <p>
771: </ul>
772:
1.405 jolan 773: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
774: <ul>
775: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
776: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 777: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 778: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
779: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
780: details on how funds are dispersed.
781: <p>
782: </ul>
783:
1.393 david 784: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
785: <ul>
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 787: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
788: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
789: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
790: </strong></font><br>
791: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
792: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
793: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
794: on inserting large number of SQL records.
795: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
796: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
797: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
798: <p>
799:
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 801: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
802: Secure by Default</a>,
803: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
806: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
807: <p>
808:
809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
810: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
811: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
812: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
813: </strong></font><br>
814: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
815: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
816: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
817: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
818: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
819: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
823: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
824: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
825: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
826: </strong></font><br>
827: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
828: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
829: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
830: <p>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
833: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
834: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
835: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
836: </strong></font><br>
837: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
838: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
839: <p>
840: </ul>
841:
1.388 mcbride 842: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
843: <ul>
1.394 jolan 844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
846: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
847: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
848: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
849: </strong></font><br>
850: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
851: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
852: available for sparc64.
853: <p>
854:
1.390 beck 855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 856: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
857: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
858: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
859: </strong></font><br>
860: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
861: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
862: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
863: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 867: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
868: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 869: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 870: </strong></font><br>
871: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
872: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
873: it does: CARP provides sharing
874: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
875: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
876: detail to get you started using it.
877: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
878: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
879: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
880: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
881: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
882: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
883: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 884: <p>
1.391 ian 885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 887: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 888: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
889: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 890: </strong></font><br>
891: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 892: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 893: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 894: <p>
1.388 mcbride 895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
898: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 899: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 900: </strong></font><br>
901: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
902: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
903: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
904: unencumbered by patents.
905: <p>
906: </ul>
907:
1.378 henning 908: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
909: <ul>
1.384 jose 910:
911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 912: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
913: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
914: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
915: </strong></font><br>
916: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
917: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
918: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
919: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
920: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
921: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
922: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
923: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
924: in the page tables."
925: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
926: <p>
927:
928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 929: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
930: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
931: </strong></font><br>
932: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
933: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
934: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
935: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 936: <p>
1.384 jose 937:
1.378 henning 938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 939: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
940: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 941: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
942: </strong></font><br>
943: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
944: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
945: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
946: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
947: (quote:
948: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
949: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 950: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 951: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
952: the other developers for their work on the system.
953: <p>
954:
955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 956: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
957: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
958: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 959: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 960: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
961: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
962: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
963: too.
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 967: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
968: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 969: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 970: OpenBSD source code using
971: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
972: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
973: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
974: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
975: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
976: <p>
977: </ul>
978:
1.374 jose 979: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
980: <ul>
981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 982: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 983: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
984: </strong></font><br>
985: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
986: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
987: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
988: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
989: it."
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 993: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
994: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
995: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
996: </strong></font><br/>
997: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
998: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
999: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1000: <p>
1001: </ul>
1002:
1.369 ian 1003: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1004: <ul>
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1006: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1007: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1008: </strong></font><br/>
1009: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1010: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1011: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1012: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1016: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1017: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1018: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1019: </strong></font><br/>
1020: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1021: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1022: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1023: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1024: form factor.
1025: <p>
1026:
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1028: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1029: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1030: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1031: Features</a>,
1032: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1033: </strong></font><br/>
1034: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1035: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1036: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1037: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1038: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1039: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1040: <p>
1041: This article can also be found online at:
1042: <ul>
1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1044: <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 1045: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1046: </strong></font>
1047: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1048: </ul>
1049: <p>
1.392 david 1050:
1.371 jose 1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1052: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1053: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1054: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1055: </strong></font><br/>
1056: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1057: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1058: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1059: <p>
1.371 jose 1060:
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1062: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1063: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1064: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1065: </strong></font><br/>
1066: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1067: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1068: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1069: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1070: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1071: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1072: and its history with OpenBSD.
1073: </ul>
1074:
1.368 henning 1075: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1076: <ul>
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1078: [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 1079: </strong></font><br>
1080: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1081: </ul>
1082:
1.364 jose 1083: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1084: <ul>
1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1086: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1087: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1088: UNIX Review,
1089: July, 2003.
1090: </strong></font><br>
1091: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1092: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1093: who want more information.
1094: <p>
1095:
1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1097: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1098: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1099: Government Computer News,
1100: July 22, 2003.
1101: </strong></font><br>
1102: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1103: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1104: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1105: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1106: <p>
1107:
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1109: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1110: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1111: SANS Institute,
1112: July 22, 2003.
1113: </strong></font><br>
1114: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1115: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1116: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1117: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1118: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1119: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1120: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1121: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1122: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1123: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1124: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1125: <p>
1126:
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1128: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1129: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1130: OnLamp.com,
1131: July 17, 2003.
1132: </strong></font><br>
1133: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1134: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1135: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1136: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1137: have been working on.
1138:
1139: </ul>
1140:
1.356 jose 1141: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1142: <ul>
1143:
1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1145: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1146: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1147: UNIX Review,
1148: June, 2003.
1149: </strong></font><br>
1150: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1151: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1152: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1153: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1154: <p>
1155:
1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1157: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1158: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1159: eWeek,
1160: June 23, 2003.
1161: </strong></font><br>
1162: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1163: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1164: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1165: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1166: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1167: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1168: <p>
1169:
1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1171: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1172: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1173: Software Development Online,
1174: June, 2003.
1175: </strong></font><br>
1176: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1177: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1178: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1179: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1180: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1181: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1182: current activities.
1183: <p>
1184:
1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1186: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1187: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1188: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1189: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1190: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1191: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1192: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1193: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1194: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1195: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1196: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1197: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1198: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1199: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1200: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1201: decisions.
1202: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1203: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1204: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1205: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1206: <p>
1207:
1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1209: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1210: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1211: Page 58, eWeek,
1212: June 2, 2003.
1213: </strong></font><br>
1214: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1215: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1216: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1217: been addressed in -current.
1218: <p>
1219:
1.356 jose 1220: </ul>
1221:
1222: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1223: <ul>
1224:
1.355 jose 1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1226: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1227: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1228: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1231: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1232: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1233: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1234: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1235: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1236: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1237: <p>
1238:
1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1240: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1241: Beyond Linux</a>,
1242: InfoWorld,
1243: May 23, 2003.
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1246: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1247: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1248: compared to the GPL.
1249: <p>
1250:
1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1252: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1253: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1254: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1255: May 17, 2003.
1256: </strong></font><br>
1257: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1258: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1259: the business section and half of another page inside
1260: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1261: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1262: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1263: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1264: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1265: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1266: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1267: <br>
1268: This article can also be found online at:
1269: <ul>
1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1271: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1272: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1273: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1274: May 17, 2003
1275: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1276: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1278: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1279: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1280: Montreal Gazette,
1281: May 21, 2003
1282: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1283: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1284: <p>
1.346 ian 1285:
1286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1287: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1288: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1289: May 7, 2003.
