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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>
1.472 ! cloder 23: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
! 24: Big debate over small packets</a>,
! 25: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 26: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
! 27: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
! 28: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
! 29: draft.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 33: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
34: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
35: ordinateur ?"</a>,
36: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
37: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
38: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
39: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
40: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
41: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
42: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 46: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
47: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
48: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
49: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
50: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
51: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
52: performance data with pfstat.
53: <p>
54:
55: </ul>
56:
1.461 grunk 57: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
58: <ul>
59:
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 61: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
62: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 63: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 64: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
65: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
66: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 67: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 68: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 69: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
70: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
71: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 72: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
73: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 74: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 75: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
76: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 80: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
81: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 82: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 83: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
84: poor security:
1.467 grunk 85: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 86: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 87: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 88: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
89: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 93: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
94: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 95: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 96: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
97: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 98: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
99: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
100: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
101: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
102: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
103: commercial vendors.
104: <p>
105:
106: </ul>
107:
1.454 ian 108: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
109: <ul>
1.468 grunk 110:
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
112: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
113: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
114: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
115: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
116: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
117: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 118: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 119: <br>
120: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
121: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
122: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
123: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
124: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 125: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 126: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
127: <p>
128:
1.454 ian 129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 130: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
131: Free Bird</a>,
132: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
133: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
134: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
135: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
136: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
137: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
138: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
139: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
140: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
141: room will only be available in the print edition.
142: <p>
1.459 deraadt 143:
1.458 niallo 144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 145: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
146: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
147: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
148: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
149: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
150: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
151: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
152: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
153: <p>
1.457 deraadt 154:
1.456 niallo 155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 156: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 157: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
158: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
159: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
160: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
161: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
162: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 163: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 164: interview.</a>
165: <p>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 168: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
169: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
170: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
171: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
172: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
173: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
174: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
175: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
176: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
177: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
178: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
179: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
180: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
181: "I have never used it."
182: <p>
183:
184: </ul>
185:
1.441 deraadt 186: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
187: <ul>
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 189: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
190: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
191: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
192: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
193: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
194: future enhancements.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 198: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 199: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
200: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
201: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
202: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
203: North America mirror:
204: <ul>
1.452 marco 205: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 206: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
207: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 208: </ul>
209: European mirror:
210: <ul>
1.452 marco 211: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 212: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
213: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
214: </ul>
215: <p>
216:
217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 218: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
219: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
220: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
221: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
222: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
223: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 ! cloder 227: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
! 228: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
! 229: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 230: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
! 231: first-hand account.
! 232: <p>
! 233:
! 234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 235: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
236: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
237: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
238: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
239: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
240: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
241: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
242: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
243: <p>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 246: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
247: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
248: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
249: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
250: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
251: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
252: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
253: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 257: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 258: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 259: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
260: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
261: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
262: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
263: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
264: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
268: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 269: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 270: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
271: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
272: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
273: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
274: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
275: <p>
276:
277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 278: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
279: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
280: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 281: </strong></font><br>
282: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
283: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
284: with OpenBSD.
285: </ul>
286:
1.436 henning 287: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
288: <ul>
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 290: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
291: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
292: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
293: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
294: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
295: than closed source, as we have long contended.
296: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
297: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
298: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
299: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
300: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
301: <p>
302: This article can also be found online as
303: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
304: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 308: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
309: </strong></font><br>
310: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
311: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 315: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
316: </strong></font><br>
317: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
318: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 319: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 320: the issues we had with IETF.
321: </ul>
322:
1.431 ian 323: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
324: <ul>
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 326: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
327: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
328: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
329: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
330: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
331: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
332: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
333: <p>
334:
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 336: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
337: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
338: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
339: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
340: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
341: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 342: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 343: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
344: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
345: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
346: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
347: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
348: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
349: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
350: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
351:
352: </ul>
353:
1.427 matthieu 354: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
355: <ul>
356:
357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 358: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
359: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
360: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
361: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
362: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
363: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
364: firmware.
1.434 ian 365: Similar articles can be found online at:
366: <ul>
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
368: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
369: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
370: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
372: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
373: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
374: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
376: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
377: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
378: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 380: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 381: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
382: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
383: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 384: </ul>
385:
1.426 ian 386: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
387: <ul>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
390: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
391: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
392: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
393: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 394: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 395: mechanism: what it is and why and
396: how to use it, with examples.
397: Another excerpt from the book
398: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
399: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
403: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
404: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
405: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
406: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
407: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
408: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
409: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
410: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
411: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
412: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
413: This article is a sample chapter from
414: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
415: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
416: <p>
1.443 ian 417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 419: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 420: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
421: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
422: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
423: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
424: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
425: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
426: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
427: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
428: ends with a sidebar on security.
429: <p>
1.426 ian 430: </ul>
431:
1.424 ian 432: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
433: <ul>
434:
435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 436: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
437: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
438: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
439: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
440: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
441: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
442: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
443: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
444: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
445: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
446: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
447: <p>
448: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
449: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
450: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 454: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
455: Closed Source Hardware</a>
456: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
457: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
458: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
459: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
460: operating systems.
461: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
462: OpenBSD on his firewall.
463: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
464: systems, he writes:
465: <blockquote>
466: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
467: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
468: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
469: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
470: to the operating system...
471: <br/>
472: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
473: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
474: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
475: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
476: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
477: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
478: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
479: in a closed source operating system).
480: <br/>
481: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
482: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
483: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
484: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
485: </blockquote>
486: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
487: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
488: their hardware and software operates.
489: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
490: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 491: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 492: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
493: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
494: <p>
495: </ul>
496:
1.417 pvalchev 497: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
498: <ul>
1.421 ian 499:
1.417 pvalchev 500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 501: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
502: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
503: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
504: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
505: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
506: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
507: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
508: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
509: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
510: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
511: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 512: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 513: <p>
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 515: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
516: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
517: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
518: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
519: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
520: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
521: it claims to do".
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 525: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 526: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
527: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
528: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
529: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 530: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 531: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
532: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
533: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
534: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
535: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
536: (yes, this is a hint).
537: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
538: picked up on the
539: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
540: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 541: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 542: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
543: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
544: <p>
545:
546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 547: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
548: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
549: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
550: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
551: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
552: questions about the significance and rationale behind
553: the current efforts.
554: <p>
555: </ul>
556:
1.407 henning 557: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
558: <ul>
559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 560: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
561: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
562: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
563: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
564: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
565: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
566: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
567: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 571: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
572: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
573: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
574: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
575: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
576: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
577: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
578: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
579: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 580: <p>
1.415 ian 581:
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 583: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 584: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
585: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
586: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
587: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
588: overflow attacks... because
589: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
590: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
591: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
592: and propolice.
593: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
594: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
595: and that's when the science falls apart."
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 599: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
600: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
601: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
602: Starts with the question:
603: <blockquote>
604: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
605: <br/>
606: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
607: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
608: <br/>
609: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
610: Should we believe them?"
611: </blockquote>
612: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
613: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
614: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
615: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
616: for your mail, web and other online activities.
617: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
618: <p>
619:
620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 621: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
622: Simple Simon</a>,
623: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
624: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
625: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
626: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
627: routing/firewall, and more.
628: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
629: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
630: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
631: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
632: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
633: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
634: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
635: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
636: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
637: </blockquote>
638: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
639: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 643: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
644: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 645: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 646: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 647: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
648: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
649: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 650: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 651: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
652: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
653: in spite of it
654: (registration required, but worth it).
655: <p>
656:
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
658: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
659: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
660: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
661: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
662: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
663: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
664: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 665: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 666: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
667: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
668: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
669: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
670: <p>
671:
672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 673: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
674: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
675: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
676: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
677: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
678: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
679: <blockquote>
680: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
681: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
682: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
683: a lot of analysis.
