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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.470 saad 19: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 ! saad 23: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
! 24: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
! 25: ordinateur ?"</a>,
! 26: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
! 27: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
! 28: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
! 29: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
! 30: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
! 31: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
! 32: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
! 33: <p>
! 34:
! 35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 36: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
37: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
38: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
39: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
40: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
41: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
42: performance data with pfstat.
43: <p>
44:
45: </ul>
46:
1.461 grunk 47: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
48: <ul>
49:
50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 51: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
52: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 53: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 54: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
55: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
56: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 57: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 58: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 59: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
60: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
61: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 62: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
63: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 64: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 65: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
66: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 70: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
71: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 72: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 73: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
74: poor security:
1.467 grunk 75: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 76: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 77: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 78: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
79: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 83: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
84: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 85: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 86: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
87: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 88: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
89: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
90: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
91: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
92: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
93: commercial vendors.
94: <p>
95:
96: </ul>
97:
1.454 ian 98: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
99: <ul>
1.468 grunk 100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
102: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
103: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
104: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
105: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
106: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
107: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 108: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 109: <br>
110: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
111: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
112: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
113: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
114: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 115: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 116: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
117: <p>
118:
1.454 ian 119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 120: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
121: Free Bird</a>,
122: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
123: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
124: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
125: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
126: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
127: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
128: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
129: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
130: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
131: room will only be available in the print edition.
132: <p>
1.459 deraadt 133:
1.458 niallo 134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 135: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
136: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
137: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
138: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
139: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
140: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
141: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
142: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
143: <p>
1.457 deraadt 144:
1.456 niallo 145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 146: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 147: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
148: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
149: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
150: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
151: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
152: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 153: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 154: interview.</a>
155: <p>
156:
157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 158: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
159: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
160: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
161: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
162: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
163: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
164: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
165: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
166: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
167: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
168: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
169: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
170: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
171: "I have never used it."
172: <p>
173:
174: </ul>
175:
1.441 deraadt 176: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
177: <ul>
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 179: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
180: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
181: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
182: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
183: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
184: future enhancements.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 188: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 189: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
190: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
191: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
192: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
193: North America mirror:
194: <ul>
1.452 marco 195: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 196: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
197: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 198: </ul>
199: European mirror:
200: <ul>
1.452 marco 201: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 202: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
203: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
204: </ul>
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 208: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
209: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
210: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
211: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
212: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
213: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 217: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
218: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
219: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
220: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
221: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
222: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
223: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
224: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 228: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
229: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
230: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
231: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
232: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
233: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
234: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
235: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 239: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 240: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 241: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
242: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
243: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
244: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
245: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
246: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
247: <p>
248:
249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
250: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 251: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 252: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
253: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
254: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
255: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
256: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 260: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
261: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
262: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 263: </strong></font><br>
264: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
265: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
266: with OpenBSD.
267: </ul>
268:
1.436 henning 269: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
270: <ul>
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 272: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
273: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
274: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
275: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
276: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
277: than closed source, as we have long contended.
278: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
279: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
280: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
281: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
282: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
283: <p>
284: This article can also be found online as
285: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
286: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 290: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
291: </strong></font><br>
292: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
293: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 297: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
298: </strong></font><br>
299: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
300: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 301: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 302: the issues we had with IETF.
303: </ul>
304:
1.431 ian 305: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
306: <ul>
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 308: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
309: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
310: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
311: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
312: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
313: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
314: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 318: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
319: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
320: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
321: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
322: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
323: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 324: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 325: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
326: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
327: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
328: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
329: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
330: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
331: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
332: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
333:
334: </ul>
335:
1.427 matthieu 336: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
337: <ul>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 340: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
341: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
342: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
343: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
344: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
345: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
346: firmware.
1.434 ian 347: Similar articles can be found online at:
348: <ul>
349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
350: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
351: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
352: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
354: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
355: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
356: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
358: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
359: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
360: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 362: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 363: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
364: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
365: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 366: </ul>
367:
1.426 ian 368: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
369: <ul>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
372: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
373: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
374: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
375: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 377: mechanism: what it is and why and
378: how to use it, with examples.
379: Another excerpt from the book
380: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
381: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
385: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
386: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
387: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
388: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
389: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
390: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
391: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
392: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
393: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
394: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
395: This article is a sample chapter from
396: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
397: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
398: <p>
1.443 ian 399:
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 401: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 402: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
403: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
404: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
405: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
406: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
407: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
408: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
409: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
410: ends with a sidebar on security.
411: <p>
1.426 ian 412: </ul>
413:
1.424 ian 414: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
415: <ul>
416:
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 418: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
419: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
420: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
421: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
422: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
423: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
424: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
425: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
426: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
427: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
428: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
429: <p>
430: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
431: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
432: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
433: <p>
434:
435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 436: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
437: Closed Source Hardware</a>
438: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
439: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
440: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
441: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
442: operating systems.
443: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
444: OpenBSD on his firewall.
445: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
446: systems, he writes:
447: <blockquote>
448: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
449: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
450: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
451: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
452: to the operating system...
453: <br/>
454: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
455: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
456: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
457: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
458: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
459: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
460: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
461: in a closed source operating system).
462: <br/>
463: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
464: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
465: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
466: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
467: </blockquote>
468: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
469: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
470: their hardware and software operates.
471: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
472: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 473: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 474: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
475: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
476: <p>
477: </ul>
478:
1.417 pvalchev 479: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
480: <ul>
1.421 ian 481:
1.417 pvalchev 482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 483: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
484: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
485: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
486: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
487: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
488: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
489: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
490: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
491: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
492: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
493: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 494: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 495: <p>
496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 497: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
498: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
499: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
500: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
501: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
502: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
503: it claims to do".
504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 507: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 508: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
509: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
510: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
511: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 512: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 513: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
514: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
515: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
516: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
517: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
518: (yes, this is a hint).
519: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
520: picked up on the
521: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
522: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 523: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 524: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
525: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
526: <p>
527:
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 529: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
530: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
531: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
532: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
533: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
534: questions about the significance and rationale behind
535: the current efforts.
536: <p>
537: </ul>
538:
1.407 henning 539: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
540: <ul>
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 542: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
543: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
544: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
545: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
546: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
547: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
548: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
549: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
550: <p>
551:
552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 553: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
554: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
555: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
556: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
557: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
558: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
559: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
560: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
561: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 562: <p>
1.415 ian 563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 565: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 566: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
567: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
568: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
569: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
570: overflow attacks... because
571: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
572: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
573: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
574: and propolice.
575: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
576: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
577: and that's when the science falls apart."
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 581: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
582: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
583: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
584: Starts with the question:
585: <blockquote>
586: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
587: <br/>
588: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
589: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
590: <br/>
591: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
592: Should we believe them?"
593: </blockquote>
594: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
595: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
596: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
597: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
598: for your mail, web and other online activities.
599: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
600: <p>
601:
602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 603: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
604: Simple Simon</a>,
605: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
606: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
607: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
608: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
609: routing/firewall, and more.
610: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
611: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
612: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
613: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
614: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
615: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
616: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
617: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
618: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
619: </blockquote>
620: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
621: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 625: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
626: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 627: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 628: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 629: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
630: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
631: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 632: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 633: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
634: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
635: in spite of it
636: (registration required, but worth it).
637: <p>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
640: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
641: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
642: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
643: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
644: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
645: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
646: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 647: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 648: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
649: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
650: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
651: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 655: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
656: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
657: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
658: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
659: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
660: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
661: <blockquote>
662: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
663: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
664: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
665: a lot of analysis.
666: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
667: </blockquote>
668: <p>
669: </ul>
670:
1.400 marco 671: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
672: <ul>
673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 674: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
675: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
676: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
677: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
678: UNIX-like systems.
679: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
680: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
681: <p>
682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 683: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
684: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 685: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
686: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
687: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
688: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
689: At one point, the article states:
690: <blockquote>
691: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
692: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
693: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
694: </blockquote>
695: And then quotes Theo as saying:
696: <blockquote>
697: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
698: fewer are reading or auditing code."