1290: </strong></font><br>
1291: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1292: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1293: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1294: <p>
1295:
1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1297: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1298: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1299: OsOpinion,
1300: May 6, 2003.
1301: </strong></font><br>
1302: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1303: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1304: <br>
1305: This article can also be found online at:
1306: <ul>
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1308: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1309: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1310: NewsFactor Network.
1311: </strong></font>
1312: </ul>
1313: <p>
1314:
1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1316: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1317: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1318: ITBusiness,
1319: May 2, 2003.
1320: </strong></font><br>
1321: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1322: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1323: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1324: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1325: <p>
1326:
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1328: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1329: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1330: InfoWorld,
1331: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1332: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1333: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1334: <br>
1335: This article can also be found online at:
1336: <ul>
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1338: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1339: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1340: IDG Singapore.
1341: </strong></font>
1342: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1343: <p>
1344:
1.339 jose 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1346: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1347: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1348: ZDNet,
1349: May 1, 2003.
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1352: someone using parts from previous articles.
1353: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1354: This article can also be found online at:
1355: <ul>
1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1357: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1358: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1359: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1360: </strong></font>
1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1362: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1363: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1364: CNET News.com.
1365: </strong></font>
1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1367: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1368: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1369: ZDNet UK.
1370: </strong></font>
1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1372: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1373: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1374: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1375: </strong></font>
1376: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1377: <p>
1.339 jose 1378:
1.341 deraadt 1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1380: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1381: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1382: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1383: May 1, 2003.
1384: </strong></font><br>
1385: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1386: that have been added
1387: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1388: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1389: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1390: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1391: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1392: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1393: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1394: <p>
1395:
1396: </ul>
1397:
1.253 ian 1398: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1399: <ul>
1.255 ian 1400:
1.260 ian 1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1402: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1403: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1404: TechRepublic,
1405: April 28, 2003.
1406: </strong></font><br>
1407: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1408: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1409: work.<br>
1410: Can also be found online at:
1411: <ul>
1412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1413: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1414: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1415: ZDNet UK.
1416: </strong></font>
1417: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1418: <p>
1419:
1420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1421: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1422: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1423: IDG,
1424: April 24, 2003.
1425: </strong></font><br>
1426: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1427: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1428: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1429: Can also be found online at:
1430: <ul>
1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1432: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1433: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1434: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1435: </strong></font>
1436: </ul>
1437: <p>
1438:
1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1440: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1441: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1442: Slate,
1443: April 24, 2003.
1444: </strong></font><br>
1445: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1446: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1447: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1448: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1449: <p>
1450:
1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1452: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1453: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1454: April 24, 2003.
1455: </strong></font><br>
1456: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1457: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1458: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1459: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1460: <p>
1461:
1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1463: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1464: April 24, 2003.
1465: </strong></font><br>
1466: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1467: the free software community".
1468: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1469: other articles.
1470: <p>
1471:
1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1473: <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 1474: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1475: </strong></font><br>
1476: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1477: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1478: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1479: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1480: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1481: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1482: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1483: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1484: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1485: <br/>
1486: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1487: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1488: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1489: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1490: <br>
1491: Can also be found online at:
1492: <ul>
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1494: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1495: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1496: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1497: </strong></font>
1498: </ul>
1.324 ian 1499: <p>
1500:
1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1502: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1503: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1504: </strong></font><br>
1505: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1506: article above.
1507: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1508: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1509: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1510: <br>
1511: Can also be found online at:
1512: <ul>
1513: <li>
1514: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1515: </strong></font>
1516: </ul>
1.324 ian 1517: <p>
1518:
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1520: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1521: </strong></font><br>
1522: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1523: <p>
1524:
1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1526: <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.
1527: </strong></font><br>
1528: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1529: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1530: <p>
1531:
1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1533: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1534: April 23, 2003.
1535: </strong></font><br>
1536: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1537: <p>
1538:
1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1540: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1541: April 22, 2003.
1542: </strong></font><br>
1543: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1544: <p>
1545:
1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1547: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1548: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1549: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1550: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1551: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1552: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1553: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1554: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1555: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1556: Can also be found online at:
1557: <ul>
1558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1559: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1560: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1561: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1562: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1564: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1565: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1566: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1567: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1568: </ul>
1569: <p>
1570:
1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1572: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1573: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1574: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1575: </strong></font><br>
1576: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1577: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1578: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1579: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1580: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1581: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1582: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1583: <p>
1584:
1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1586: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1587: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1588: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1589: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1590: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1591: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1592: at UPenn and DARPA.
1593: <p>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1596: [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,
1597: France
1.315 deraadt 1598: April 18, 2003.
1599: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1600: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1601: <p>
1602:
1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1604: [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 1605: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1606: </strong></font><br>
1607: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1608: <p>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1611: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1612: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1613: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1614: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1615: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1616: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1617: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1618: <p>
1619:
1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1621: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1622: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1623: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1624: </strong></font><br>
1625: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1626: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1627: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1628: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1629: <p>
1630:
1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1632: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1633: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1634: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1635: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1636: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1637: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1638: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1639: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1640: Can also be found online at:
1641: <ul>
1642: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1643: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1644: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1645: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1646: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1647: <p>
1648:
1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1650: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1651: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1652: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1653: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1654: </strong></font><br>
1655: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1656: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1657: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1658: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1659: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1660:
1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1662: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1663: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1664: New York Times.
1665: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1666:
1.273 deraadt 1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1668: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1669: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1670: ABC News.
1671: </strong></font>
1672:
1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1674: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1675: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1676: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1677: </strong></font>
1678:
1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1680: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1681: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1682: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1683: </strong></font>
1684:
1685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1686: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1687: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1688: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1689: </strong></font>
1690:
1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1692: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1693: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1694: Times Daily, AL.
1695: </strong></font>
1696:
1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1698: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1699: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1700: Boston.com, MA.
1701: </strong></font>
1702:
1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1704: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1705: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1706: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1707: </strong></font>
1708:
1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1710: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1711: [Article was pulled]</a>
1712: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1713: </strong></font>
1714:
1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1716: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1717: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1718: Infoshop News.
1719: </strong></font>
1720:
1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1722: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1723: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1724: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1725: </strong></font>
1726:
1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1728: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1729: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1730: Raleigh News, NC.
1731: </strong></font>
1732:
1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1734: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1735: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1736: Napa News, CA.
1737: </strong></font>
1738:
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1740: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1741: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1742: NEPA News, PA.
1743: </strong></font>
1744:
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1746: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1747: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1748: Wired News.
1749: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1750: <br>
1751: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1752: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1753: [JAPANESE]
1754: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1755: Wired News Japan</a>
1756: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1757:
1.271 deraadt 1758: </ul>
1759: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1760: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1761: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1762: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1763: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1764: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1765: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1766: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1767: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1768: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1769: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1770: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1771: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1772: <p>
1773: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1774:
1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1776: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1777: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1778: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1779: </strong></font>
1780:
1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1782: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1783: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1784: Miami Herald, FL.