684: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
685: </blockquote>
686: <p>
687: </ul>
688:
1.400 marco 689: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
690: <ul>
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 692: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
693: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
694: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
695: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
696: UNIX-like systems.
697: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
698: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
699: <p>
700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 701: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
702: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 703: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
704: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
705: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
706: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
707: At one point, the article states:
708: <blockquote>
709: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
710: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
711: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
712: </blockquote>
713: And then quotes Theo as saying:
714: <blockquote>
715: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
716: fewer are reading or auditing code."
717: </blockquote>
718: <p>
719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
720: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
721: marks its fifth birthday</a>
722: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
723: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
724: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
725: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
726: required).
727: <p>
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 729: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
730: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
731: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
732: </strong></font><br>
733: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
734: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
735: <p>
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 737: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
738: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 739: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 740: </strong></font><br>
741: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
742: <p>
743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 744: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
745: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 746: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 747: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 748: 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 749: <p>
750: </ul>
751:
1.396 henning 752: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
753: <ul>
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 755: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
756: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
757: Unix Review, July, 2004
758: </strong></font><br>
759: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
760: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 761: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 762: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
763: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
764: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
765: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
766: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
767: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
768: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
769: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
770: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
771: and even spelling/wording errors.
772: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
773: <p>
774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 775: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 776: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
777: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
778: </strong></font><br>
779: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
780: <p>
781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 782: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 783: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
784: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
785: </strong></font><br>
786: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
787: <p>
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 789: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
790: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
791: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
792: </strong></font><br>
793: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
794: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
795: <p>
796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 797: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
798: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
799: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
800: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
801: <p>
802: </ul>
803:
1.405 jolan 804: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
805: <ul>
806: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
807: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 808: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 809: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
810: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
811: details on how funds are dispersed.
812: <p>
813: </ul>
814:
1.393 david 815: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
816: <ul>
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 818: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
819: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
820: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
821: </strong></font><br>
822: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
823: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
824: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
825: on inserting large number of SQL records.
826: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
827: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
828: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
829: <p>
830:
831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 832: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
833: Secure by Default</a>,
834: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
835: </strong></font><br>
836: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
837: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
841: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
842: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
843: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
844: </strong></font><br>
845: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
846: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
847: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
848: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
849: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
850: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
851: <p>
852:
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
854: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
855: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
856: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
857: </strong></font><br>
858: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
859: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
860: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
861: <p>
862:
863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
864: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
865: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
866: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
867: </strong></font><br>
868: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
869: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
870: <p>
871: </ul>
872:
1.388 mcbride 873: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
874: <ul>
1.394 jolan 875:
876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
877: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
878: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
879: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
880: </strong></font><br>
881: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
882: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
883: available for sparc64.
884: <p>
885:
1.390 beck 886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 887: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
888: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
889: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
890: </strong></font><br>
891: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
892: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
893: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
894: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 898: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
899: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 900: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 901: </strong></font><br>
902: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
903: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
904: it does: CARP provides sharing
905: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
906: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
907: detail to get you started using it.
908: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
909: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
910: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
911: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
912: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
913: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
914: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 915: <p>
1.391 ian 916:
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 918: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 919: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
920: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 921: </strong></font><br>
922: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 923: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 924: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 925: <p>
1.388 mcbride 926:
927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
928: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
929: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 930: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 931: </strong></font><br>
932: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
933: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
934: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
935: unencumbered by patents.
936: <p>
937: </ul>
938:
1.378 henning 939: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
940: <ul>
1.384 jose 941:
942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 943: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
944: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
945: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
946: </strong></font><br>
947: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
948: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
949: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
950: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
951: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
952: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
953: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
954: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
955: in the page tables."
956: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
957: <p>
958:
959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 960: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
961: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
962: </strong></font><br>
963: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
964: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
965: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
966: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 967: <p>
1.384 jose 968:
1.378 henning 969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 970: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
971: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 972: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
973: </strong></font><br>
974: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
975: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
976: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
977: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
978: (quote:
979: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
980: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 981: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 982: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
983: the other developers for their work on the system.
984: <p>
985:
986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 987: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
988: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
989: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 990: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 991: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
992: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
993: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
994: too.
995: <p>
996:
997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 998: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
999: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1000: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1001: OpenBSD source code using
1002: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1003: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1004: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1005: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1006: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1007: <p>
1008: </ul>
1009:
1.374 jose 1010: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1011: <ul>
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1013: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1014: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1015: </strong></font><br>
1016: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1017: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1018: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1019: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1020: it."
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1024: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1025: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1026: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1027: </strong></font><br/>
1028: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1029: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1030: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1031: <p>
1032: </ul>
1033:
1.369 ian 1034: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1035: <ul>
1036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1037: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1038: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1039: </strong></font><br/>
1040: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1041: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1042: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1043: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1047: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1048: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1049: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1050: </strong></font><br/>
1051: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1052: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1053: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1054: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1055: form factor.
1056: <p>
1057:
1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1059: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1060: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1061: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1062: Features</a>,
1063: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1064: </strong></font><br/>
1065: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1066: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1067: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1068: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1069: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1070: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1071: <p>
1072: This article can also be found online at:
1073: <ul>
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1075: <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 1076: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1077: </strong></font>
1078: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1079: </ul>
1080: <p>
1.392 david 1081:
1.371 jose 1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1083: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1084: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1085: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1086: </strong></font><br/>
1087: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1088: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1089: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1090: <p>
1.371 jose 1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1093: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1094: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1095: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1096: </strong></font><br/>
1097: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1098: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1099: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1100: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1101: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1102: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1103: and its history with OpenBSD.
1104: </ul>
1105:
1.368 henning 1106: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1107: <ul>
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1109: [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 1110: </strong></font><br>
1111: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1112: </ul>
1113:
1.364 jose 1114: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1115: <ul>
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1117: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1118: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1119: UNIX Review,
1120: July, 2003.
1121: </strong></font><br>
1122: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1123: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1124: who want more information.
1125: <p>
1126:
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1128: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1129: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1130: Government Computer News,
1131: July 22, 2003.
1132: </strong></font><br>
1133: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1134: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1135: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1136: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1137: <p>
1138:
1139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1140: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1141: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1142: SANS Institute,
1143: July 22, 2003.
1144: </strong></font><br>
1145: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1146: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1147: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1148: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1149: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1150: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1151: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1152: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1153: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1154: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1155: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1156: <p>
1157:
1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1159: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1160: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1161: OnLamp.com,
1162: July 17, 2003.
1163: </strong></font><br>
1164: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1165: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1166: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1167: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1168: have been working on.
1169:
1170: </ul>
1171:
1.356 jose 1172: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1173: <ul>
1174:
1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1176: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1177: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1178: UNIX Review,
1179: June, 2003.
1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1182: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1183: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1184: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1185: <p>
1186:
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1188: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1189: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1190: eWeek,
1191: June 23, 2003.
1192: </strong></font><br>
1193: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1194: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1195: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1196: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1197: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1198: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1199: <p>
1200:
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1202: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1203: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1204: Software Development Online,
1205: June, 2003.
1206: </strong></font><br>
1207: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1208: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1209: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1210: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1211: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1212: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1213: current activities.
1214: <p>
1215:
1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1217: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1218: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1219: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1220: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1221: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1222: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1223: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1224: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1225: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1226: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1227: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1228: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1229: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1230: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1231: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1232: decisions.
1233: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1234: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1235: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1236: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1237: <p>
1238:
1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1240: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1241: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1242: Page 58, eWeek,
1243: June 2, 2003.
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1246: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1247: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1248: been addressed in -current.
1249: <p>
1250:
1.356 jose 1251: </ul>
1252:
1253: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1254: <ul>
1255:
1.355 jose 1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1257: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1258: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1259: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1260: </strong></font><br>
1261: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1262: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1263: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1264: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1265: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1266: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1267: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1268: <p>
1269:
1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1271: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1272: Beyond Linux</a>,
1273: InfoWorld,
1274: May 23, 2003.