699: </blockquote>
700: <p>
701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
702: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
703: marks its fifth birthday</a>
704: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
705: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
706: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
707: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
708: required).
709: <p>
710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 711: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
712: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
713: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
714: </strong></font><br>
715: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
716: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
717: <p>
718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 719: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
720: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 721: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 722: </strong></font><br>
723: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
724: <p>
725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 726: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
727: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 728: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 729: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 730: 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 731: <p>
732: </ul>
733:
1.396 henning 734: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
735: <ul>
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 737: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
738: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
739: Unix Review, July, 2004
740: </strong></font><br>
741: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
742: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 743: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 744: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
745: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
746: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
747: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
748: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
749: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
750: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
751: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
752: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
753: and even spelling/wording errors.
754: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
755: <p>
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 757: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 758: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
759: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
760: </strong></font><br>
761: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
762: <p>
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 764: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 765: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
766: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
767: </strong></font><br>
768: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
769: <p>
770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 771: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
772: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
773: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
774: </strong></font><br>
775: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
776: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
777: <p>
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 779: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
780: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
781: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
782: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
783: <p>
784: </ul>
785:
1.405 jolan 786: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
787: <ul>
788: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
789: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 790: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 791: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
792: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
793: details on how funds are dispersed.
794: <p>
795: </ul>
796:
1.393 david 797: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
798: <ul>
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 800: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
801: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
802: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
803: </strong></font><br>
804: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
805: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
806: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
807: on inserting large number of SQL records.
808: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
809: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
810: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
811: <p>
812:
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 814: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
815: Secure by Default</a>,
816: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
817: </strong></font><br>
818: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
819: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
823: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
824: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
825: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
826: </strong></font><br>
827: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
828: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
829: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
830: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
831: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
832: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
833: <p>
834:
835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
836: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
837: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
838: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
839: </strong></font><br>
840: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
841: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
842: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
846: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
847: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
848: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
849: </strong></font><br>
850: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
851: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
852: <p>
853: </ul>
854:
1.388 mcbride 855: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
856: <ul>
1.394 jolan 857:
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
859: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
860: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
861: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
862: </strong></font><br>
863: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
864: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
865: available for sparc64.
866: <p>
867:
1.390 beck 868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 869: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
870: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
871: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
872: </strong></font><br>
873: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
874: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
875: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
876: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
877: <p>
878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 880: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
881: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 882: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 883: </strong></font><br>
884: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
885: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
886: it does: CARP provides sharing
887: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
888: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
889: detail to get you started using it.
890: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
891: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
892: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
893: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
894: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
895: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
896: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 897: <p>
1.391 ian 898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 900: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 901: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
902: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 903: </strong></font><br>
904: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 905: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 906: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 907: <p>
1.388 mcbride 908:
909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
910: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
911: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 912: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 913: </strong></font><br>
914: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
915: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
916: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
917: unencumbered by patents.
918: <p>
919: </ul>
920:
1.378 henning 921: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
922: <ul>
1.384 jose 923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 925: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
926: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
927: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
928: </strong></font><br>
929: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
930: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
931: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
932: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
933: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
934: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
935: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
936: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
937: in the page tables."
938: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
939: <p>
940:
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 942: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
943: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
944: </strong></font><br>
945: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
946: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
947: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
948: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 949: <p>
1.384 jose 950:
1.378 henning 951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 952: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
953: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 954: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
955: </strong></font><br>
956: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
957: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
958: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
959: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
960: (quote:
961: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
962: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 963: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 964: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
965: the other developers for their work on the system.
966: <p>
967:
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 969: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
970: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
971: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 972: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 973: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
974: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
975: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
976: too.
977: <p>
978:
979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 980: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
981: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 982: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 983: OpenBSD source code using
984: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
985: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
986: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
987: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
988: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
989: <p>
990: </ul>
991:
1.374 jose 992: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
993: <ul>
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 995: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 996: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
997: </strong></font><br>
998: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
999: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1000: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1001: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1002: it."
1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1006: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1007: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1008: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1009: </strong></font><br/>
1010: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1011: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1012: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1013: <p>
1014: </ul>
1015:
1.369 ian 1016: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1017: <ul>
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1019: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1020: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1021: </strong></font><br/>
1022: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1023: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1024: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1025: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1029: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1030: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1031: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1032: </strong></font><br/>
1033: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1034: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1035: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1036: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1037: form factor.
1038: <p>
1039:
1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1041: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1042: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1043: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1044: Features</a>,
1045: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1046: </strong></font><br/>
1047: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1048: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1049: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1050: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1051: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1052: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1053: <p>
1054: This article can also be found online at:
1055: <ul>
1056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1057: <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 1058: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1059: </strong></font>
1060: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1061: </ul>
1062: <p>
1.392 david 1063:
1.371 jose 1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1065: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1066: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1067: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1068: </strong></font><br/>
1069: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1070: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1071: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1072: <p>
1.371 jose 1073:
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1075: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1076: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1077: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1078: </strong></font><br/>
1079: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1080: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1081: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1082: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1083: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1084: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1085: and its history with OpenBSD.
1086: </ul>
1087:
1.368 henning 1088: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1089: <ul>
1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1091: [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 1092: </strong></font><br>
1093: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1094: </ul>
1095:
1.364 jose 1096: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1097: <ul>
1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1099: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1100: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1101: UNIX Review,
1102: July, 2003.
1103: </strong></font><br>
1104: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1105: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1106: who want more information.
1107: <p>
1108:
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1110: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1111: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1112: Government Computer News,
1113: July 22, 2003.
1114: </strong></font><br>
1115: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1116: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1117: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1118: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1119: <p>
1120:
1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1122: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1123: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1124: SANS Institute,
1125: July 22, 2003.
1126: </strong></font><br>
1127: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1128: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1129: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1130: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1131: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1132: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1133: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1134: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1135: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1136: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1137: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1138: <p>
1139:
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1141: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1142: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1143: OnLamp.com,
1144: July 17, 2003.
1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1147: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1148: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1149: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1150: have been working on.
1151:
1152: </ul>
1153:
1.356 jose 1154: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1155: <ul>
1156:
1157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1158: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1159: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1160: UNIX Review,
1161: June, 2003.
1162: </strong></font><br>
1163: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1164: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1165: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1166: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1167: <p>
1168:
1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1170: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1171: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1172: eWeek,
1173: June 23, 2003.
1174: </strong></font><br>
1175: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1176: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1177: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1178: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1179: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1180: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1181: <p>
1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1184: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1185: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1186: Software Development Online,
1187: June, 2003.
1188: </strong></font><br>
1189: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1190: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1191: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1192: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1193: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1194: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1195: current activities.
1196: <p>
1197:
1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1199: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1200: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1201: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1202: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1203: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1204: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1205: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1206: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1207: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1208: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1209: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1210: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1211: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1212: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1213: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1214: decisions.
1215: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1216: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1217: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1218: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1222: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1223: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1224: Page 58, eWeek,
1225: June 2, 2003.
1226: </strong></font><br>
1227: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1228: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1229: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1230: been addressed in -current.
1231: <p>
1232:
1.356 jose 1233: </ul>
1234:
1235: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1236: <ul>
1237:
1.355 jose 1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1239: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1240: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1241: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1242: </strong></font><br>
1243: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1244: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1245: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1246: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1247: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1248: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1249: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1250: <p>
1251:
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1253: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1254: Beyond Linux</a>,
1255: InfoWorld,
1256: May 23, 2003.
1257: </strong></font><br>
1258: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1259: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1260: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1261: compared to the GPL.
1262: <p>
1263:
1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1265: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1266: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1267: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1268: May 17, 2003.
1269: </strong></font><br>
1270: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1271: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1272: the business section and half of another page inside
1273: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1274: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1275: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1276: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1277: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1278: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1279: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1280: <br>
1281: This article can also be found online at:
1282: <ul>
1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1284: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1285: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1286: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1287: May 17, 2003
1288: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1289: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1291: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1292: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1293: Montreal Gazette,
1294: May 21, 2003
1295: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1296: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1297: <p>
1.346 ian 1298:
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1300: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1301: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1302: May 7, 2003.