1785: </strong></font>
1786:
1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1788: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1789: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1790: </strong></font>
1791:
1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1793: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1794: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1795: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1796: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1799: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1800: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1801: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1802: ABC News.
1803: </strong></font>
1804:
1.276 deraadt 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1806: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1807: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1808: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1809: </strong></font>
1810:
1.286 dhartmei 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1812: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1813: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1814: Wilmington Star, NC.
1815: </strong></font>
1816:
1.300 jose 1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1818: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1819: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1820: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1821: </strong></font>
1822:
1.309 jose 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1824: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1825: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1826: Globe Technology.
1827: </strong></font>
1828:
1.263 deraadt 1829: </ul>
1.262 beck 1830: <p>
1831:
1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1833: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1834: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1835: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1836: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1837: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1838: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1839: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1840: <p>
1841:
1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1843: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1844: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1845: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1846: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1847: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1848: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1849: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1850: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1851: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1852: and simply restates other press reports.
1853: <p>
1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1856: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1857: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1858: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1859: </strong></font><br>
1860: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1861: <p>
1862:
1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1864: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1865: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1866: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1867: </strong></font><br>
1868: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1869: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1870: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1871: <p>
1872:
1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1874: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1875: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1876: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1877: April 17, 2003.
1878: </strong></font><br>
1879: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1880: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1881: Tech Anthems</a>
1882: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1883: 4 so far.
1884: <p>
1885:
1886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1887: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1888: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1889: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1890: </strong></font><br>
1891: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1892: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1893: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1894: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1895: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1896: Goes on to say:
1897: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1898: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1899: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1900: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1901: This article is also found online at:
1902: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1904: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1905: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1906: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1907: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1909: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1910: ZDnet</a>,
1911: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1912: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1914: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1915: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1916: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1917: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1918: </ul>
1.260 ian 1919: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1920:
1.260 ian 1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1922: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1923: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1924: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1925: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1926: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1927: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1928: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1929: without notice or justification.
1930: <p>
1931:
1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1933: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1934: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1935: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1936: </strong></font><br>
1937: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1938: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1939: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1940: effective today, without any warning..."
1941: <p>
1.257 ian 1942:
1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1944: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1945: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1946: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1947: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1948: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1949: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1950: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1951: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1952: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1953: <p>
1954:
1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1956: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1957: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1958: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1959: </strong></font><br>
1960: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1961: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1962: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1963: quoting two of them:
1964: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1965: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1966: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1967: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1968: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1969: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1970: <p>
1971:
1.255 ian 1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1973: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1974: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1975: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1976: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1977: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1978: <p>
1979:
1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1981: [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 1982: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1983: </strong></font><br>
1984: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1985: <p>
1986:
1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1988: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1989: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1990: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1991: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1992: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1993: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1994: security experts for more than three decades."
1995: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1996: <p>
1.261 ian 1997:
1.254 drahn 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1999: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2000: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2001: </strong></font><br>
2002: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2003: <p>
2004:
2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2006: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2007: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2008: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2009: </strong></font><br>
2010: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2011: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2012: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2013: <p>
2014:
2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2016: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2017: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2018: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2019: </strong></font><br>
2020: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2021: from US DARPA.
2022: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2023: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2024: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2025: the BSD license.
2026: <p>
2027: </ul>
2028:
1.251 ian 2029: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2030: <ul>
2031:
2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2033: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2034: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2035: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2036: </strong></font><br>
2037:
2038: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2039: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2040: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2041: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2042: <p>
2043:
2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2045: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2046: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2047: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2048: </strong></font><br>
2049: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2050: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2051: Mentions
2052: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2053: and
2054: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2055: programs.
2056: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2057: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2058: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2059: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2060: <p>
1.325 ian 2061: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2062: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2063:
2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2065: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2066: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2067: </strong></font><br>
2068: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2069: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2070: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2071: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2072: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2073: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2074: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2075: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2076: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2077: put into service."
2078: <p>
2079: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2080: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2081: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2082: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2083: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2084: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2085: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2086: computers with security features."
2087: <p>
1.329 ian 2088:
2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2090: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2091: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2092: Slate,
2093: March 3, 2003.
2094: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2095: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2096: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2097: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2098: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2099: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2100: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2101: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2102: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2103: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2104: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2105: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2106: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2107: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2108: of more secure open-source solutions like
2109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2110: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2111: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2112: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2113: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2114: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2115: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2116: the Beltway."
2117: <p>
1.251 ian 2118: </ul>
2119:
1.249 jufi 2120: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2121: <ul>
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2123: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2124: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2125: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2126: </strong></font><br>
2127: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2128: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2129: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2130: <p>
1.334 ian 2131:
2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2133: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2134: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2135: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2136: </strong></font><br>
2137: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2138: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2139: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2140: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2141: "... the hypothetical question ...
2142: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2143: <br>
2144: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2145: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2146: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2147: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2148: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2149: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2150: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2151: support network security.
2152: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2153: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2154: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2155: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2156: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2157: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2158: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2159: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2160: <br>
2161: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2162: <p>
2163:
1.249 jufi 2164: </ul>
2165:
1.246 jufi 2166: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2167: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2170: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2171: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2172: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2173: </strong></font><br>
2174: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2175: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2176: <p>
2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2179: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2180: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2181: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2183: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2184: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2185: <p>
2186:
2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2188: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2189: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2190: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2191: </strong></font><br>
2192: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2193: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2194: <p>
1.247 jufi 2195: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2196:
1.244 jufi 2197: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2198: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2201: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2202: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2203: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2204: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2205: </strong></font><br>
2206: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2207: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2208: md5 digests.
2209: <p>
2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2212: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2213: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2214: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2215: </strong></font><br>
2216: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2217: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2218: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2219: right the first time."
2220: <p>
1.247 jufi 2221: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2222:
2223:
2224: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2225: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2228: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2229: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2230: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2231: </strong></font><br>
2232: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2233: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2234: part 6</a>.
2235: <p>
2236:
1.247 jufi 2237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2238: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2239: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2240: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2241: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2242: </strong></font><br>
2243: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2244: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2245: <p>
1.301 jose 2246:
2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2248: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2249: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2250: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2251: </strong></font><br>
2252:
2253: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2254: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2255: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2256: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2257: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2258: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2259: <i>Here's the
2260: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2261: <p>
1.247 jufi 2262: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2263:
2264: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2265: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2268: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2269: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2270: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2273: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2274: <p>
2275:
1.247 jufi 2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2277: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2278: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2279: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2280: </strong></font><br>
2281: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2282: this time using pf.
2283: <p>
1.247 jufi 2284: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2285:
2286: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2287: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2288:
1.247 jufi 2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2290: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2291: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2292: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2293: </strong></font><br>
2294: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2295: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2296: their rotation.