1275: </strong></font><br>
1276: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1277: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1278: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1279: compared to the GPL.
1280: <p>
1281:
1282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1283: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1284: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1285: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1286: May 17, 2003.
1287: </strong></font><br>
1288: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1289: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1290: the business section and half of another page inside
1291: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1292: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1293: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1294: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1295: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1296: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1297: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1298: <br>
1299: This article can also be found online at:
1300: <ul>
1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1302: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1303: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1304: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1305: May 17, 2003
1306: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1307: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1309: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1310: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1311: Montreal Gazette,
1312: May 21, 2003
1313: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1314: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1315: <p>
1.346 ian 1316:
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1318: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1319: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1320: May 7, 2003.
1321: </strong></font><br>
1322: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1323: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1324: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1325: <p>
1326:
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1328: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1329: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1330: OsOpinion,
1331: May 6, 2003.
1332: </strong></font><br>
1333: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1334: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1335: <br>
1336: This article can also be found online at:
1337: <ul>
1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1339: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1340: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1341: NewsFactor Network.
1342: </strong></font>
1343: </ul>
1344: <p>
1345:
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1347: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1348: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1349: ITBusiness,
1350: May 2, 2003.
1351: </strong></font><br>
1352: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1353: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1354: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1355: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1356: <p>
1357:
1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1359: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1360: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1361: InfoWorld,
1362: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1363: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1364: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1365: <br>
1366: This article can also be found online at:
1367: <ul>
1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1369: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1370: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1371: IDG Singapore.
1372: </strong></font>
1373: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1374: <p>
1375:
1.339 jose 1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1377: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1378: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1379: ZDNet,
1380: May 1, 2003.
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1383: someone using parts from previous articles.
1384: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1385: This article can also be found online at:
1386: <ul>
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1388: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1389: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1390: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1391: </strong></font>
1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1393: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1394: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1395: CNET News.com.
1396: </strong></font>
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1398: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1399: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1400: ZDNet UK.
1401: </strong></font>
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1403: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1404: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1405: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1406: </strong></font>
1407: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1408: <p>
1.339 jose 1409:
1.341 deraadt 1410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1411: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1412: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1413: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1414: May 1, 2003.
1415: </strong></font><br>
1416: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1417: that have been added
1418: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1419: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1420: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1421: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1422: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1423: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1424: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1425: <p>
1426:
1427: </ul>
1428:
1.253 ian 1429: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1430: <ul>
1.255 ian 1431:
1.260 ian 1432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1433: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1434: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1435: TechRepublic,
1436: April 28, 2003.
1437: </strong></font><br>
1438: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1439: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1440: work.<br>
1441: Can also be found online at:
1442: <ul>
1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1444: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1445: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1446: ZDNet UK.
1447: </strong></font>
1448: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1449: <p>
1450:
1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1452: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1453: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1454: IDG,
1455: April 24, 2003.
1456: </strong></font><br>
1457: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1458: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1459: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1460: Can also be found online at:
1461: <ul>
1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1463: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1464: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1465: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1466: </strong></font>
1467: </ul>
1468: <p>
1469:
1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1471: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1472: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1473: Slate,
1474: April 24, 2003.
1475: </strong></font><br>
1476: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1477: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1478: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1479: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1480: <p>
1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1483: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1484: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1485: April 24, 2003.
1486: </strong></font><br>
1487: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1488: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1489: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1490: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1491: <p>
1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1494: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1495: April 24, 2003.
1496: </strong></font><br>
1497: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1498: the free software community".
1499: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1500: other articles.
1501: <p>
1502:
1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1504: <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 1505: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1506: </strong></font><br>
1507: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1508: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1509: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1510: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1511: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1512: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1513: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1514: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1515: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1516: <br/>
1517: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1518: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1519: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1520: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1521: <br>
1522: Can also be found online at:
1523: <ul>
1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1525: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1526: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1527: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1528: </strong></font>
1529: </ul>
1.324 ian 1530: <p>
1531:
1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1533: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1534: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1535: </strong></font><br>
1536: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1537: article above.
1538: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1539: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1540: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1541: <br>
1542: Can also be found online at:
1543: <ul>
1544: <li>
1545: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1546: </strong></font>
1547: </ul>
1.324 ian 1548: <p>
1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1551: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1552: </strong></font><br>
1553: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1554: <p>
1555:
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1557: <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.
1558: </strong></font><br>
1559: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1560: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1561: <p>
1562:
1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1564: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1565: April 23, 2003.
1566: </strong></font><br>
1567: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1568: <p>
1569:
1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1571: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1572: April 22, 2003.
1573: </strong></font><br>
1574: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1575: <p>
1576:
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1578: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1579: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1580: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1581: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1582: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1583: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1584: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1585: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1586: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1587: Can also be found online at:
1588: <ul>
1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1590: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1591: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1592: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1593: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1595: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1596: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1597: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1598: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1599: </ul>
1600: <p>
1601:
1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1603: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1604: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1605: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1606: </strong></font><br>
1607: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1608: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1609: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1610: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1611: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1612: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1613: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1614: <p>
1615:
1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1617: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1618: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1619: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1620: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1621: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1622: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1623: at UPenn and DARPA.
1624: <p>
1625:
1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1627: [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,
1628: France
1.315 deraadt 1629: April 18, 2003.
1630: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1631: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1632: <p>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1635: [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 1636: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1637: </strong></font><br>
1638: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1639: <p>
1640:
1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1642: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1643: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1644: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1645: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1646: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1647: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1648: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1649: <p>
1650:
1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1652: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1653: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1654: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1655: </strong></font><br>
1656: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1657: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1658: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1659: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1660: <p>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1663: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1664: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1665: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1666: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1667: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1668: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1669: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1670: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1671: Can also be found online at:
1672: <ul>
1673: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1674: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1675: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1676: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1677: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1678: <p>
1679:
1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1681: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1682: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1683: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1684: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1685: </strong></font><br>
1686: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1687: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1688: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1689: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1690: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1693: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1694: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1695: New York Times.
1696: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1697:
1.273 deraadt 1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1699: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1700: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1701: ABC News.
1702: </strong></font>
1703:
1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1705: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1706: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1707: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1708: </strong></font>
1709:
1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1711: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1712: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1713: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1714: </strong></font>
1715:
1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1717: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1718: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1719: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1720: </strong></font>
1721:
1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1723: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1724: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1725: Times Daily, AL.
1726: </strong></font>
1727:
1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1729: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1730: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1731: Boston.com, MA.
1732: </strong></font>
1733:
1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1735: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1736: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1737: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1738: </strong></font>
1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1741: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1742: [Article was pulled]</a>
1743: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1744: </strong></font>
1745:
1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1747: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1748: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1749: Infoshop News.
1750: </strong></font>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1753: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1754: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1755: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1756: </strong></font>
1757:
1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1759: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1760: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1761: Raleigh News, NC.
1762: </strong></font>
1763:
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1765: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1766: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1767: Napa News, CA.
1768: </strong></font>
1769:
1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1771: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1772: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1773: NEPA News, PA.
1774: </strong></font>
1775:
1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1777: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1778: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1779: Wired News.
1780: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1781: <br>
1782: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1783: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1784: [JAPANESE]
1785: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1786: Wired News Japan</a>
1787: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1788:
1.271 deraadt 1789: </ul>
1790: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1791: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1792: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1793: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1794: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1795: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1796: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1797: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1798: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1799: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1800: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1801: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1802: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1803: <p>
1804: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1805:
1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1807: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1808: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1809: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1810: </strong></font>
1811:
1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1813: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1814: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1815: Miami Herald, FL.
1816: </strong></font>
1817:
1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1819: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1820: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1821: </strong></font>
1822:
1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1824: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1825: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1826: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1827: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1828:
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1830: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1831: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1832: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1833: ABC News.