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1305: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1306: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1310: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1311: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1312: OsOpinion,
1313: May 6, 2003.
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1316: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1317: <br>
1318: This article can also be found online at:
1319: <ul>
1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1321: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1322: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1323: NewsFactor Network.
1324: </strong></font>
1325: </ul>
1326: <p>
1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1329: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1330: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1331: ITBusiness,
1332: May 2, 2003.
1333: </strong></font><br>
1334: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1335: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1336: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1337: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1338: <p>
1339:
1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1341: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1342: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1343: InfoWorld,
1344: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1345: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1346: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1347: <br>
1348: This article can also be found online at:
1349: <ul>
1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1351: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1352: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1353: IDG Singapore.
1354: </strong></font>
1355: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1356: <p>
1357:
1.339 jose 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1359: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1360: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1361: ZDNet,
1362: May 1, 2003.
1363: </strong></font><br>
1364: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1365: someone using parts from previous articles.
1366: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1367: This article can also be found online at:
1368: <ul>
1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1370: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1371: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1372: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1373: </strong></font>
1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1375: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1376: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1377: CNET News.com.
1378: </strong></font>
1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1380: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1381: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1382: ZDNet UK.
1383: </strong></font>
1384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1385: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1386: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1387: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1388: </strong></font>
1389: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1390: <p>
1.339 jose 1391:
1.341 deraadt 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1393: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1394: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1395: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1396: May 1, 2003.
1397: </strong></font><br>
1398: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1399: that have been added
1400: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1401: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1402: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1403: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1404: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1405: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1406: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1407: <p>
1408:
1409: </ul>
1410:
1.253 ian 1411: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1412: <ul>
1.255 ian 1413:
1.260 ian 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1415: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1416: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1417: TechRepublic,
1418: April 28, 2003.
1419: </strong></font><br>
1420: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1421: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1422: work.<br>
1423: Can also be found online at:
1424: <ul>
1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1426: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1427: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1428: ZDNet UK.
1429: </strong></font>
1430: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1431: <p>
1432:
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1434: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1435: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1436: IDG,
1437: April 24, 2003.
1438: </strong></font><br>
1439: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1440: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1441: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1442: Can also be found online at:
1443: <ul>
1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1445: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1446: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1447: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1448: </strong></font>
1449: </ul>
1450: <p>
1451:
1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1453: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1454: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1455: Slate,
1456: April 24, 2003.
1457: </strong></font><br>
1458: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1459: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1460: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1461: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1462: <p>
1463:
1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1465: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1466: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1467: April 24, 2003.
1468: </strong></font><br>
1469: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1470: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1471: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1472: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1473: <p>
1474:
1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1476: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1477: April 24, 2003.
1478: </strong></font><br>
1479: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1480: the free software community".
1481: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1482: other articles.
1483: <p>
1484:
1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1486: <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 1487: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1488: </strong></font><br>
1489: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1490: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1491: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1492: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1493: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1494: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1495: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1496: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1497: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1498: <br/>
1499: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1500: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1501: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1502: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1503: <br>
1504: Can also be found online at:
1505: <ul>
1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1507: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1508: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1509: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1510: </strong></font>
1511: </ul>
1.324 ian 1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1515: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1516: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1517: </strong></font><br>
1518: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1519: article above.
1520: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1521: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1522: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1523: <br>
1524: Can also be found online at:
1525: <ul>
1526: <li>
1527: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1528: </strong></font>
1529: </ul>
1.324 ian 1530: <p>
1531:
1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1533: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1534: </strong></font><br>
1535: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1536: <p>
1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1539: <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.
1540: </strong></font><br>
1541: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1542: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1543: <p>
1544:
1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1546: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1547: April 23, 2003.
1548: </strong></font><br>
1549: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1550: <p>
1551:
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1553: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1554: April 22, 2003.
1555: </strong></font><br>
1556: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1557: <p>
1558:
1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1560: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1561: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1562: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1563: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1564: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1565: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1566: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1567: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1568: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1569: Can also be found online at:
1570: <ul>
1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1572: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1573: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1574: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1575: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1577: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1578: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1579: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1580: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1581: </ul>
1582: <p>
1583:
1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1585: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1586: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1587: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1588: </strong></font><br>
1589: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1590: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1591: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1592: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1593: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1594: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1595: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1596: <p>
1597:
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1599: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1600: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1601: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1602: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1603: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1604: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1605: at UPenn and DARPA.
1606: <p>
1607:
1608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1609: [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,
1610: France
1.315 deraadt 1611: April 18, 2003.
1612: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1613: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1614: <p>
1615:
1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1617: [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 1618: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1619: </strong></font><br>
1620: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1621: <p>
1622:
1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1624: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1625: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1626: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1627: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1628: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1629: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1630: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1631: <p>
1632:
1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1634: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1635: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1636: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1637: </strong></font><br>
1638: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1639: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1640: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1641: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1642: <p>
1643:
1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1645: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1646: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1647: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1648: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1649: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1650: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1651: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1652: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1653: Can also be found online at:
1654: <ul>
1655: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1656: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1657: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1658: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1659: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1660: <p>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1663: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1664: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1665: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1666: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1667: </strong></font><br>
1668: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1669: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1670: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1671: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1672: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1673:
1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1675: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1676: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1677: New York Times.
1678: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1679:
1.273 deraadt 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1681: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1682: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1683: ABC News.
1684: </strong></font>
1685:
1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1687: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1688: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1689: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1690: </strong></font>
1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1693: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1694: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1695: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1696: </strong></font>
1697:
1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1699: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1700: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1701: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1702: </strong></font>
1703:
1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1705: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1706: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1707: Times Daily, AL.
1708: </strong></font>
1709:
1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1711: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1712: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1713: Boston.com, MA.
1714: </strong></font>
1715:
1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1717: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1718: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1719: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1720: </strong></font>
1721:
1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1723: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1724: [Article was pulled]</a>
1725: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1726: </strong></font>
1727:
1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1729: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1730: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1731: Infoshop News.
1732: </strong></font>
1733:
1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1735: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1736: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1737: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1738: </strong></font>
1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1741: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1742: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1743: Raleigh News, NC.
1744: </strong></font>
1745:
1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1747: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1748: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1749: Napa News, CA.
1750: </strong></font>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1753: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1754: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1755: NEPA News, PA.
1756: </strong></font>
1757:
1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1759: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1760: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1761: Wired News.
1762: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1763: <br>
1764: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1765: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1766: [JAPANESE]
1767: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1768: Wired News Japan</a>
1769: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1770:
1.271 deraadt 1771: </ul>
1772: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1773: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1774: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1775: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1776: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1777: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1778: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1779: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1780: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1781: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1782: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1783: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1784: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1785: <p>
1786: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1787:
1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1789: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1790: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1791: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1792: </strong></font>
1793:
1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1795: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1796: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1797: Miami Herald, FL.
1798: </strong></font>
1799:
1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1801: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1802: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1803: </strong></font>
1804:
1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1806: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1807: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1808: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1809: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1810:
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1812: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1813: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1814: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1815: ABC News.
1816: </strong></font>
1817:
1.276 deraadt 1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1819: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1820: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1821: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1822: </strong></font>
1823:
1.286 dhartmei 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1825: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1826: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1827: Wilmington Star, NC.
1828: </strong></font>
1829:
1.300 jose 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1831: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1832: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1833: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1834: </strong></font>
1835:
1.309 jose 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1837: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1838: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1839: Globe Technology.
1840: </strong></font>
1841:
1.263 deraadt 1842: </ul>
1.262 beck 1843: <p>
1844:
1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1846: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1847: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1848: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1849: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1850: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1851: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1852: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1853: <p>
1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1856: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1857: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1858: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1859: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1860: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1861: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1862: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1863: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1864: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1865: and simply restates other press reports.
1866: <p>
1867:
1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1869: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1870: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1871: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1872: </strong></font><br>
1873: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1874: <p>
1875:
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1877: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1878: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1879: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1880: </strong></font><br>
1881: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1882: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1883: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1884: <p>
1885:
1886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1887: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1888: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1889: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1890: April 17, 2003.