2297: <p>
2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2300: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2301: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2302: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2303: </strong></font><br>
2304: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2305: <p>
1.247 jufi 2306: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2307:
1.239 jufi 2308: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2309: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2312: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2313: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2314: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2315: </strong></font><br>
2316: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2317: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2318: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2319: <p>
2320:
1.247 jufi 2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2322: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2323: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2324: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2325: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2326: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2327: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2328: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2329: <p>
1.247 jufi 2330: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2331:
1.235 lebel 2332: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2333: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2334:
1.239 jufi 2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2337: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2338: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2339: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2342: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2343: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2344: <p>
1.301 jose 2345:
1.247 jufi 2346: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2347:
1.228 horacio 2348: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2349: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2352: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2353: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2354: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2355: </strong></font><br>
2356: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2357: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2358: <p>
2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2361: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2362: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2363: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2364: </strong></font><br>
2365: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2366: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2367: <p>
2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2370: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2371: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2372: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2373: </strong></font><br>
2374: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2375: on the desktop of his parents.
2376: <p>
2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2379: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2380: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2381: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2382: </strong></font><br>
2383: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2384: using IPFilter.
2385:
2386: <p>
2387:
1.247 jufi 2388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2389: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2390: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2391: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2392: </strong></font><br>
2393: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2394: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2395: perspectives of the four OS.
2396: <br>
2397: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2398: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2402: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2403: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2404: software and security</a>,
2405: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2406: </strong></font><br>
2407:
2408: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2409: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2410: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2411: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2412: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2413: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2414: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2415: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2416: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2417: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2418: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2419: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2420: <p>
1.247 jufi 2421: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2422:
1.225 horacio 2423: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2424: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2427: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2428: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2429: Interview</a>,
2430: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2431: </strong></font><br>
2432:
2433: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2434: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2435: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2436: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2437: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2438: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2439: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2440: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2441: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2442: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2443: of choice.
2444: <p>
1.247 jufi 2445: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2446:
2447: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2448: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2451: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2452: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2453: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2457: <p>
2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2460: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2461: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2462: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2466: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2467: <p>
1.247 jufi 2468: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2469:
1.218 horacio 2470: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2471: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2474: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2475: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2476: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2477: </strong></font><br>
2478:
2479: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2480: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2481: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2482: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2483: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2484: subjects. Worth a read.
2485: <p>
2486:
2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2489: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2490: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2491: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2492: </strong></font><br>
2493:
2494: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2495: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2496: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2497: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2498: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2499: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2500: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2501: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2502: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2503: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2504: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2505: on other operating systems.<br>
2506: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2507: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2508: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2509: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2510: <p>
2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2513: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2514: Operating System 2010</a>,
2515: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2516: </strong></font><br>
2517:
2518: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2519: covering the level of software integration into the core
2520: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2521: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2522: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2523: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2524: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2525: <p>
2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2528: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2529: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2530: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2531: </strong></font><br>
2532:
2533: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2534: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2535: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2536: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2537: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2538: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2539: <p>
1.247 jufi 2540: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2541:
1.210 jufi 2542: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2543: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2546: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2547: Already a Contender</a>,
2548: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2549: </strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2552: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2553: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2554: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2555: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2556: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2557: <p>
2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2560: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2561: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2562: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2564:
1.224 horacio 2565: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2566: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2567: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2568: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2569: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2570: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2571: <p>
1.247 jufi 2572: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2573:
2574: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2575: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2576:
1.247 jufi 2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2578: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2579: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2580: Division</a>,
2581: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2582: </strong></font><br>
2583:
2584: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2585: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2586: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2587: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2588: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2589: investment</em>.<br>
2590: The implementation details can be seen on their
2591: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2592: <p>
2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2595: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2596: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2597: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2598: </strong></font><br>
2599:
2600: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2601: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2602: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2603: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2604: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2605: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2606: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2607: <p>
2608:
2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2610: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2611: Thinking about Security</a>,
2612: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
2615: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2616: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2617: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2618: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2619: to time.<br>
2620: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2621: system and just the most secure system.
2622: <p>
2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2625: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2626: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2627: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2628: </strong></font><br>
2629:
2630: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2631: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2632: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2633: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2634: choice:<br>
2635: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2636: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2637: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2638: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2639: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2640: network security devices and as such must be well
2641: armored."</em><br>
2642: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2643: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2644: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2645: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2646: <br>
2647: Bravo!
2648: <p>
1.247 jufi 2649: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2650:
1.207 ian 2651: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2652: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2653:
1.247 jufi 2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2655: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2656: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2657: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2658:
1.207 ian 2659: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2660: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2661: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2662: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2663: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2664: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2665: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2666: <p>
1.247 jufi 2667: </ul>
1.207 ian 2668:
1.194 jufi 2669: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2670: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2671:
1.247 jufi 2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2673: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2674: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2675: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2676: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2677:
1.240 miod 2678: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2679: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2680: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2681: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2682: <p>
2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2685: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2686: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2687: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2688:
2689: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2690: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2691: <p>
2692:
2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2694: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2695: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2696: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2697:
2698: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2699: <p>
2700:
2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2702: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2703: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2704: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2705: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2706:
1.240 miod 2707: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2708: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2709: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2710: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2711: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2712: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2713: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2714: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2715: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2716: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2717: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2718: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2719: <p>
2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2722: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2723: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2724: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2725: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2726:
1.194 jufi 2727: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2728: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2729: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2730: <br>
2731: The new
2732: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2733: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2734: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2735: <p>
1.247 jufi 2736: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2737:
1.190 horacio 2738: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2739: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2742:
2743: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2744: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2745:
1.301 jose 2746:
1.191 jufi 2747: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2748: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2749:
2750: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2751: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2752:
1.212 horacio 2753: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2754: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2755: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2756:
1.211 horacio 2757: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2758: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2759: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2762: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2765: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2766:
1.212 horacio 2767: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2768: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2769: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2770:
2771: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2772: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2773:
2774: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2775: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2776:
1.301 jose 2777: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2778: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2779:
1.191 jufi 2780: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2781: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2782:
2783: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2784: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2785:
1.192 jufi 2786: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2787: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2788: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2789:
1.193 deraadt 2790: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2791: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2792: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2795: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2798: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2799: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2800:
1.213 horacio 2801: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2802: 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 2803: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2804:
1.190 horacio 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2806: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2807: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2808: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2809: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2810: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2811: <p>
1.190 horacio 2812:
1.247 jufi 2813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2814: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2815: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2816: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2817: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2818:
1.195 jufi 2819: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2820: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2821: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2822: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2823: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2824: <p>
2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2827: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2828: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2829: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2830: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2831:
1.191 jufi 2832: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2833: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2834: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2835: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2836: <p>
2837:
2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2839: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2840: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2841: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2842:
2843: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2844: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2845: <p>
1.247 jufi 2846: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2847:
1.191 jufi 2848:
1.186 jufi 2849: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2850: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2853: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2854: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2855: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2856: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2857:
1.188 jufi 2858: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2859: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2860: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2861: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2862: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2863: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2864: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2865: <p>
2866:
1.301 jose 2867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2868: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2869: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2870: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2871:
2872: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2873: <p>
1.191 jufi 2874:
1.247 jufi 2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2876: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2877: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2878: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2879: </strong></font><br>
2880:
2881: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2882: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2883: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2884: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2885: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2886: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2887: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2888: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2889: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2890: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2891: familiar?