1834: </strong></font>
1835:
1.276 deraadt 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1837: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1838: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1839: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1840: </strong></font>
1841:
1.286 dhartmei 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1843: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1844: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1845: Wilmington Star, NC.
1846: </strong></font>
1847:
1.300 jose 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1849: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1850: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1851: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1852: </strong></font>
1853:
1.309 jose 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1855: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1856: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1857: Globe Technology.
1858: </strong></font>
1859:
1.263 deraadt 1860: </ul>
1.262 beck 1861: <p>
1862:
1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1864: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1865: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1866: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1867: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1868: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1869: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1870: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1871: <p>
1872:
1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1874: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1875: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1876: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1877: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1878: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1879: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1880: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1881: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1882: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1883: and simply restates other press reports.
1884: <p>
1885:
1886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1887: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1888: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1889: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1890: </strong></font><br>
1891: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1892: <p>
1893:
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1895: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1896: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1897: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1898: </strong></font><br>
1899: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1900: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1901: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1902: <p>
1903:
1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1905: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1906: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1907: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1908: April 17, 2003.
1909: </strong></font><br>
1910: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1911: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1912: Tech Anthems</a>
1913: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1914: 4 so far.
1915: <p>
1916:
1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1918: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1919: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1920: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1921: </strong></font><br>
1922: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1923: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1924: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1925: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1926: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1927: Goes on to say:
1928: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1929: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1930: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1931: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1932: This article is also found online at:
1933: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1935: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1936: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1937: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1938: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1940: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1941: ZDnet</a>,
1942: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1943: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1945: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1946: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1947: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1949: </ul>
1.260 ian 1950: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1951:
1.260 ian 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1953: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1954: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1955: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1956: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1957: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1958: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1959: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1960: without notice or justification.
1961: <p>
1962:
1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1964: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1965: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1966: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1967: </strong></font><br>
1968: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1969: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1970: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1971: effective today, without any warning..."
1972: <p>
1.257 ian 1973:
1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1975: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1976: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1977: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1978: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1979: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1980: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1981: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1982: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1983: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1984: <p>
1985:
1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1987: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1988: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1989: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1990: </strong></font><br>
1991: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1992: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1993: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1994: quoting two of them:
1995: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1996: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1997: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1998: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1999: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2000: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2001: <p>
2002:
1.255 ian 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2004: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2005: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2006: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2007: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2008: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2009: <p>
2010:
2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2012: [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 2013: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2014: </strong></font><br>
2015: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2016: <p>
2017:
2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2019: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2020: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2021: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2022: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2023: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2024: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2025: security experts for more than three decades."
2026: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2027: <p>
1.261 ian 2028:
1.254 drahn 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2030: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2031: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2032: </strong></font><br>
2033: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2034: <p>
2035:
2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2037: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2038: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2039: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2040: </strong></font><br>
2041: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2042: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2043: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2044: <p>
2045:
2046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2047: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2048: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2049: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2050: </strong></font><br>
2051: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2052: from US DARPA.
2053: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2054: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2055: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2056: the BSD license.
2057: <p>
2058: </ul>
2059:
1.251 ian 2060: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2061: <ul>
2062:
2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2064: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2065: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2066: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2067: </strong></font><br>
2068:
2069: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2070: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2071: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2072: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2073: <p>
2074:
2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2076: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2077: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2078: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2079: </strong></font><br>
2080: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2081: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2082: Mentions
2083: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2084: and
2085: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2086: programs.
2087: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2088: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2089: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2090: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2091: <p>
1.325 ian 2092: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2093: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2094:
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2096: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2097: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2098: </strong></font><br>
2099: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2100: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2101: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2102: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2103: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2104: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2105: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2106: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2107: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2108: put into service."
2109: <p>
2110: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2111: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2112: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2113: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2114: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2115: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2116: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2117: computers with security features."
2118: <p>
1.329 ian 2119:
2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2121: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2122: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2123: Slate,
2124: March 3, 2003.
2125: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2126: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2127: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2128: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2129: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2130: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2131: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2132: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2133: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2134: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2135: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2136: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2137: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2138: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2139: of more secure open-source solutions like
2140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2141: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2142: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2143: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2144: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2145: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2146: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2147: the Beltway."
2148: <p>
1.251 ian 2149: </ul>
2150:
1.249 jufi 2151: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2152: <ul>
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2154: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2155: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2156: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2159: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2160: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2161: <p>
1.334 ian 2162:
2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2164: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2165: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2166: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2167: </strong></font><br>
2168: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2169: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2170: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2171: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2172: "... the hypothetical question ...
2173: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2174: <br>
2175: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2176: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2177: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2178: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2179: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2180: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2182: support network security.
2183: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2184: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2185: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2186: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2187: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2188: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2189: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2190: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2191: <br>
2192: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2193: <p>
2194:
1.249 jufi 2195: </ul>
2196:
1.246 jufi 2197: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2198: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2201: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2202: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2203: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2206: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2207: <p>
2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2210: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2211: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2212: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2213: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2214: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2215: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2216: <p>
2217:
2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2219: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2220: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2221: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2222: </strong></font><br>
2223: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2224: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2225: <p>
1.247 jufi 2226: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2227:
1.244 jufi 2228: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2229: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2230:
1.247 jufi 2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2232: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2233: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2234: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2235: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2236: </strong></font><br>
2237: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2238: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2239: md5 digests.
2240: <p>
2241:
1.247 jufi 2242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2243: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2244: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2245: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2246: </strong></font><br>
2247: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2248: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2249: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2250: right the first time."
2251: <p>
1.247 jufi 2252: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2253:
2254:
2255: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2256: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2259: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2260: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2261: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2264: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2265: part 6</a>.
2266: <p>
2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2269: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2270: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2271: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2272: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2273: </strong></font><br>
2274: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2275: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2276: <p>
1.301 jose 2277:
2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2279: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2280: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2281: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2282: </strong></font><br>
2283:
2284: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2285: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2286: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2287: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2288: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2289: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2290: <i>Here's the
2291: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2292: <p>
1.247 jufi 2293: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2294:
2295: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2296: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2299: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2300: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2301: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2302: </strong></font><br>
2303: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2304: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2305: <p>
2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2308: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2309: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2310: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2311: </strong></font><br>
2312: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2313: this time using pf.
2314: <p>
1.247 jufi 2315: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2316:
2317: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2318: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2321: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2322: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2323: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2324: </strong></font><br>
2325: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2326: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2327: their rotation.
2328: <p>
2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2331: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2332: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2333: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2334: </strong></font><br>
2335: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2336: <p>
1.247 jufi 2337: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2338:
1.239 jufi 2339: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2340: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2343: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2344: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2345: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2346: </strong></font><br>
2347: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2348: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2349: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2350: <p>
2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2353: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2354: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2355: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2356: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2357: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2358: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2359: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2360: <p>
1.247 jufi 2361: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2362:
1.235 lebel 2363: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2364: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2365:
1.239 jufi 2366:
1.247 jufi 2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2368: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2369: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2370: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2371: </strong></font><br>
2372: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2373: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2374: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2375: <p>
1.301 jose 2376:
1.247 jufi 2377: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2378:
1.228 horacio 2379: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2380: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2383: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2384: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2385: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2386: </strong></font><br>
2387: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2388: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2389: <p>
2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2392: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2393: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2394: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2395: </strong></font><br>
2396: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2397: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2398: <p>
2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2401: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2402: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2403: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2404: </strong></font><br>
2405: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2406: on the desktop of his parents.
2407: <p>
2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2410: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2411: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2412: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2413: </strong></font><br>
2414: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2415: using IPFilter.
2416:
2417: <p>
2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2420: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2421: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2422: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2423: </strong></font><br>
2424: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2425: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2426: perspectives of the four OS.