1891: </strong></font><br>
1892: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1893: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1894: Tech Anthems</a>
1895: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1896: 4 so far.
1897: <p>
1898:
1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1900: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1901: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1902: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1903: </strong></font><br>
1904: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1905: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1906: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1907: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1908: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1909: Goes on to say:
1910: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1911: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1912: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1913: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1914: This article is also found online at:
1915: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1917: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1918: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1919: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1920: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1922: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1923: ZDnet</a>,
1924: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1925: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1927: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1928: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1929: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1930: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1931: </ul>
1.260 ian 1932: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1933:
1.260 ian 1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1935: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1936: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1937: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1938: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1939: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1940: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1941: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1942: without notice or justification.
1943: <p>
1944:
1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1946: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1947: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1948: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1949: </strong></font><br>
1950: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1951: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1952: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1953: effective today, without any warning..."
1954: <p>
1.257 ian 1955:
1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1957: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1958: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1959: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1961: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1962: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1963: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1964: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1965: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1966: <p>
1967:
1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1969: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1970: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1971: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1972: </strong></font><br>
1973: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1974: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1975: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1976: quoting two of them:
1977: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1978: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1979: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1980: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1981: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1982: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1983: <p>
1984:
1.255 ian 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1986: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1987: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1988: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1989: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1990: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1991: <p>
1992:
1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1994: [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 1995: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1996: </strong></font><br>
1997: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1998: <p>
1999:
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2001: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2002: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2003: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2005: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2006: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2007: security experts for more than three decades."
2008: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2009: <p>
1.261 ian 2010:
1.254 drahn 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2012: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2013: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2014: </strong></font><br>
2015: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2016: <p>
2017:
2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2019: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2020: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2021: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2022: </strong></font><br>
2023: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2024: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2025: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2026: <p>
2027:
2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2029: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2030: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2031: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2032: </strong></font><br>
2033: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2034: from US DARPA.
2035: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2036: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2037: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2038: the BSD license.
2039: <p>
2040: </ul>
2041:
1.251 ian 2042: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2043: <ul>
2044:
2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2046: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2047: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2048: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2049: </strong></font><br>
2050:
2051: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2052: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2053: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2054: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2055: <p>
2056:
2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2058: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2059: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2060: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2061: </strong></font><br>
2062: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2063: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2064: Mentions
2065: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2066: and
2067: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2068: programs.
2069: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2070: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2071: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2072: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2073: <p>
1.325 ian 2074: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2075: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2076:
2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2078: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2079: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2080: </strong></font><br>
2081: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2082: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2083: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2084: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2085: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2086: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2087: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2088: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2089: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2090: put into service."
2091: <p>
2092: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2093: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2094: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2095: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2096: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2097: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2098: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2099: computers with security features."
2100: <p>
1.329 ian 2101:
2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2103: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2104: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2105: Slate,
2106: March 3, 2003.
2107: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2108: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2109: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2110: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2111: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2112: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2113: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2114: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2115: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2116: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2117: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2118: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2119: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2120: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2121: of more secure open-source solutions like
2122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2123: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2124: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2125: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2126: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2127: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2128: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2129: the Beltway."
2130: <p>
1.251 ian 2131: </ul>
2132:
1.249 jufi 2133: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2134: <ul>
2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2136: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2137: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2138: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2139: </strong></font><br>
2140: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2141: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2142: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2143: <p>
1.334 ian 2144:
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2146: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2147: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2148: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2149: </strong></font><br>
2150: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2151: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2152: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2153: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2154: "... the hypothetical question ...
2155: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2156: <br>
2157: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2158: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2159: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2160: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2161: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2162: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2164: support network security.
2165: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2166: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2167: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2168: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2169: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2170: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2171: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2172: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2173: <br>
2174: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2175: <p>
2176:
1.249 jufi 2177: </ul>
2178:
1.246 jufi 2179: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2180: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2181:
1.247 jufi 2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2183: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2184: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2185: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2186: </strong></font><br>
2187: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2188: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2189: <p>
2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2192: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2193: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2194: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2196: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2197: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2198: <p>
2199:
2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2201: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2202: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2203: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2206: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2207: <p>
1.247 jufi 2208: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2209:
1.244 jufi 2210: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2211: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2212:
1.247 jufi 2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2214: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2215: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2216: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2217: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2218: </strong></font><br>
2219: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2220: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2221: md5 digests.
2222: <p>
2223:
1.247 jufi 2224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2225: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2226: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2227: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2228: </strong></font><br>
2229: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2230: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2231: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2232: right the first time."
2233: <p>
1.247 jufi 2234: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2235:
2236:
2237: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2238: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2241: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2242: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2243: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2244: </strong></font><br>
2245: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2246: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2247: part 6</a>.
2248: <p>
2249:
1.247 jufi 2250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2251: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2252: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2253: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2254: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2255: </strong></font><br>
2256: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2257: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2258: <p>
1.301 jose 2259:
2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2261: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2262: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2263: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2264: </strong></font><br>
2265:
2266: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2267: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2268: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2269: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2270: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2271: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2272: <i>Here's the
2273: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2274: <p>
1.247 jufi 2275: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2276:
2277: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2278: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2281: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2282: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2283: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2284: </strong></font><br>
2285: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2286: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2287: <p>
2288:
1.247 jufi 2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2290: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2291: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2292: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2293: </strong></font><br>
2294: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2295: this time using pf.
2296: <p>
1.247 jufi 2297: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2298:
2299: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2300: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2303: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2304: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2305: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2306: </strong></font><br>
2307: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2308: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2309: their rotation.
2310: <p>
2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2313: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2314: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2315: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2316: </strong></font><br>
2317: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2318: <p>
1.247 jufi 2319: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2320:
1.239 jufi 2321: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2322: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2325: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2326: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2327: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2328: </strong></font><br>
2329: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2330: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2331: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2332: <p>
2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2335: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2336: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2337: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2338: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2339: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2340: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2341: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2342: <p>
1.247 jufi 2343: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2344:
1.235 lebel 2345: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2346: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2347:
1.239 jufi 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2350: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2351: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2352: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2353: </strong></font><br>
2354: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2355: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2356: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2357: <p>
1.301 jose 2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2360:
1.228 horacio 2361: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2362: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2363:
1.247 jufi 2364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2365: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2366: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2367: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2368: </strong></font><br>
2369: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2370: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2371: <p>
2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2374: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2375: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2376: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2377: </strong></font><br>
2378: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2379: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2380: <p>
2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2383: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2384: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2385: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2386: </strong></font><br>
2387: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2388: on the desktop of his parents.
2389: <p>
2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2392: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2393: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2394: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2395: </strong></font><br>
2396: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2397: using IPFilter.
2398:
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2402: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2403: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2404: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2405: </strong></font><br>
2406: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2407: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2408: perspectives of the four OS.
2409: <br>
2410: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2411: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2412: <p>
2413:
1.247 jufi 2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2415: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2416: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2417: software and security</a>,
2418: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2419: </strong></font><br>
2420:
2421: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2422: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2423: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2424: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2425: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2426: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2427: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2428: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2429: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2430: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2431: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2432: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2433: <p>
1.247 jufi 2434: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2435:
1.225 horacio 2436: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2437: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2438:
1.247 jufi 2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2440: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2441: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2442: Interview</a>,
2443: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2444: </strong></font><br>
2445:
2446: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2447: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2448: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2449: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2450: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2451: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2452: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2453: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2454: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2455: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2456: of choice.
2457: <p>
1.247 jufi 2458: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2459:
2460: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2461: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2464: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2465: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2466: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2467: </strong></font><br>
2468:
2469: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2470: <p>
2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2473: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2474: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2475: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2476: </strong></font><br>
2477:
2478: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2479: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2480: <p>
1.247 jufi 2481: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2482:
1.218 horacio 2483: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2484: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2487: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2488: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2489: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2490: </strong></font><br>
2491:
2492: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2493: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2494: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2495: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2496: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2497: subjects. Worth a read.