2892: <p>
1.247 jufi 2893: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2894:
1.178 louis 2895: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2896: <ul>
1.178 louis 2897:
1.247 jufi 2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2899: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2900: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2901: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2902: </strong></font><br>
2903:
2904: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2905: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2906: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2907: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2908: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2909: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2910: <p>
2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2913: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2914: Open source under the hood</a>,
2915: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2916: </strong></font><br>
2917:
2918: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2919: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2920: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2921: <p>
2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2924: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2925: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2926: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2927: </strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2930: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2931: <p>
1.247 jufi 2932: </ul>
1.179 louis 2933:
1.174 louis 2934:
1.175 louis 2935: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2936: <ul>
1.175 louis 2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2939: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2940: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2941: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2942: </strong></font><br>
2943:
2944: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2945: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2946: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2947: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2948: <p>
2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2951: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2952: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2953: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2954: </strong></font><br>
2955:
2956: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2957: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2958: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2959: <p>
1.247 jufi 2960: </ul>
1.175 louis 2961:
1.176 louis 2962:
1.172 mickey 2963: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2964: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2967: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2968: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2972: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2973: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2974: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2975: <p>
2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2978: <a
1.269 deraadt 2979: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2980: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2981: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2982: </strong></font><br>
2983:
2984: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2985: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2986: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2987: <p>
2988:
1.247 jufi 2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2990: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2991: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2992: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2993: </strong></font><br>
2994:
2995: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2996: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2997: <p>
2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3000: <a
1.269 deraadt 3001: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3002: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3003: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3004: </strong></font><br>
3005:
3006: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3007: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3008: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3009: our own Theo de Raadt.
3010: <p>
3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3013: <a
1.269 deraadt 3014: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3015: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3016: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3017: </strong></font><br>
3018:
3019: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3020: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3021: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3022: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3023: shut down.]
3024: <p>
3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3027: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3028: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3029: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3030: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3031: </strong></font><br>
3032:
3033: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3034: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3035: <p>
1.247 jufi 3036: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3037:
1.161 louis 3038: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3039: <ul>
1.161 louis 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3042: <a
1.269 deraadt 3043: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3044: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3045: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3046: </strong></font><br>
3047:
3048: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3049: by John Wolley
3050: <p>
3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3053: <a
1.269 deraadt 3054: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3055: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3056: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3057: </strong></font><br>
3058:
3059: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3060: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3061: OpenBSD).
3062: <p>
3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3065: <a
1.247 jufi 3066: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3067: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3068: </strong></font><br>
3069:
3070: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3071: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3072: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3073: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3074: and hindsight.
3075: <p>
3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3078: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3079: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3080: </strong></font><br>
3081:
3082: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3083: <p>
3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3086: <a
1.168 provos 3087: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3088: December 7, 2000
3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3092: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3093: us explain.
3094: <p>
3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3097: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3098: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3099: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3100: December 6, 2000
3101: </strong></font><br>
3102:
3103: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3104: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3105: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3106: <p>
3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3109: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3110: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3111: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3112: </strong></font><br>
3113:
3114: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3115: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3116: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
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
3120: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3121: <p>
3122:
3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3124: <a
1.226 horacio 3125: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3126: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3127: </strong></font><br>
3128:
3129: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3130: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3131: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3132: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3133: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3134: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3135: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3136: <p>
1.162 millert 3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3139: <a
1.161 louis 3140: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3141: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3142: </strong></font><br>
3143:
3144: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3145: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3146: <p>
3147:
1.247 jufi 3148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3149: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3150: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3151: </strong></font><br>
3152:
3153: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3154: <p>
3155:
3156:
1.247 jufi 3157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3158: <a
1.226 horacio 3159: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3160: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3161: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3162: </strong></font><br>
3163:
3164: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3165: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3166: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3167: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3168: <p>
1.247 jufi 3169: </ul>
1.169 louis 3170:
1.158 louis 3171: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3172: <ul>
1.147 louis 3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3175: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3176: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3177: </strong></font><br>
3178:
3179: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3180: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3181: <p>
3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3184: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3185: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3186: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3187: </strong></font><br>
3188: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3189: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3190: <p>
3191:
1.247 jufi 3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3193: <a
3194: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3195: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3196: </strong></font><br>
3197:
3198: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3199: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3200: <p>
3201:
1.247 jufi 3202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3203: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3204: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3205: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3206:
1.213 horacio 3207: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3208: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3209: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3210: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3211: <p>
1.215 horacio 3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3214: <a
3215: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3216: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3217: </strong></font><br>
3218:
3219: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3220: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3221: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3222: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3223: much of the attitude too).
3224: <p>
1.161 louis 3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3227: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3228: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3229: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3230:
1.157 louis 3231: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3232: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3233: <p>
1.247 jufi 3234: </ul>
1.157 louis 3235:
3236: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3237: <ul>
1.157 louis 3238:
1.247 jufi 3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3240: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3241: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3242: </strong></font><br>
3243:
3244: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3245: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3246: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3247: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3248: <p>
3249:
1.247 jufi 3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3251: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3252: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3253: </strong></font><br>
3254:
3255: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3256: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3257: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3258: it because they love coding...
3259: <p>
3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3262: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3263: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3264: </strong></font><br>
3265:
3266: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3267: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3268: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3269: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3270: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3271: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3272: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3273: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3274: <p>
3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3277: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3278: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3279: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3280: </strong></font><br>
3281:
3282: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3283: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3284: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3285: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3286: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3287: the pizza.
3288: <p>
3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3291: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3292: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3293: </strong></font><br>
3294:
3295: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3296: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3297: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3298: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3299: problems.
3300: <p>
3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3303: <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 3304: </strong></font><br>
3305:
1.222 miod 3306: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3307: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3308: - whether they like it or not.
3309: <p>
3310:
1.247 jufi 3311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3312: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3313: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3314: </strong></font><br>
3315:
3316: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3317: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3318: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3319: <p>
1.148 aaron 3320:
1.247 jufi 3321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3322: <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 3323: </strong></font><br>
3324:
3325: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3326: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3327: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3328: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3329: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3330: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3331: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3332: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3333: <p>
3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3336: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3337: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3338: </strong></font><br>
3339:
3340: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3341: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3342: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3343: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3344: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3345: <p>
1.247 jufi 3346: </ul>
1.147 louis 3347:
1.138 louis 3348: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3349: <ul>
1.138 louis 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3352: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3353: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3354: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3355: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3356: </strong></font><br>
3357:
1.227 horacio 3358: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3359: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3360: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3361: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3362: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3363: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3364: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3365: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3366: <p>
3367:
1.247 jufi 3368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3369: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3370: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3371: </strong></font><br>
3372:
3373: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3374: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3375: groups, and even Linux.