2427: <br>
2428: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2429: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2430: <p>
2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2433: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2434: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2435: software and security</a>,
2436: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2437: </strong></font><br>
2438:
2439: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2440: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2441: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2442: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2443: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2444: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2445: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2446: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2447: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2448: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2449: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2450: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2451: <p>
1.247 jufi 2452: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2453:
1.225 horacio 2454: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2455: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2458: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2459: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2460: Interview</a>,
2461: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463:
2464: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2465: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2466: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2467: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2468: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2469: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2470: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2471: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2472: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2473: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2474: of choice.
2475: <p>
1.247 jufi 2476: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2477:
2478: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2479: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2482: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2483: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2484: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2485: </strong></font><br>
2486:
2487: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2488: <p>
2489:
1.247 jufi 2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2491: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2492: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2493: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2494: </strong></font><br>
2495:
2496: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2497: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2498: <p>
1.247 jufi 2499: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2500:
1.218 horacio 2501: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2502: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2505: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2506: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2507: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2508: </strong></font><br>
2509:
2510: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2511: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2512: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2513: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2514: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2515: subjects. Worth a read.
2516: <p>
2517:
2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2520: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2521: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2522: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2523: </strong></font><br>
2524:
2525: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2526: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2527: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2528: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2529: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2530: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2531: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2532: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2533: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2534: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2535: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2536: on other operating systems.<br>
2537: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2538: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2539: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2540: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2541: <p>
2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2544: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2545: Operating System 2010</a>,
2546: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2547: </strong></font><br>
2548:
2549: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2550: covering the level of software integration into the core
2551: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2552: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2553: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2554: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2555: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2556: <p>
2557:
1.247 jufi 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2559: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2560: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2561: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2562: </strong></font><br>
2563:
2564: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2565: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2566: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2567: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2568: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2569: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2570: <p>
1.247 jufi 2571: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2572:
1.210 jufi 2573: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2574: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2575:
1.247 jufi 2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2577: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2578: Already a Contender</a>,
2579: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2580: </strong></font><br>
2581:
2582: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2583: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2584: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2585: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2586: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2587: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2588: <p>
2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2591: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2592: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2593: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2594: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2595:
1.224 horacio 2596: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2597: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2598: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2599: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2600: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2601: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2602: <p>
1.247 jufi 2603: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2604:
2605: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2606: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2609: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2610: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2611: Division</a>,
2612: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
2615: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2616: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2617: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2618: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2619: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2620: investment</em>.<br>
2621: The implementation details can be seen on their
2622: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2623: <p>
2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2626: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2627: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2628: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2629: </strong></font><br>
2630:
2631: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2632: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2633: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2634: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2635: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2636: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2637: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2638: <p>
2639:
2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2641: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2642: Thinking about Security</a>,
2643: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2644: </strong></font><br>
2645:
2646: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2647: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2648: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2649: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2650: to time.<br>
2651: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2652: system and just the most secure system.
2653: <p>
2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2656: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2657: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2658: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2662: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2663: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2664: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2665: choice:<br>
2666: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2667: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2668: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2669: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2670: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2671: network security devices and as such must be well
2672: armored."</em><br>
2673: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2674: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2675: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2676: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2677: <br>
2678: Bravo!
2679: <p>
1.247 jufi 2680: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2681:
1.207 ian 2682: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2683: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2686: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2687: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2688: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2689:
1.207 ian 2690: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2691: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2692: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2693: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2694: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2695: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2696: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2697: <p>
1.247 jufi 2698: </ul>
1.207 ian 2699:
1.194 jufi 2700: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2701: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2702:
1.247 jufi 2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2704: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2705: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2706: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2707: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2708:
1.240 miod 2709: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2710: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2711: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2712: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2713: <p>
2714:
1.247 jufi 2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2716: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2717: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2718: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2719:
2720: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2721: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2722: <p>
2723:
2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2725: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2726: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2727: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2728:
2729: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2730: <p>
2731:
2732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2733: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2734: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2735: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2736: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2737:
1.240 miod 2738: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2739: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2740: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2741: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2742: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2743: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2744: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2745: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2746: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2747: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2748: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2749: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2750: <p>
2751:
1.247 jufi 2752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2753: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2754: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2755: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2757:
1.194 jufi 2758: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2759: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2760: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2761: <br>
2762: The new
2763: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2764: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2765: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2766: <p>
1.247 jufi 2767: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2768:
1.190 horacio 2769: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2770: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2773:
2774: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2775: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2776:
1.301 jose 2777:
1.191 jufi 2778: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2779: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2780:
2781: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2782: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2783:
1.212 horacio 2784: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2785: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2786: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2787:
1.211 horacio 2788: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2789: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2790: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2793: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2794:
1.247 jufi 2795: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2796: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2797:
1.212 horacio 2798: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2799: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2800: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2801:
2802: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2803: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2804:
2805: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2806: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2807:
1.301 jose 2808: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2809: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2810:
1.191 jufi 2811: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2812: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2813:
2814: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2815: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2816:
1.192 jufi 2817: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2818: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2819: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2820:
1.193 deraadt 2821: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2822: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2823: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2824:
1.247 jufi 2825: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2826: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2829: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2830: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2831:
1.213 horacio 2832: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2833: 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 2834: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2835:
1.190 horacio 2836: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2837: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2838: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2839: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2840: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2841: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2842: <p>
1.190 horacio 2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2845: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2846: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2847: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2848: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2849:
1.195 jufi 2850: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2851: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2852: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2853: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2854: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2855: <p>
2856:
1.247 jufi 2857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2858: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2859: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2860: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2861: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2862:
1.191 jufi 2863: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2864: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2865: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2866: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2867: <p>
2868:
2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2870: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2871: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2872: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2873:
2874: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2875: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2876: <p>
1.247 jufi 2877: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2878:
1.191 jufi 2879:
1.186 jufi 2880: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2881: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2884: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2885: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2886: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2887: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2888:
1.188 jufi 2889: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2890: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2891: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2892: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2893: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2894: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2895: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2896: <p>
2897:
1.301 jose 2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2899: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2900: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2901: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2902:
2903: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2904: <p>
1.191 jufi 2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2907: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2908: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2909: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2910: </strong></font><br>
2911:
2912: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2913: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2914: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2915: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2916: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2917: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2918: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2919: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2920: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2921: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2922: familiar?
2923: <p>
1.247 jufi 2924: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2925:
1.178 louis 2926: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.178 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2930: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2931: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2932: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2933: </strong></font><br>
2934:
2935: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2936: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2937: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2938: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2939: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2940: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2941: <p>
2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2944: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2945: Open source under the hood</a>,
2946: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2947: </strong></font><br>
2948:
2949: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2950: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2951: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2952: <p>
2953:
1.247 jufi 2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2955: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2956: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2957: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2958: </strong></font><br>
2959:
2960: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2961: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2962: <p>
1.247 jufi 2963: </ul>
1.179 louis 2964:
1.174 louis 2965:
1.175 louis 2966: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2967: <ul>
1.175 louis 2968:
1.247 jufi 2969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2970: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2971: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2972: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2973: </strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2976: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2977: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2978: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2979: <p>
2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2982: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2983: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2984: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2985: </strong></font><br>
2986:
2987: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2988: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2989: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2990: <p>
1.247 jufi 2991: </ul>
1.175 louis 2992:
1.176 louis 2993:
1.172 mickey 2994: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2995: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2998: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2999: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3000: </strong></font><br>
3001:
3002: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3003: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3004: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3005: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3006: <p>
3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3009: <a
1.269 deraadt 3010: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3011: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3012: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3013: </strong></font><br>
3014:
3015: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3016: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3017: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3018: <p>
3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3021: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3022: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3023: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3027: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3028: <p>
3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3031: <a
1.269 deraadt 3032: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3033: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3034: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3035: </strong></font><br>
3036:
3037: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3038: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3039: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3040: our own Theo de Raadt.