2498: <p>
2499:
2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2502: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2503: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2504: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2505: </strong></font><br>
2506:
2507: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2508: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2509: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2510: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2511: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2512: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2513: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2514: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2515: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2516: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2517: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2518: on other operating systems.<br>
2519: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2520: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2521: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2522: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2523: <p>
2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2526: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2527: Operating System 2010</a>,
2528: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2529: </strong></font><br>
2530:
2531: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2532: covering the level of software integration into the core
2533: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2534: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2535: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2536: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2537: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2538: <p>
2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2541: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2542: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2543: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2544: </strong></font><br>
2545:
2546: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2547: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2548: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2549: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2550: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2551: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2552: <p>
1.247 jufi 2553: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2554:
1.210 jufi 2555: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2556: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2557:
1.247 jufi 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2559: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2560: Already a Contender</a>,
2561: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2562: </strong></font><br>
2563:
2564: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2565: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2566: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2567: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2568: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2569: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2570: <p>
2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2573: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2574: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2575: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2576: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2577:
1.224 horacio 2578: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2579: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2580: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2581: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2582: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2583: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2584: <p>
1.247 jufi 2585: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2586:
2587: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2588: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2591: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2592: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2593: Division</a>,
2594: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2595: </strong></font><br>
2596:
2597: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2598: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2599: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2600: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2601: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2602: investment</em>.<br>
2603: The implementation details can be seen on their
2604: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2605: <p>
2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2608: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2609: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2610: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2611: </strong></font><br>
2612:
2613: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2614: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2615: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2616: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2617: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2618: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2619: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2620: <p>
2621:
2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2623: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2624: Thinking about Security</a>,
2625: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2626: </strong></font><br>
2627:
2628: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2629: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2630: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2631: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2632: to time.<br>
2633: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2634: system and just the most secure system.
2635: <p>
2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2638: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2639: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2640: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2641: </strong></font><br>
2642:
2643: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2644: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2645: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2646: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2647: choice:<br>
2648: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2649: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2650: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2651: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2652: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2653: network security devices and as such must be well
2654: armored."</em><br>
2655: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2656: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2657: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2658: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2659: <br>
2660: Bravo!
2661: <p>
1.247 jufi 2662: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2663:
1.207 ian 2664: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2665: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2666:
1.247 jufi 2667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2668: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2669: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2670: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2671:
1.207 ian 2672: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2673: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2674: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2675: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2676: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2677: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2678: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2679: <p>
1.247 jufi 2680: </ul>
1.207 ian 2681:
1.194 jufi 2682: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2683: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2686: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2687: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2688: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2689: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2690:
1.240 miod 2691: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2692: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2693: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2694: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2695: <p>
2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2698: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2699: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2700: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2701:
2702: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2703: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2704: <p>
2705:
2706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2707: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2708: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2709: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2710:
2711: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2712: <p>
2713:
2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2715: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2716: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2717: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2718: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2719:
1.240 miod 2720: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2721: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2722: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2723: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2724: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2725: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2726: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2727: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2728: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2729: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2730: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2731: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2732: <p>
2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2735: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2736: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2737: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2738: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2739:
1.194 jufi 2740: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2741: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2742: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2743: <br>
2744: The new
2745: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2746: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2747: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2748: <p>
1.247 jufi 2749: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2750:
1.190 horacio 2751: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2752: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2755:
2756: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2757: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2758:
1.301 jose 2759:
1.191 jufi 2760: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2761: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2762:
2763: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2764: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2765:
1.212 horacio 2766: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2767: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2768: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2769:
1.211 horacio 2770: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2771: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2772: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2775: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2776:
1.247 jufi 2777: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2778: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2779:
1.212 horacio 2780: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2781: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2782: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2783:
2784: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2785: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2786:
2787: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2788: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2789:
1.301 jose 2790: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2791: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2792:
1.191 jufi 2793: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2794: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2795:
2796: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2797: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2798:
1.192 jufi 2799: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2800: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2801: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2802:
1.193 deraadt 2803: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2804: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2805: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2808: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2811: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2812: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2813:
1.213 horacio 2814: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2815: 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 2816: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2817:
1.190 horacio 2818: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2819: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2820: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2821: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2822: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2823: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2824: <p>
1.190 horacio 2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2827: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2828: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2829: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2830: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2831:
1.195 jufi 2832: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2833: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2834: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2835: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2836: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2837: <p>
2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2840: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2841: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2842: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2843: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2844:
1.191 jufi 2845: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2846: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2847: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2848: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2849: <p>
2850:
2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2852: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2853: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2854: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2855:
2856: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2857: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2858: <p>
1.247 jufi 2859: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2860:
1.191 jufi 2861:
1.186 jufi 2862: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2863: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2866: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2867: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2868: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2869: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2870:
1.188 jufi 2871: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2872: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2873: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2874: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2875: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2876: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2877: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2878: <p>
2879:
1.301 jose 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2881: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2882: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2883: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2884:
2885: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2886: <p>
1.191 jufi 2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2889: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2890: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2891: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2892: </strong></font><br>
2893:
2894: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2895: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2896: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2897: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2898: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2899: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2900: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2901: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2902: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2903: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2904: familiar?
2905: <p>
1.247 jufi 2906: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2907:
1.178 louis 2908: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2909: <ul>
1.178 louis 2910:
1.247 jufi 2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2912: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2913: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2914: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2915: </strong></font><br>
2916:
2917: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2918: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2919: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2920: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2921: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2922: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2923: <p>
2924:
1.247 jufi 2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2926: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2927: Open source under the hood</a>,
2928: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2929: </strong></font><br>
2930:
2931: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2932: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2933: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2934: <p>
2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2937: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2938: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2939: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2940: </strong></font><br>
2941:
2942: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2943: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2944: <p>
1.247 jufi 2945: </ul>
1.179 louis 2946:
1.174 louis 2947:
1.175 louis 2948: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2949: <ul>
1.175 louis 2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2952: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2953: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2954: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2955: </strong></font><br>
2956:
2957: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2958: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2959: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2960: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2961: <p>
2962:
1.247 jufi 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2964: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2965: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2966: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2967: </strong></font><br>
2968:
2969: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2970: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2971: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2972: <p>
1.247 jufi 2973: </ul>
1.175 louis 2974:
1.176 louis 2975:
1.172 mickey 2976: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2977: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2978:
1.247 jufi 2979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2980: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2981: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2982: </strong></font><br>
2983:
2984: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2985: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2986: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2987: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2988: <p>
2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2991: <a
1.269 deraadt 2992: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2993: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2994: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2995: </strong></font><br>
2996:
2997: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2998: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2999: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3000: <p>
3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3003: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3004: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3005: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3006: </strong></font><br>
3007:
3008: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3009: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3010: <p>
3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3013: <a
1.269 deraadt 3014: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3015: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3016: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3017: </strong></font><br>
3018:
3019: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3020: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3021: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3022: our own Theo de Raadt.
3023: <p>
3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3026: <a
1.269 deraadt 3027: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3028: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3029: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3030: </strong></font><br>
3031:
3032: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3033: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3034: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3035: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3036: shut down.]
3037: <p>
3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3040: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3041: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3042: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3043: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3044: </strong></font><br>
3045:
3046: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3047: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3048: <p>
1.247 jufi 3049: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3050:
1.161 louis 3051: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3052: <ul>
1.161 louis 3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3055: <a
1.269 deraadt 3056: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3057: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3058: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3059: </strong></font><br>
3060:
3061: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3062: by John Wolley
3063: <p>
3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3066: <a
1.269 deraadt 3067: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3068: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3069: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3070: </strong></font><br>
3071:
3072: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3073: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3074: OpenBSD).
3075: <p>
3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3078: <a
1.247 jufi 3079: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3080: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3081: </strong></font><br>
3082:
3083: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3084: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3085: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3086: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3087: and hindsight.
3088: <p>
3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3091: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3092: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3093: </strong></font><br>
3094:
3095: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3096: <p>
3097:
1.247 jufi 3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3099: <a
1.168 provos 3100: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3101: December 7, 2000
3102: </strong></font><br>
3103:
3104: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3105: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3106: us explain.