3376: <p>
3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3379: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3380: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3381: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3382: </strong></font><br>
3383:
3384: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3385: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3386: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3387: library after installing the OS.
3388: <p>
3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3391: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3392: Sys Admin, September 2000
3393: </strong></font><br>
3394:
3395: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3396: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3397: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3398: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3399: (<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>,
3400: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3401: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3402: <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 3403: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3404: out of the system.
3405: <p>
3406:
1.247 jufi 3407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3408: <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
3409: </strong></font><br>
3410:
3411: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3412: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3413: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3414: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3415: the IP filtering and address translation.
3416: <p>
1.301 jose 3417:
3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3419: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3420: </strong></font><br>
3421:
3422: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3423: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3424: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3425: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3426: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3427: <p>
1.247 jufi 3428: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3429:
1.131 louis 3430: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3431: <ul>
1.131 louis 3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3434: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3435: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3436: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3437: </strong></font><br>
3438:
3439: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3440: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3441: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3442: <p>
3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3445: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3446: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3447: </strong></font><br>
3448:
3449: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3450: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3451: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3452: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3453: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3454: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3455: note of"</i>.
3456: <p>
3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3459: <a
1.247 jufi 3460: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3461: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3462: </strong></font><br>
3463:
3464: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3465: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3466: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3467: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3468: <p>
3469:
1.247 jufi 3470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3471: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3472: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3473: </strong></font><br>
3474:
3475: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3476: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3477: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3478: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3479: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3480: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3481: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3482: <p>
3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3485: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3486: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3487: 2000
3488: </strong></font><br>
3489:
3490: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3491: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3492: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3493: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3494: against current industry practices.
3495: <p>
3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3498: <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
3499: </strong></font><br>
3500:
3501: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3502: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3503: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3504: <p>
3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3507: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3508: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3509: </strong></font><br>
3510:
3511: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3512: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3513: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3514: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3515: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3516: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3517: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3518: <p>
3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3521: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3522: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3523: </strong></font><br>
3524:
3525: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3526: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3527: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3528: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3529: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3530: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3531: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3532: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3533: <p>
1.247 jufi 3534: </ul>
1.131 louis 3535:
1.118 louis 3536: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3537: <ul>
1.118 louis 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3540: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3541: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3542: </strong></font><br>
3543:
3544: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3545: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3546: about time. The article mentions that
3547: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3548: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3549: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3550: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3551: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3552: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3553: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3554: <p>
3555:
1.247 jufi 3556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3557: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3558: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3559: </strong></font><br>
3560:
3561: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3562: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3563: of OpenSSH.
3564: <p>
3565:
1.247 jufi 3566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3567: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3568: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3569: </strong></font><br>
3570:
3571: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3572: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3573: bridging.
3574: <p>
3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3577: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3578: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
1.121 deraadt 3581: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3582: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3583: <p>
3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3586: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3587: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3588: </strong></font><br>
3589:
3590: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3591: <p>
3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3594: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3595: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3596: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3597: </strong></font><br>
3598:
1.120 deraadt 3599: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3600: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3601: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3602: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3603: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3604: <p>
3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3607: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3608: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3609: </strong></font><br>
3610:
1.222 miod 3611: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3612: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3613: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3614: protocols and their quirks.
3615: <p>
3616:
1.247 jufi 3617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3618: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3619: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3620: </strong></font><br>
3621:
3622: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3623: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3624: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3625: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3626: <p>
3627:
1.247 jufi 3628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3629: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3630: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3631: </strong></font><br>
3632:
3633: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3634: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3635: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3636: <p>
3637:
1.247 jufi 3638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3639: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3640: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3641: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3642: </strong></font><br>
3643:
3644: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3645: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3646: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3647: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3648: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3649: <p>
1.247 jufi 3650: </ul>
1.118 louis 3651:
1.104 louis 3652: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3653: <ul>
1.104 louis 3654:
1.247 jufi 3655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3656: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3657: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3658: </strong></font><br>
3659:
3660: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3661: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3662: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3663: be a bit dry.
3664: <p>
3665:
1.247 jufi 3666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3667: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3668: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3669: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3670: </strong></font><br>
3671: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3672: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3673: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3674: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3675: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3676: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3677: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3678: <p>
3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3681: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3682: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3683: 2000
1.128 louis 3684: </strong></font><br>
3685:
3686: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3687: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3688: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3689: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3690: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3691: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3692: <p>
3693:
1.247 jufi 3694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3695: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3696: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3697: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3698:
3699: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3700: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3701: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3702: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3703: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3704: <p>
1.110 louis 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3707: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3708: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3709: </strong></font><br>
3710:
3711: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3712: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3713: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3714: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3715: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3716: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3717: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3718: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3719: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3720: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3721: <p>
3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3724: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3725: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3726:
3727: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3728: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3729: <p>
1.108 louis 3730:
1.247 jufi 3731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3732: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3733: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3734: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3735:
3736: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3737: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3738: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3739: <p>
1.106 louis 3740:
1.247 jufi 3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3742: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3743: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3744: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3745:
3746: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3747: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3748: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3749: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3750: <p>
1.107 louis 3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3753: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3754: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3755: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3756:
3757: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3758: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3759: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3760: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3761: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3762: <p>
1.105 louis 3763:
1.247 jufi 3764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3765: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3766: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3767: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3768:
1.113 naddy 3769: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3770: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3771: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3772: <p>
1.104 louis 3773:
1.247 jufi 3774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3775: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3776: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3777: </strong></font><br>
3778:
3779: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3780: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3781: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3782: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3783: <p>
1.301 jose 3784:
3785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3786: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3787: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3788: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3789:
3790: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3791: hardware-supported cryptography.