3041: <p>
3042:
1.247 jufi 3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3044: <a
1.269 deraadt 3045: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3046: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3047: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3048: </strong></font><br>
3049:
3050: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3051: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3052: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3053: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3054: shut down.]
3055: <p>
3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3058: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3059: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3060: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3061: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3062: </strong></font><br>
3063:
3064: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3065: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3066: <p>
1.247 jufi 3067: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3068:
1.161 louis 3069: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3070: <ul>
1.161 louis 3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3073: <a
1.269 deraadt 3074: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3075: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3076: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3077: </strong></font><br>
3078:
3079: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3080: by John Wolley
3081: <p>
3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3084: <a
1.269 deraadt 3085: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3086: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3087: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
3090: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3091: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3092: OpenBSD).
3093: <p>
3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3096: <a
1.247 jufi 3097: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3098: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3099: </strong></font><br>
3100:
3101: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3102: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3103: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3104: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3105: and hindsight.
3106: <p>
3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3109: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3110: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3111: </strong></font><br>
3112:
3113: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3114: <p>
3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3117: <a
1.168 provos 3118: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3119: December 7, 2000
3120: </strong></font><br>
3121:
3122: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3123: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3124: us explain.
3125: <p>
3126:
1.247 jufi 3127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3128: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3129: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3130: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3131: December 6, 2000
3132: </strong></font><br>
3133:
3134: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3135: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3136: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3137: <p>
3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3140: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3141: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3142: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3143: </strong></font><br>
3144:
3145: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3146: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3147: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3148: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3149: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3150: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3151: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3152: <p>
3153:
3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3155: <a
1.226 horacio 3156: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3157: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3158: </strong></font><br>
3159:
3160: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3161: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3162: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3163: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3164: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3165: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3166: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3167: <p>
1.162 millert 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3170: <a
1.161 louis 3171: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3172: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3173: </strong></font><br>
3174:
3175: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3176: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3177: <p>
3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3180: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3181: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3182: </strong></font><br>
3183:
3184: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3185: <p>
3186:
3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3189: <a
1.226 horacio 3190: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3191: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3192: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3193: </strong></font><br>
3194:
3195: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3196: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3197: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3198: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3199: <p>
1.247 jufi 3200: </ul>
1.169 louis 3201:
1.158 louis 3202: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3203: <ul>
1.147 louis 3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3206: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3207: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3208: </strong></font><br>
3209:
3210: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3211: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3212: <p>
3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3215: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3216: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3217: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3218: </strong></font><br>
3219: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3220: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3221: <p>
3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3224: <a
3225: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3226: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3230: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3231: <p>
3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3234: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3235: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3236: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3237:
1.213 horacio 3238: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3239: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3240: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3241: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3242: <p>
1.215 horacio 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3245: <a
3246: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3247: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3248: </strong></font><br>
3249:
3250: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3251: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3252: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3253: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3254: much of the attitude too).
3255: <p>
1.161 louis 3256:
1.247 jufi 3257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3258: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3259: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3260: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3261:
1.157 louis 3262: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3263: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3264: <p>
1.247 jufi 3265: </ul>
1.157 louis 3266:
3267: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3268: <ul>
1.157 louis 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3271: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3272: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3273: </strong></font><br>
3274:
3275: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3276: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3277: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3278: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3279: <p>
3280:
1.247 jufi 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3282: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3283: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3284: </strong></font><br>
3285:
3286: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3287: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3288: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3289: it because they love coding...
3290: <p>
3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3293: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3294: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3295: </strong></font><br>
3296:
3297: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3298: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3299: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3300: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3301: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3302: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3303: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3304: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3305: <p>
3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3308: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3309: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3310: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
3313: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3314: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3315: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3316: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3317: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3318: the pizza.
3319: <p>
3320:
1.247 jufi 3321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3322: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3323: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3324: </strong></font><br>
3325:
3326: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3327: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3328: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3329: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3330: problems.
3331: <p>
3332:
1.247 jufi 3333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3334: <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 3335: </strong></font><br>
3336:
1.222 miod 3337: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3338: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3339: - whether they like it or not.
3340: <p>
3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3343: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3344: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3345: </strong></font><br>
3346:
3347: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3348: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3349: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3350: <p>
1.148 aaron 3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3353: <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 3354: </strong></font><br>
3355:
3356: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3357: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3358: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3359: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3360: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3361: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3362: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3363: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3364: <p>
3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3367: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3368: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3369: </strong></font><br>
3370:
3371: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3372: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3373: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3374: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3375: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3376: <p>
1.247 jufi 3377: </ul>
1.147 louis 3378:
1.138 louis 3379: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3380: <ul>
1.138 louis 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3383: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3384: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3385: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3386: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3387: </strong></font><br>
3388:
1.227 horacio 3389: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3390: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3391: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3392: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3393: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3394: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3395: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3396: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3397: <p>
3398:
1.247 jufi 3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3400: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3401: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3402: </strong></font><br>
3403:
3404: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3405: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3406: groups, and even Linux.
3407: <p>
3408:
1.247 jufi 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3410: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3411: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3412: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3413: </strong></font><br>
3414:
3415: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3416: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3417: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3418: library after installing the OS.
3419: <p>
3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3422: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3423: Sys Admin, September 2000
3424: </strong></font><br>
3425:
3426: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3427: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3428: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3429: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3430: (<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>,
3431: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3432: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3433: <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 3434: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3435: out of the system.
3436: <p>
3437:
1.247 jufi 3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3439: <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
3440: </strong></font><br>
3441:
3442: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3443: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3444: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3445: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3446: the IP filtering and address translation.
3447: <p>
1.301 jose 3448:
3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3450: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3451: </strong></font><br>
3452:
3453: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3454: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3455: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3456: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3457: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3458: <p>
1.247 jufi 3459: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3460:
1.131 louis 3461: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3462: <ul>
1.131 louis 3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3465: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3466: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3467: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3468: </strong></font><br>
3469:
3470: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3471: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3472: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3473: <p>
3474:
1.247 jufi 3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3476: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3477: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3478: </strong></font><br>
3479:
3480: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3481: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3482: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3483: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3484: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3485: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3486: note of"</i>.
3487: <p>
3488:
1.247 jufi 3489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3490: <a
1.247 jufi 3491: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3492: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3493: </strong></font><br>
3494:
3495: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3496: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3497: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3498: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3499: <p>
3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3502: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3503: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3504: </strong></font><br>
3505:
3506: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3507: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3508: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3509: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3510: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3511: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3512: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3513: <p>
3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3516: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3517: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3518: 2000
3519: </strong></font><br>
3520:
3521: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3522: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3523: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3524: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3525: against current industry practices.
3526: <p>
3527:
1.247 jufi 3528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3529: <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
3530: </strong></font><br>
3531:
3532: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3533: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3534: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3535: <p>
3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3538: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3539: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3540: </strong></font><br>
3541:
3542: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3543: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3544: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3545: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3546: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3547: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3548: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3549: <p>
3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3552: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3553: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3554: </strong></font><br>
3555:
3556: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3557: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3558: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3559: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3560: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3561: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3562: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3563: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3564: <p>
1.247 jufi 3565: </ul>
1.131 louis 3566:
1.118 louis 3567: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3568: <ul>
1.118 louis 3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3571: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3572: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3573: </strong></font><br>
3574:
3575: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3576: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3577: about time. The article mentions that
3578: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3579: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3580: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3581: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3582: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3583: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3584: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3585: <p>
3586:
1.247 jufi 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3588: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3589: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3590: </strong></font><br>
3591:
3592: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3593: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3594: of OpenSSH.
3595: <p>
3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3598: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3599: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3600: </strong></font><br>
3601:
3602: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3603: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3604: bridging.