3107: <p>
3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3110: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3111: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3112: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3113: December 6, 2000
3114: </strong></font><br>
3115:
3116: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3117: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3118: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3119: <p>
3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3122: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3123: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3124: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3125: </strong></font><br>
3126:
3127: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3128: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3129: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3130: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3131: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3132: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3133: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3134: <p>
3135:
3136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3137: <a
1.226 horacio 3138: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3139: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3140: </strong></font><br>
3141:
3142: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3143: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3144: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3145: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3146: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3147: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3148: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3149: <p>
1.162 millert 3150:
1.247 jufi 3151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3152: <a
1.161 louis 3153: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3154: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3155: </strong></font><br>
3156:
3157: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3158: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3159: <p>
3160:
1.247 jufi 3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3162: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3163: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3164: </strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3167: <p>
3168:
3169:
1.247 jufi 3170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3171: <a
1.226 horacio 3172: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3173: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3174: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3175: </strong></font><br>
3176:
3177: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3178: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3179: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3180: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3181: <p>
1.247 jufi 3182: </ul>
1.169 louis 3183:
1.158 louis 3184: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3185: <ul>
1.147 louis 3186:
1.247 jufi 3187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3188: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3189: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3190: </strong></font><br>
3191:
3192: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3193: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3194: <p>
3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3197: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3198: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3199: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3200: </strong></font><br>
3201: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3202: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3203: <p>
3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3206: <a
3207: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3208: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3209: </strong></font><br>
3210:
3211: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3212: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3213: <p>
3214:
1.247 jufi 3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3216: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3217: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3218: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3219:
1.213 horacio 3220: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3221: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3222: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3223: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3224: <p>
1.215 horacio 3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3227: <a
3228: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3229: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3230: </strong></font><br>
3231:
3232: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3233: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3234: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3235: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3236: much of the attitude too).
3237: <p>
1.161 louis 3238:
1.247 jufi 3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3240: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3241: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3242: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3243:
1.157 louis 3244: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3245: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3246: <p>
1.247 jufi 3247: </ul>
1.157 louis 3248:
3249: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3250: <ul>
1.157 louis 3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3253: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3254: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3255: </strong></font><br>
3256:
3257: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3258: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3259: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3260: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3261: <p>
3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3264: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3265: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3266: </strong></font><br>
3267:
3268: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3269: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3270: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3271: it because they love coding...
3272: <p>
3273:
1.247 jufi 3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3275: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3276: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3277: </strong></font><br>
3278:
3279: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3280: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3281: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3282: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3283: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3284: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3285: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3286: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3287: <p>
3288:
1.247 jufi 3289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3290: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3291: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3292: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3293: </strong></font><br>
3294:
3295: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3296: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3297: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3298: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3299: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3300: the pizza.
3301: <p>
3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3304: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3305: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3306: </strong></font><br>
3307:
3308: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3309: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3310: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3311: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3312: problems.
3313: <p>
3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3316: <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 3317: </strong></font><br>
3318:
1.222 miod 3319: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3320: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3321: - whether they like it or not.
3322: <p>
3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3325: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3326: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3327: </strong></font><br>
3328:
3329: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3330: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3331: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3332: <p>
1.148 aaron 3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3335: <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 3336: </strong></font><br>
3337:
3338: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3339: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3340: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3341: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3342: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3343: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3344: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3345: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3346: <p>
3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3349: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3350: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3351: </strong></font><br>
3352:
3353: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3354: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3355: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3356: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3357: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3358: <p>
1.247 jufi 3359: </ul>
1.147 louis 3360:
1.138 louis 3361: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3362: <ul>
1.138 louis 3363:
1.247 jufi 3364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3365: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3366: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3367: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3368: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3369: </strong></font><br>
3370:
1.227 horacio 3371: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3372: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3373: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3374: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3375: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3376: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3377: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3378: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3379: <p>
3380:
1.247 jufi 3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3382: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3383: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
3386: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3387: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3388: groups, and even Linux.
3389: <p>
3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3392: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3393: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3394: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3395: </strong></font><br>
3396:
3397: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3398: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3399: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3400: library after installing the OS.
3401: <p>
3402:
1.247 jufi 3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3404: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3405: Sys Admin, September 2000
3406: </strong></font><br>
3407:
3408: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3409: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3410: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3411: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3412: (<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>,
3413: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3414: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3415: <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 3416: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3417: out of the system.
3418: <p>
3419:
1.247 jufi 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3421: <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
3422: </strong></font><br>
3423:
3424: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3425: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3426: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3427: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3428: the IP filtering and address translation.
3429: <p>
1.301 jose 3430:
3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3432: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3433: </strong></font><br>
3434:
3435: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3436: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3437: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3438: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3439: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3440: <p>
1.247 jufi 3441: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3442:
1.131 louis 3443: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3444: <ul>
1.131 louis 3445:
1.247 jufi 3446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3447: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3448: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3449: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3450: </strong></font><br>
3451:
3452: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3453: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3454: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3455: <p>
3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3458: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3459: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3460: </strong></font><br>
3461:
3462: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3463: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3464: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3465: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3466: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3467: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3468: note of"</i>.
3469: <p>
3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3472: <a
1.247 jufi 3473: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3474: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3475: </strong></font><br>
3476:
3477: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3478: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3479: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3480: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3481: <p>
3482:
1.247 jufi 3483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3484: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3485: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3486: </strong></font><br>
3487:
3488: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3489: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3490: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3491: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3492: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3493: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3494: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3495: <p>
3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3498: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3499: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3500: 2000
3501: </strong></font><br>
3502:
3503: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3504: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3505: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3506: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3507: against current industry practices.
3508: <p>
3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3511: <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
3512: </strong></font><br>
3513:
3514: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3515: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3516: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3517: <p>
3518:
1.247 jufi 3519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3520: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3521: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3522: </strong></font><br>
3523:
3524: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3525: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3526: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3527: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3528: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3529: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3530: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3531: <p>
3532:
1.247 jufi 3533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3534: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3535: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3536: </strong></font><br>
3537:
3538: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3539: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3540: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3541: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3542: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3543: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3544: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3545: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3546: <p>
1.247 jufi 3547: </ul>
1.131 louis 3548:
1.118 louis 3549: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3550: <ul>
1.118 louis 3551:
1.247 jufi 3552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3553: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3554: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3555: </strong></font><br>
3556:
3557: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3558: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3559: about time. The article mentions that
3560: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3561: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3562: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3563: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3564: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3565: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3566: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3567: <p>
3568:
1.247 jufi 3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3570: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3571: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3572: </strong></font><br>
3573:
3574: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3575: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3576: of OpenSSH.
3577: <p>
3578:
1.247 jufi 3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3580: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3581: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3582: </strong></font><br>
3583:
3584: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3585: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3586: bridging.
3587: <p>
3588:
1.247 jufi 3589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3590: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3591: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3592: </strong></font><br>
3593:
1.121 deraadt 3594: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3595: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3596: <p>
3597:
1.247 jufi 3598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3599: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3600: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3601: </strong></font><br>
3602:
3603: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3604: <p>
3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3607: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3608: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3609: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3610: </strong></font><br>
3611:
1.120 deraadt 3612: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3613: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3614: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3615: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3616: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3617: <p>
3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3620: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3621: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3622: </strong></font><br>
3623:
1.222 miod 3624: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3625: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3626: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3627: protocols and their quirks.
3628: <p>
3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3631: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3632: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3633: </strong></font><br>
3634:
3635: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3636: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3637: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3638: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3639: <p>
3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3642: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3643: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3644: </strong></font><br>
3645:
3646: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3647: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3648: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3649: <p>
3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3652: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3653: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3654: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3655: </strong></font><br>
3656:
3657: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3658: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3659: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3660: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3661: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3662: <p>
1.247 jufi 3663: </ul>
1.118 louis 3664:
1.104 louis 3665: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3666: <ul>
1.104 louis 3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3669: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3670: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3671: </strong></font><br>
3672:
3673: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3674: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3675: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3676: be a bit dry.