3792: <p>
1.247 jufi 3793: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3794:
1.85 louis 3795: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3796: <ul>
1.85 louis 3797:
1.247 jufi 3798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3799: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3800: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3801: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3802:
3803: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3804: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3805: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3806: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3807: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3808: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3809: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3810: <p>
1.99 louis 3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3813: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3814: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3815: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3816:
3817: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3818: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3819: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3820: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3821: <p>
1.100 louis 3822:
1.247 jufi 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3824: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3825: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3826: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3827:
3828: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3829: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3830: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3831: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3832: <p>
1.95 louis 3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3835: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3836: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3837: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3838:
3839: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3840: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3841: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3842: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3843: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3844: <p>
1.92 louis 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3847: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3848: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3849: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3850:
3851: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3852: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3853: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3854: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3855: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3856: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3857: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3858: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3859: <p>
1.91 louis 3860:
1.247 jufi 3861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3862: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3863: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3864: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3865:
3866: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3867: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3868: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3869: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3870: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3871: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3872: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3873: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3874: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3875: <p>
1.90 louis 3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3878: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3879: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3880: </strong></font><br>
3881: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3882: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3883: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3884: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3885: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3886: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3887: <p>
3888:
1.247 jufi 3889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3890: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3891: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3892: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3893:
1.113 naddy 3894: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3895: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3896: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3897: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3898: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3899: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3900: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3901: <p>
1.87 louis 3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3904: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3905: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3906: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3907:
3908: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3909: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3910: <p>
1.85 louis 3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3913: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3914: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3915: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3916:
3917: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3918: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3919: <p>
3920:
3921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3922: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3923: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3924: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3925:
3926: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3927: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3928: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3929: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3930: <p>
1.89 louis 3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3933: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3934: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3935: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3936:
3937: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3938: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3939: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3940: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3941: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3942: </ul>
1.85 louis 3943:
1.78 deraadt 3944: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3945: <ul>
1.74 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3948: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3949: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3950: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3951: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3952:
3953: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3954: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3955: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3956: <p>
1.83 louis 3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3959: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3960: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3961: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3962:
3963: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3964: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3965: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3966: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3967: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3968: <p>
1.93 louis 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3971: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3972: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3973: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3974: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3975:
1.83 louis 3976: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3977: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3978: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3979: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3980: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3981: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3982: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3983: <p>
1.82 aaron 3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3986: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3987: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3988: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3989:
1.83 louis 3990: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3991: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3992: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3993: <p>
1.80 louis 3994:
1.247 jufi 3995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3996: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3997: Bad Press</a>,
3998: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3999: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4000:
4001: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4002: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4003: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4004: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4005: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4006: <p>
1.247 jufi 4007: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4008:
4009: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4010: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4011:
1.247 jufi 4012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4013: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4014: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4015: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4016: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4017:
4018: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4019: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4020: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4021: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4022: <p>
1.74 louis 4023:
1.247 jufi 4024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4025: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4026: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4027: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4028:
1.219 horacio 4029: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4030: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4031: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4032: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4033: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4034: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4035: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4036: <p>
1.88 louis 4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4039: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4040: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4041: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4042:
4043: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4044: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4045: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4046: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4047: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4048: <p>
1.81 louis 4049:
1.247 jufi 4050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4051: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4052: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4053: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4054:
4055: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4056: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4057: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4058: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4059: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4060: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4061: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4062: <p>
1.90 louis 4063:
1.247 jufi 4064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4065: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4066: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4067: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4068:
4069: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4070: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4071: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4072: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4073: <p>
1.247 jufi 4074: </ul>
1.71 louis 4075:
1.69 deraadt 4076: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4077: <ul>
1.70 louis 4078:
1.247 jufi 4079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4080: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4081: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4082: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4083:
4084: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4085: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4086: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4087: <p>
1.70 louis 4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4090: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4091: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4092: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4093:
4094: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4095: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4096: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4097: <p>
1.68 louis 4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4100: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4101: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4102: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4103: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4104:
1.111 jufi 4105: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4106: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4107: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4108: "secure by default" installation.
4109: <p>
1.64 louis 4110:
1.247 jufi 4111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4112: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4113: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4114: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4115:
1.113 naddy 4116: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4117: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4118: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4119: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4120: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4121: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4122: <p>
1.66 louis 4123:
1.247 jufi 4124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4125: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4126: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4127: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4128:
4129: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4130: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4131: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4132: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4133: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4134: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4135: <p>
1.83 louis 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4138: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4139: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4140: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4141:
4142: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4143: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4144: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4145: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4146: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4147: <p>
1.64 louis 4148:
1.247 jufi 4149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4150: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4151: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4152: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4153:
4154: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4155: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4156: <p>
1.301 jose 4157:
4158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4159: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4160: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4161: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4162: </strong></font><br>
4163:
4164: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4165: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4166: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4167: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4168: Giving way to
4169: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4170: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4171: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4172: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4173: <p>
1.247 jufi 4174: </ul>
1.65 louis 4175:
1.69 deraadt 4176: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4177: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4180: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4181: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4182: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4183:
4184: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4185: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4186: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4187: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4188: <p>
1.88 louis 4189:
1.247 jufi 4190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4191: <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 4192: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4193:
4194: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4195: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4196: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4197: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4198: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4199: <p>
1.60 louis 4200:
1.247 jufi 4201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4202: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4203: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4204: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4205: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4206:
4207: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4208: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4209: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4210: <p>
1.58 louis 4211:
1.247 jufi 4212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4213: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4214: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4215:
4216: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4217: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4218: <p>
1.53 louis 4219:
1.247 jufi 4220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4221: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4222: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4223: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4224:
4225: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4226: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4227: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4228: <p>
1.99 louis 4229:
1.247 jufi 4230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4231: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4232: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4233:
4234: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4235: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4236: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4237: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4238: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4239:
1.247 jufi 4240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4241: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4242: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4243: </strong></font><br>
4244:
4245: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4246: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4247: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4248: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4249: <p>
4250:
1.247 jufi 4251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4252: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4253: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4254: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4255:
4256: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4257: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4258: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4261: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4262: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4263:
4264: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4265: in
1.247 jufi 4266: <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 4267: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4268: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4269: <p>
1.53 louis 4270:
1.247 jufi 4271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4272: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4273: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4274: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4275: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4276:
1.58 louis 4277: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4278: <p>
1.301 jose 4279:
4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4281: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4282: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4283: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4284: Informacyjny, January 2000
4285: </strong></font><br>
4286:
4287: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4288: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4289: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4290: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4291: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4292: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4293: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4294: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4295: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4296: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4297: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4298: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4299: <p>
4300:
4301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4302: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4303: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4304: </strong></font><br>
4305:
4306: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4307: <p>
4308: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4309:
1.69 deraadt 4310: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4311: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4312:
1.247 jufi 4313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4314: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4315: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4316: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4317: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4318:
1.58 louis 4319: Kurt Seifried
4320: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4321: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4322: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4323: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4324:
1.247 jufi 4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4326: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4327: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4328: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4329:
4330: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4331: <p>
1.96 louis 4332:
1.247 jufi 4333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4334: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4335: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4336: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4337: </strong></font><br>
4338:
4339: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4340: <p>
4341:
4342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4343: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4344: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4345: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4346:
4347: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4348: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4349: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4350: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4351: <p>
1.247 jufi 4352: </ul>
1.86 louis 4353:
1.69 deraadt 4354: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4355: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4356:
1.247 jufi 4357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4358: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4359: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4360: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4361:
4362: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4363: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4364: <p>
1.61 louis 4365:
1.247 jufi 4366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4367: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4368: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4369: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4370: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4371:
4372: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4373: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4374: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4375: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4376: right -- or at least strives to".