3605: <p>
3606:
1.247 jufi 3607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3608: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3609: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3610: </strong></font><br>
3611:
1.121 deraadt 3612: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3613: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3614: <p>
3615:
1.247 jufi 3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3617: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3618: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3619: </strong></font><br>
3620:
3621: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3622: <p>
3623:
1.247 jufi 3624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3625: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3626: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3627: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3628: </strong></font><br>
3629:
1.120 deraadt 3630: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3631: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3632: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3633: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3634: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3635: <p>
3636:
1.247 jufi 3637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3638: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3639: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3640: </strong></font><br>
3641:
1.222 miod 3642: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3643: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3644: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3645: protocols and their quirks.
3646: <p>
3647:
1.247 jufi 3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3649: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3650: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3651: </strong></font><br>
3652:
3653: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3654: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3655: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3656: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3657: <p>
3658:
1.247 jufi 3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3660: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3661: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3662: </strong></font><br>
3663:
3664: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3665: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3666: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3667: <p>
3668:
1.247 jufi 3669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3670: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3671: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3672: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3673: </strong></font><br>
3674:
3675: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3676: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3677: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3678: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3679: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3680: <p>
1.247 jufi 3681: </ul>
1.118 louis 3682:
1.104 louis 3683: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3684: <ul>
1.104 louis 3685:
1.247 jufi 3686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3687: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3688: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3689: </strong></font><br>
3690:
3691: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3692: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3693: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3694: be a bit dry.
3695: <p>
3696:
1.247 jufi 3697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3698: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3699: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3700: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3701: </strong></font><br>
3702: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3703: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3704: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3705: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3706: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3707: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3708: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3709: <p>
3710:
1.247 jufi 3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3712: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3713: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3714: 2000
1.128 louis 3715: </strong></font><br>
3716:
3717: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3718: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3719: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3720: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3721: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3722: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3723: <p>
3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3726: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3727: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3728: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3729:
3730: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3731: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3732: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3733: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3734: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3735: <p>
1.110 louis 3736:
1.247 jufi 3737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3738: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3739: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3740: </strong></font><br>
3741:
3742: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3743: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3744: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3745: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3746: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3747: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3748: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3749: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3750: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3751: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3752: <p>
3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3755: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3756: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3757:
3758: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3759: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3760: <p>
1.108 louis 3761:
1.247 jufi 3762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3763: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3764: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3765: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3766:
3767: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3768: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3769: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3770: <p>
1.106 louis 3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3773: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3774: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3775: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3776:
3777: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3778: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3779: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3780: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3781: <p>
1.107 louis 3782:
1.247 jufi 3783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3784: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3785: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3786: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3787:
3788: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3789: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3790: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3791: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3792: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3793: <p>
1.105 louis 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3796: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3797: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3798: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3799:
1.113 naddy 3800: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3801: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3802: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3803: <p>
1.104 louis 3804:
1.247 jufi 3805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3806: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3807: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3808: </strong></font><br>
3809:
3810: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3811: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3812: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3813: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3814: <p>
1.301 jose 3815:
3816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3817: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3818: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3819: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3820:
3821: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3822: hardware-supported cryptography.
3823: <p>
1.247 jufi 3824: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3825:
1.85 louis 3826: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3827: <ul>
1.85 louis 3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3830: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3831: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3832: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3833:
3834: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3835: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3836: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3837: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3838: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3839: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3840: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3841: <p>
1.99 louis 3842:
1.247 jufi 3843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3844: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3845: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3846: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3847:
3848: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3849: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3850: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3851: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3852: <p>
1.100 louis 3853:
1.247 jufi 3854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3855: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3856: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3857: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3858:
3859: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3860: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3861: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3862: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3863: <p>
1.95 louis 3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3866: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3867: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3868: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3869:
3870: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3871: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3872: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3873: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3874: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3875: <p>
1.92 louis 3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3878: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3879: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3880: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3881:
3882: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3883: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3884: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3885: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3886: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3887: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3888: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3889: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3890: <p>
1.91 louis 3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3893: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3894: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3895: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3896:
3897: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3898: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3899: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3900: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3901: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3902: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3903: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3904: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3905: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3906: <p>
1.90 louis 3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3909: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3910: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3911: </strong></font><br>
3912: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3913: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3914: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3915: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3916: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3917: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3918: <p>
3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3921: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3922: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3923: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3924:
1.113 naddy 3925: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3926: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3927: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3928: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3929: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3930: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3931: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3932: <p>
1.87 louis 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3935: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3936: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3938:
3939: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3940: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3941: <p>
1.85 louis 3942:
1.247 jufi 3943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3944: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3945: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3946: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3947:
3948: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3949: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3950: <p>
3951:
3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3953: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3954: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3955: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3956:
3957: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3958: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3959: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3960: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3961: <p>
1.89 louis 3962:
1.247 jufi 3963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3964: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3965: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3966: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3967:
3968: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3969: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3970: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3971: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3972: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3973: </ul>
1.85 louis 3974:
1.78 deraadt 3975: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3976: <ul>
1.74 louis 3977:
1.247 jufi 3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3979: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3980: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3981: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3982: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3983:
3984: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3985: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3986: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3987: <p>
1.83 louis 3988:
1.247 jufi 3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3990: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3991: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3992: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3993:
3994: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3995: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3996: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3997: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3998: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3999: <p>
1.93 louis 4000:
1.247 jufi 4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4002: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4003: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4004: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4005: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4006:
1.83 louis 4007: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4008: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4009: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4010: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4011: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4012: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4013: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4014: <p>
1.82 aaron 4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4017: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4018: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4019: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4020:
1.83 louis 4021: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4022: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4023: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4024: <p>
1.80 louis 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4027: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4028: Bad Press</a>,
4029: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4030: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4031:
4032: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4033: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4034: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4035: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4036: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4037: <p>
1.247 jufi 4038: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4039:
4040: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4041: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4042:
1.247 jufi 4043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4044: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4045: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4046: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4047: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4048:
4049: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4050: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4051: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4052: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4053: <p>
1.74 louis 4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4056: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4057: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4058: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4059:
1.219 horacio 4060: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4061: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4062: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4063: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4064: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4065: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4066: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4067: <p>
1.88 louis 4068:
1.247 jufi 4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4070: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4071: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4072: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4073:
4074: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4075: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4076: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4077: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4078: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4079: <p>
1.81 louis 4080:
1.247 jufi 4081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4082: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4083: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4084: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4085:
4086: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4087: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4088: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4089: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4090: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4091: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4092: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4093: <p>
1.90 louis 4094:
1.247 jufi 4095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4096: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4097: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4098: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4099:
4100: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4101: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4102: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4103: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4104: <p>
1.247 jufi 4105: </ul>
1.71 louis 4106:
1.69 deraadt 4107: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4108: <ul>
1.70 louis 4109:
1.247 jufi 4110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4111: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4112: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4113: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4114:
4115: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4116: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4117: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4118: <p>
1.70 louis 4119:
1.247 jufi 4120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4121: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4122: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4123: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4124:
4125: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4126: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4127: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4128: <p>
1.68 louis 4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4131: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4132: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4133: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4134: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4135:
1.111 jufi 4136: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4137: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4138: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4139: "secure by default" installation.