3677: <p>
3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3680: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3681: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3682: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3683: </strong></font><br>
3684: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3685: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3686: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3687: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3688: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3689: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3690: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3691: <p>
3692:
1.247 jufi 3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3694: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3695: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3696: 2000
1.128 louis 3697: </strong></font><br>
3698:
3699: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3700: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3701: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3702: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3703: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3704: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3705: <p>
3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3708: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3709: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3711:
3712: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3713: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3714: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3715: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3716: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3717: <p>
1.110 louis 3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3720: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3721: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3722: </strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3725: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3726: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3727: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3728: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3729: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3730: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3731: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3732: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3733: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3734: <p>
3735:
1.247 jufi 3736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3737: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3738: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3739:
3740: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3741: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3742: <p>
1.108 louis 3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3745: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3746: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3747: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3748:
3749: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3750: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3751: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3752: <p>
1.106 louis 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3755: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3756: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3757: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3758:
3759: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3760: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3761: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3762: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3763: <p>
1.107 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3766: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3767: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3768: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3769:
3770: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3771: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3772: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3773: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3774: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3775: <p>
1.105 louis 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3778: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3779: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3780: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3781:
1.113 naddy 3782: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3783: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3784: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3785: <p>
1.104 louis 3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3788: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3789: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3790: </strong></font><br>
3791:
3792: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3793: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3794: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3795: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3796: <p>
1.301 jose 3797:
3798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3799: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3800: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3801: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3802:
3803: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3804: hardware-supported cryptography.
3805: <p>
1.247 jufi 3806: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3807:
1.85 louis 3808: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3809: <ul>
1.85 louis 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3812: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3813: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3814: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3815:
3816: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3817: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3818: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3819: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3820: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3821: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3822: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3823: <p>
1.99 louis 3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3826: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3827: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3828: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3829:
3830: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3831: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3832: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3833: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3834: <p>
1.100 louis 3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3837: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3838: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3839: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3840:
3841: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3842: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3843: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3844: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3845: <p>
1.95 louis 3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3848: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3849: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3850: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3851:
3852: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3853: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3854: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3855: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3856: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3857: <p>
1.92 louis 3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3860: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3861: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3862: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3863:
3864: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3865: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3866: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3867: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3868: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3869: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3870: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3871: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3872: <p>
1.91 louis 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3875: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3876: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3877: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3878:
3879: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3880: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3881: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3882: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3883: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3884: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3885: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3886: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3887: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3888: <p>
1.90 louis 3889:
1.247 jufi 3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3891: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3892: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3893: </strong></font><br>
3894: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3895: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3896: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3897: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3898: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3899: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3900: <p>
3901:
1.247 jufi 3902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3903: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3904: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3905: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3906:
1.113 naddy 3907: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3908: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3909: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3910: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3911: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3912: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3913: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3914: <p>
1.87 louis 3915:
1.247 jufi 3916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3917: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3918: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3919: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3920:
3921: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3922: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3923: <p>
1.85 louis 3924:
1.247 jufi 3925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3926: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3927: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3928: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3929:
3930: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3931: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3932: <p>
3933:
3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3935: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3936: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3938:
3939: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3940: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3941: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3942: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3943: <p>
1.89 louis 3944:
1.247 jufi 3945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3946: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3947: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3948: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3949:
3950: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3951: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3952: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3953: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3954: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3955: </ul>
1.85 louis 3956:
1.78 deraadt 3957: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3958: <ul>
1.74 louis 3959:
1.247 jufi 3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3961: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3962: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3963: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3964: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3965:
3966: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3967: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3968: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3969: <p>
1.83 louis 3970:
1.247 jufi 3971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3972: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3973: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3974: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3975:
3976: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3977: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3978: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3979: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3980: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3981: <p>
1.93 louis 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3984: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3985: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3986: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3987: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3988:
1.83 louis 3989: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3990: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3991: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3992: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3993: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3994: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3995: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3996: <p>
1.82 aaron 3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3999: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4000: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4001: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4002:
1.83 louis 4003: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4004: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4005: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4006: <p>
1.80 louis 4007:
1.247 jufi 4008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4009: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4010: Bad Press</a>,
4011: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4012: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4013:
4014: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4015: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4016: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4017: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4018: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4019: <p>
1.247 jufi 4020: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4021:
4022: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4023: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4024:
1.247 jufi 4025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4026: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4027: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4028: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4029: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4030:
4031: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4032: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4033: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4034: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4035: <p>
1.74 louis 4036:
1.247 jufi 4037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4038: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4039: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4040: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4041:
1.219 horacio 4042: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4043: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4044: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4045: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4046: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4047: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4048: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4049: <p>
1.88 louis 4050:
1.247 jufi 4051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4052: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4053: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4054: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4055:
4056: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4057: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4058: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4059: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4060: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4061: <p>
1.81 louis 4062:
1.247 jufi 4063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4064: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4065: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4066: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4067:
4068: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4069: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4070: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4071: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4072: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4073: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4074: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4075: <p>
1.90 louis 4076:
1.247 jufi 4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4078: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4079: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4080: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4081:
4082: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4083: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4084: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4085: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4086: <p>
1.247 jufi 4087: </ul>
1.71 louis 4088:
1.69 deraadt 4089: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4090: <ul>
1.70 louis 4091:
1.247 jufi 4092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4093: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4094: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4095: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4096:
4097: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4098: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4099: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4100: <p>
1.70 louis 4101:
1.247 jufi 4102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4103: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4104: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4105: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4106:
4107: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4108: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4109: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4110: <p>
1.68 louis 4111:
1.247 jufi 4112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4113: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4114: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4115: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4116: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4117:
1.111 jufi 4118: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4119: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4120: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4121: "secure by default" installation.
4122: <p>
1.64 louis 4123:
1.247 jufi 4124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4125: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4126: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4127: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4128:
1.113 naddy 4129: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4130: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4131: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4132: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4133: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4134: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4135: <p>
1.66 louis 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4138: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4139: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4140: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4141:
4142: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4143: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4144: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4145: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4146: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4147: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4148: <p>
1.83 louis 4149:
1.247 jufi 4150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4151: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4152: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4153: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4154:
4155: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4156: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4157: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4158: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4159: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4160: <p>
1.64 louis 4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4163: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4164: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4165: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4166:
4167: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4168: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4169: <p>
1.301 jose 4170:
4171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4172: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4173: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4174: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4175: </strong></font><br>
4176:
4177: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4178: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4179: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4180: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4181: Giving way to
4182: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4183: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4184: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4185: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4186: <p>
1.247 jufi 4187: </ul>
1.65 louis 4188:
1.69 deraadt 4189: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4190: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4191:
1.247 jufi 4192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4193: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4194: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4195: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4196:
4197: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4198: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4199: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4200: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4201: <p>
1.88 louis 4202:
1.247 jufi 4203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4204: <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 4205: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4206:
4207: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4208: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4209: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4210: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4211: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4212: <p>
1.60 louis 4213:
1.247 jufi 4214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4215: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4216: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4217: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4218: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4219:
4220: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4221: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4222: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4223: <p>
1.58 louis 4224:
1.247 jufi 4225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4226: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4227: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4228:
4229: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4230: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4231: <p>
1.53 louis 4232:
1.247 jufi 4233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4234: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4235: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4236: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4237:
4238: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4239: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4240: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4241: <p>
1.99 louis 4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4244: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4245: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4246:
4247: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4248: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4249: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4250: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4251: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4252:
1.247 jufi 4253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4254: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4255: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4256: </strong></font><br>
4257:
4258: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4259: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4260: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4261: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4262: <p>
4263:
1.247 jufi 4264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4265: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4266: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4267: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4268:
4269: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4270: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4271: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4274: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4275: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4276:
4277: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4278: in
1.247 jufi 4279: <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 4280: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4281: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4282: <p>
1.53 louis 4283:
1.247 jufi 4284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4285: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4286: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4287: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4288: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4289:
1.58 louis 4290: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4291: <p>
1.301 jose 4292:
4293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4294: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4295: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4296: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4297: Informacyjny, January 2000
4298: </strong></font><br>
4299:
4300: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4301: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4302: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4303: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4304: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4305: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4306: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4307: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4308: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4309: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4310: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4311: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4312: <p>
4313:
4314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4315: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4316: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4317: </strong></font><br>
4318:
4319: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4320: <p>
4321: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4322:
1.69 deraadt 4323: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4324: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4325:
1.247 jufi 4326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4327: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4328: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4329: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4330: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4331:
1.58 louis 4332: Kurt Seifried
4333: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4334: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4335: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4336: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4337:
1.247 jufi 4338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4339: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4340: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4341: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4342:
4343: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4344: <p>
1.96 louis 4345:
1.247 jufi 4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4347: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4348: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4349: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4350: </strong></font><br>
4351:
4352: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4353: <p>
4354:
4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4356: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4357: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4358: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4359:
4360: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4361: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4362: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4363: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4364: <p>
1.247 jufi 4365: </ul>
1.86 louis 4366:
1.69 deraadt 4367: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4368: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4369:
1.247 jufi 4370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4371: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4372: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4373: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4374:
4375: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4376: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4377: <p>
1.61 louis 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4380: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4381: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4382: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4383: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4384:
4385: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4386: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4387: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4388: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4389: right -- or at least strives to".