4377: <p>
1.48 louis 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4380: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4381: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4382: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4383: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4384: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4385: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4386: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4387: <p>
1.61 louis 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <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 4390: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4391: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4392:
4393: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4394: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4395: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4396: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4397: <p>
1.46 louis 4398:
1.247 jufi 4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4400: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4401: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4402: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4403:
4404: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4405: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4406: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4407:
1.247 jufi 4408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4409: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4410: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4411: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4412:
4413: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4414: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4415: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4416: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4417: <p>
1.247 jufi 4418: </ul>
1.70 louis 4419:
1.69 deraadt 4420: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4421: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4422:
1.247 jufi 4423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4424: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4425: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4426: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4428:
4429: Kurt Seifried
4430: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4431: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4432: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4433: <p>
1.44 philen 4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <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 4436: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4437: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4438:
4439: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4440: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4441:
1.247 jufi 4442: <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 4443: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4444: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4445:
4446: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4447: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4448:
1.247 jufi 4449: <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 4450: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4451: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4452:
4453: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4454: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4455: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4456: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4457: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4458:
1.247 jufi 4459: <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 4460: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4461: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4462:
1.36 louis 4463: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4464: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4465:
1.247 jufi 4466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4467: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4468: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4469: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4470:
4471: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4472: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4473: </ul>
1.38 louis 4474:
1.69 deraadt 4475: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4476: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4477:
1.247 jufi 4478: <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 4479: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4480: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4481:
4482: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4483: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4484: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4485:
1.113 naddy 4486: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4487: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4488: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4489: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4490:
4491: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4492: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4493: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4494: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4495: <blockquote>
4496: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4497: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4498: <br>
4499: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4500: </code>
4501: </blockquote>
4502: <p>
4503:
1.247 jufi 4504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4505: <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 4506: <p>
4507:
4508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4509: <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 4510: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4511:
4512: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4513: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4514: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4515: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4516:
1.247 jufi 4517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4518: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4519: Sept. 28, 1999
4520: </strong></font><br>
4521:
4522: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4523: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4524: translating and reprinting articles from
4525: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4526: <p>
4527:
4528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4529: <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 4530: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4531:
4532: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4533: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4534: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4535: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4536: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4537: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4538: <p>
1.19 louis 4539:
1.113 naddy 4540: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4541: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4542: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4543:
4544: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4545: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4546: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4547: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4548: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4549: <p>
1.16 louis 4550:
1.247 jufi 4551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4552: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4553: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4554: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4555:
1.57 louis 4556: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4557: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4558: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4559: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4560:
1.247 jufi 4561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4562: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4563: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4564: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4565:
1.113 naddy 4566: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4567:
1.247 jufi 4568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4569: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4570: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4571: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4572:
1.23 louis 4573: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4574: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4575: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4576: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4577: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4578: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4581: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4582: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4583: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4584:
1.199 pvalchev 4585: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4586: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4587: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4588: installation.
1.113 naddy 4589: <p>
1.47 louis 4590:
1.247 jufi 4591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4592: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4593: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4594: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4595:
1.301 jose 4596: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4597: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4598: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4599: </ul>
1.57 louis 4600:
1.69 deraadt 4601: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4602: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4603:
1.247 jufi 4604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4605: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4606: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4607: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4608:
4609: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4610: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4611: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4612: <p>
1.12 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4615: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4616: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4617: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4618:
4619: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4620: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4621: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4622: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4623: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4624: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4625: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4626: <p>
1.247 jufi 4627: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4628:
1.69 deraadt 4629: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4630: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4631:
1.247 jufi 4632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4633: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4634: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4635:
4636: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4637: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4638: available."
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.301 jose 4640:
4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4642: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4643: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4644: </strong></font><br>
4645:
4646: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4647: <p>
1.247 jufi 4648: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4649:
1.69 deraadt 4650: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4651: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4654: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4655: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4656:
4657: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4658: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4659: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4660: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4661: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4662: <p>
1.33 louis 4663:
1.247 jufi 4664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4665: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4666: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4667: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4668:
1.113 naddy 4669: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4670: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4671: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4672: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4673: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4674: <p>
1.247 jufi 4675: </ul>
1.57 louis 4676:
1.69 deraadt 4677: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4678: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4681: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4682: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4683: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4684:
4685: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4686: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4687: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4688:
1.247 jufi 4689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4690: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4691: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4692: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4693: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4694:
4695: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4696: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4697:
1.247 jufi 4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4699: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4700:
1.113 naddy 4701: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4702:
1.247 jufi 4703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4704: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4705: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4706: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4707:
4708: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4709: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4710: </ul>
1.23 louis 4711:
1.69 deraadt 4712: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4713: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4714:
1.247 jufi 4715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4716: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4717: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4718:
4719: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4720: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4721: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4722:
1.247 jufi 4723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4724: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4725: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4726: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4727:
4728: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4729: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4730: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4731: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4732: </ul>
1.57 louis 4733:
1.69 deraadt 4734: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4735: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4736:
1.247 jufi 4737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4738: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4739: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4740: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4741:
4742: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4743: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4744: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4745: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4746: <p>
1.15 louis 4747:
1.247 jufi 4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4749: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4750: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4751: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4752:
4753: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4754: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4755: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4756: columns."
1.113 naddy 4757: <p>
1.247 jufi 4758: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4759:
1.69 deraadt 4760: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4761: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4762:
1.247 jufi 4763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4764: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4765: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4766: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4767:
4768: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4769: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4770:
1.113 naddy 4771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4772: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4773: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4774:
4775: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4776: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4777: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4778: </ul>
1.57 louis 4779:
1.69 deraadt 4780: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4781: <ul>
1.301 jose 4782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4783: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4784: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4785: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4786:
4787: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4788: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4789: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4790: <p>
4791:
4792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4793: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4794: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4795: Nov 13, 1998 and
4796: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4797: Datateknik</a>,
4798: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4799:
1.380 saad 4800: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4801: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4802: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4803: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4804: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4805:
1.113 naddy 4806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4807: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4808: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4809: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4810:
1.222 miod 4811: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4812: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4813: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4814: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4815: <p>
1.247 jufi 4816: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4817:
1.69 deraadt 4818: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4819: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4820:
1.247 jufi 4821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4822: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4823: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4824:
1.69 deraadt 4825: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4826: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4827: <p>
1.247 jufi 4828: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4829:
1.69 deraadt 4830: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4831: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4832:
1.247 jufi 4833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4834: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4835: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4836: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4837:
1.383 jcs 4838: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4839: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4840: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4841:
1.247 jufi 4842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4843: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4844: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4845: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4846: <p>
1.247 jufi 4847: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4848:
1.69 deraadt 4849: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4850: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4851:
1.247 jufi 4852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4853: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4854: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4855: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4856: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4857: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4858:
4859: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4860: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4861: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4862: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4863: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4864: <p>
1.247 jufi 4865: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4866:
4867: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4868: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4869:
1.247 jufi 4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4871: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4872: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4873:
1.69 deraadt 4874: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4875: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4876: <p>
1.112 naddy 4877:
1.247 jufi 4878: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4879: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4880:
1.292 camield 4881: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4882: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4883: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.470 ! saad 4884: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.469 2005/07/07 21:23:32 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4885:
4886: </body>
4887: </html>