4390: <p>
1.48 louis 4391:
1.247 jufi 4392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4393: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4394: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4395: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4396: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4397: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4398: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4399: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4400: <p>
1.61 louis 4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <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 4403: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4404: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4405:
4406: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4407: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4408: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4409: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4410: <p>
1.46 louis 4411:
1.247 jufi 4412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4413: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4414: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4415: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4416:
4417: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4418: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4419: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4420:
1.247 jufi 4421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4422: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4423: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4424: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4425:
4426: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4427: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4428: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4429: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4430: <p>
1.247 jufi 4431: </ul>
1.70 louis 4432:
1.69 deraadt 4433: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4434: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4435:
1.247 jufi 4436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4437: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4438: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4439: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4440: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4441:
4442: Kurt Seifried
4443: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4444: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4445: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4446: <p>
1.44 philen 4447:
1.247 jufi 4448: <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 4449: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4450: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4451:
4452: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4453: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4454:
1.247 jufi 4455: <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 4456: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4458:
4459: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4460: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <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 4463: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4464: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4465:
4466: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4467: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4468: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4469: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4470: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4471:
1.247 jufi 4472: <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 4473: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4474: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4475:
1.36 louis 4476: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4477: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4478:
1.247 jufi 4479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4480: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4481: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4482: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4483:
4484: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4485: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4486: </ul>
1.38 louis 4487:
1.69 deraadt 4488: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4489: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4490:
1.247 jufi 4491: <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 4492: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4493: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4494:
4495: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4496: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4497: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4498:
1.113 naddy 4499: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4500: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4501: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4502: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4503:
4504: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4505: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4506: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4507: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4508: <blockquote>
4509: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4510: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4511: <br>
4512: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4513: </code>
4514: </blockquote>
4515: <p>
4516:
1.247 jufi 4517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4518: <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 4519: <p>
4520:
4521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4522: <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 4523: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4524:
4525: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4526: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4527: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4528: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4529:
1.247 jufi 4530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4531: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4532: Sept. 28, 1999
4533: </strong></font><br>
4534:
4535: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4536: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4537: translating and reprinting articles from
4538: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4539: <p>
4540:
4541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4542: <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 4543: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4544:
4545: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4546: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4547: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4548: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4549: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4550: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4551: <p>
1.19 louis 4552:
1.113 naddy 4553: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4554: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4555: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4556:
4557: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4558: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4559: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4560: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4561: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4562: <p>
1.16 louis 4563:
1.247 jufi 4564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4565: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4566: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4567: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4568:
1.57 louis 4569: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4570: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4571: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4572: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4573:
1.247 jufi 4574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4575: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4576: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4577: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4578:
1.113 naddy 4579: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4580:
1.247 jufi 4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4582: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4583: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4584: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4585:
1.23 louis 4586: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4587: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4588: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4589: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4590: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4591: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4592:
1.247 jufi 4593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4594: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4595: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4596: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4597:
1.199 pvalchev 4598: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4599: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4600: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4601: installation.
1.113 naddy 4602: <p>
1.47 louis 4603:
1.247 jufi 4604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4605: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4606: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4607: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4608:
1.301 jose 4609: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4610: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4611: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4612: </ul>
1.57 louis 4613:
1.69 deraadt 4614: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4615: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4616:
1.247 jufi 4617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4618: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4619: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4620: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4621:
4622: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4623: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4624: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4625: <p>
1.12 louis 4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4628: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4629: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4630: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4631:
4632: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4633: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4634: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4635: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4636: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4637: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4638: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.247 jufi 4640: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4641:
1.69 deraadt 4642: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4643: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4646: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4647: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4648:
4649: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4650: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4651: available."
1.113 naddy 4652: <p>
1.301 jose 4653:
4654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4655: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4656: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4657: </strong></font><br>
4658:
4659: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4660: <p>
1.247 jufi 4661: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4662:
1.69 deraadt 4663: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4664: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4667: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4668: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4669:
4670: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4671: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4672: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4673: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4674: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4675: <p>
1.33 louis 4676:
1.247 jufi 4677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4678: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4679: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4680: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4681:
1.113 naddy 4682: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4683: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4684: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4685: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4686: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4687: <p>
1.247 jufi 4688: </ul>
1.57 louis 4689:
1.69 deraadt 4690: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4691: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4692:
1.247 jufi 4693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4694: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4695: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4696: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4697:
4698: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4699: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4700: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4701:
1.247 jufi 4702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4703: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4704: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4705: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4706: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4707:
4708: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4709: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4710:
1.247 jufi 4711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4712: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4713:
1.113 naddy 4714: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4715:
1.247 jufi 4716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4717: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4718: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4719: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4720:
4721: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4722: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4723: </ul>
1.23 louis 4724:
1.69 deraadt 4725: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4726: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4727:
1.247 jufi 4728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4729: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4730: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4731:
4732: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4733: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4734: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4735:
1.247 jufi 4736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4737: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4738: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4739: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4740:
4741: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4742: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4743: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4744: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4745: </ul>
1.57 louis 4746:
1.69 deraadt 4747: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4748: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4751: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4752: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4753: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4754:
4755: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4756: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4757: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4758: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4759: <p>
1.15 louis 4760:
1.247 jufi 4761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4762: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4763: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4764: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4765:
4766: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4767: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4768: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4769: columns."
1.113 naddy 4770: <p>
1.247 jufi 4771: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4772:
1.69 deraadt 4773: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4774: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4775:
1.247 jufi 4776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4777: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4778: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4779: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4780:
4781: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4782: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4783:
1.113 naddy 4784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4785: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4786: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4787:
4788: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4789: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4790: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4791: </ul>
1.57 louis 4792:
1.69 deraadt 4793: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4794: <ul>
1.301 jose 4795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4796: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4797: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4798: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4799:
4800: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4801: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4802: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4803: <p>
4804:
4805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4806: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4807: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4808: Nov 13, 1998 and
4809: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4810: Datateknik</a>,
4811: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4812:
1.380 saad 4813: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4814: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4815: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4816: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4817: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4818:
1.113 naddy 4819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4820: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4821: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4822: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4823:
1.222 miod 4824: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4825: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4826: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4827: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4828: <p>
1.247 jufi 4829: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4830:
1.69 deraadt 4831: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4832: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4833:
1.247 jufi 4834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4835: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4836: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4837:
1.69 deraadt 4838: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4839: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4840: <p>
1.247 jufi 4841: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4842:
1.69 deraadt 4843: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4844: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4845:
1.247 jufi 4846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4847: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4848: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4849: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4850:
1.383 jcs 4851: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4852: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4853: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4856: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4857: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4858: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4859: <p>
1.247 jufi 4860: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4861:
1.69 deraadt 4862: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4863: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4864:
1.247 jufi 4865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4866: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4867: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4868: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4869: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4870: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4871:
4872: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4873: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4874: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4875: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4876: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4877: <p>
1.247 jufi 4878: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4879:
4880: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4881: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4882:
1.247 jufi 4883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4884: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4885: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4886:
1.69 deraadt 4887: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4888: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4889: <p>
1.112 naddy 4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4892: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4893:
1.292 camield 4894: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4895: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4896: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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