4140: <p>
1.64 louis 4141:
1.247 jufi 4142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4143: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4144: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4145: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4146:
1.113 naddy 4147: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4148: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4149: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4150: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4151: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4152: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4153: <p>
1.66 louis 4154:
1.247 jufi 4155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4156: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4157: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4158: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4159:
4160: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4161: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4162: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4163: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4164: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4165: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4166: <p>
1.83 louis 4167:
1.247 jufi 4168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4169: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4170: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4171: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4172:
4173: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4174: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4175: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4176: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4177: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4178: <p>
1.64 louis 4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4181: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4182: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4184:
4185: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4186: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4187: <p>
1.301 jose 4188:
4189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4190: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4191: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4192: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4193: </strong></font><br>
4194:
4195: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4196: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4197: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4198: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4199: Giving way to
4200: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4201: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4202: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4203: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4204: <p>
1.247 jufi 4205: </ul>
1.65 louis 4206:
1.69 deraadt 4207: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4208: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4209:
1.247 jufi 4210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4211: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4212: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4213: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4214:
4215: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4216: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4217: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4218: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4219: <p>
1.88 louis 4220:
1.247 jufi 4221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4222: <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 4223: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4224:
4225: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4226: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4227: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4228: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4229: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4230: <p>
1.60 louis 4231:
1.247 jufi 4232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4233: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4234: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4235: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4236: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4237:
4238: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4239: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4240: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4241: <p>
1.58 louis 4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4244: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4245: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4246:
4247: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4248: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4249: <p>
1.53 louis 4250:
1.247 jufi 4251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4252: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4253: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4254: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4255:
4256: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4257: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4258: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4259: <p>
1.99 louis 4260:
1.247 jufi 4261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4262: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4263: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4264:
4265: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4266: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4267: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4268: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4269: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4270:
1.247 jufi 4271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4272: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4273: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4274: </strong></font><br>
4275:
4276: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4277: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4278: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4279: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4280: <p>
4281:
1.247 jufi 4282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4283: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4284: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4285: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4286:
4287: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4288: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4289: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4292: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4293: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4294:
4295: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4296: in
1.247 jufi 4297: <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 4298: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4299: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4300: <p>
1.53 louis 4301:
1.247 jufi 4302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4303: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4304: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4305: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4306: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4307:
1.58 louis 4308: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4309: <p>
1.301 jose 4310:
4311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4312: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4313: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4314: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4315: Informacyjny, January 2000
4316: </strong></font><br>
4317:
4318: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4319: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4320: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4321: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4322: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4323: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4324: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4325: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4326: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4327: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4328: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4329: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4330: <p>
4331:
4332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4333: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4334: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4335: </strong></font><br>
4336:
4337: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4338: <p>
4339: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4340:
1.69 deraadt 4341: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4342: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4343:
1.247 jufi 4344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4345: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4346: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4347: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4348: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4349:
1.58 louis 4350: Kurt Seifried
4351: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4352: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4353: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4354: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4357: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4358: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4359: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4360:
4361: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4362: <p>
1.96 louis 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4365: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4366: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4367: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4368: </strong></font><br>
4369:
4370: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4371: <p>
4372:
4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4374: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4375: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4376: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4377:
4378: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4379: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4380: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4381: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4382: <p>
1.247 jufi 4383: </ul>
1.86 louis 4384:
1.69 deraadt 4385: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4386: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4387:
1.247 jufi 4388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4389: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4390: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4391: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4392:
4393: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4394: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4395: <p>
1.61 louis 4396:
1.247 jufi 4397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4398: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4399: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4400: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4401: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4402:
4403: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4404: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4405: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4406: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4407: right -- or at least strives to".
4408: <p>
1.48 louis 4409:
1.247 jufi 4410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4411: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4412: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4413: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4414: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4415: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4416: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4417: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4418: <p>
1.61 louis 4419:
1.247 jufi 4420: <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 4421: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4422: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4423:
4424: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4425: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4426: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4427: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4428: <p>
1.46 louis 4429:
1.247 jufi 4430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4431: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4432: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4433: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4434:
4435: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4436: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4437: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4438:
1.247 jufi 4439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4440: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4441: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4442: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4443:
4444: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4445: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4446: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4447: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4448: <p>
1.247 jufi 4449: </ul>
1.70 louis 4450:
1.69 deraadt 4451: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4452: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4453:
1.247 jufi 4454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4455: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4456: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4457: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4458: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4459:
4460: Kurt Seifried
4461: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4462: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4463: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4464: <p>
1.44 philen 4465:
1.247 jufi 4466: <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 4467: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4468: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4469:
4470: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4471: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <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 4474: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4475: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4476:
4477: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4478: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <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 4481: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4482: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4483:
4484: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4485: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4486: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4487: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4488: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4489:
1.247 jufi 4490: <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 4491: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4492: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4493:
1.36 louis 4494: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4495: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4496:
1.247 jufi 4497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4498: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4499: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4500: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4501:
4502: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4503: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4504: </ul>
1.38 louis 4505:
1.69 deraadt 4506: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4507: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4508:
1.247 jufi 4509: <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 4510: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4511: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4512:
4513: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4514: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4515: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4516:
1.113 naddy 4517: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4518: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4519: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4520: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4521:
4522: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4523: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4524: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4525: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4526: <blockquote>
4527: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4528: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4529: <br>
4530: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4531: </code>
4532: </blockquote>
4533: <p>
4534:
1.247 jufi 4535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4536: <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 4537: <p>
4538:
4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4540: <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 4541: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4542:
4543: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4544: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4545: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4546: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4547:
1.247 jufi 4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4549: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4550: Sept. 28, 1999
4551: </strong></font><br>
4552:
4553: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4554: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4555: translating and reprinting articles from
4556: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4557: <p>
4558:
4559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4560: <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 4561: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4562:
4563: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4564: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4565: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4566: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4567: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4568: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4569: <p>
1.19 louis 4570:
1.113 naddy 4571: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4572: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4573: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4574:
4575: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4576: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4577: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4578: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4579: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4580: <p>
1.16 louis 4581:
1.247 jufi 4582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4583: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4584: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4585: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4586:
1.57 louis 4587: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4588: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4589: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4590: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4593: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4594: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4595: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4596:
1.113 naddy 4597: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4598:
1.247 jufi 4599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4600: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4601: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4602: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4603:
1.23 louis 4604: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4605: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4606: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4607: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4608: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4609: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4610:
1.247 jufi 4611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4612: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4613: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4614: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4615:
1.199 pvalchev 4616: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4617: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4618: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4619: installation.
1.113 naddy 4620: <p>
1.47 louis 4621:
1.247 jufi 4622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4623: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4624: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4625: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4626:
1.301 jose 4627: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4628: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4629: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4630: </ul>
1.57 louis 4631:
1.69 deraadt 4632: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4633: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4634:
1.247 jufi 4635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4636: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4637: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4638: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4639:
4640: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4641: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4642: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4643: <p>
1.12 louis 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4646: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4647: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4648: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4649:
4650: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4651: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4652: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4653: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4654: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4655: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4656: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4657: <p>
1.247 jufi 4658: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4659:
1.69 deraadt 4660: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4661: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4662:
1.247 jufi 4663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4664: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4665: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4666:
4667: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4668: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4669: available."
1.113 naddy 4670: <p>
1.301 jose 4671:
4672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4673: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4674: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4675: </strong></font><br>
4676:
4677: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4678: <p>
1.247 jufi 4679: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4680:
1.69 deraadt 4681: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4682: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4685: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4686: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4687:
4688: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4689: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4690: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4691: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4692: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4693: <p>
1.33 louis 4694:
1.247 jufi 4695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4696: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4697: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4698: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4699:
1.113 naddy 4700: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4701: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4702: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4703: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4704: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4705: <p>
1.247 jufi 4706: </ul>
1.57 louis 4707:
1.69 deraadt 4708: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4709: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4710:
1.247 jufi 4711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4712: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4713: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4714: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4715:
4716: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4717: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4718: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4719:
1.247 jufi 4720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4721: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4722: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4723: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4724: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4725:
4726: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4727: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4728:
1.247 jufi 4729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4730: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4731:
1.113 naddy 4732: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4733:
1.247 jufi 4734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4735: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4736: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4737: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4738:
4739: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4740: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4741: </ul>
1.23 louis 4742:
1.69 deraadt 4743: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4744: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4745:
1.247 jufi 4746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4747: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4748: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4749:
4750: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4751: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4752: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4753:
1.247 jufi 4754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4755: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4756: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4757: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4758:
4759: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4760: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4761: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4762: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4763: </ul>
1.57 louis 4764:
1.69 deraadt 4765: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4766: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4767:
1.247 jufi 4768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4769: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4770: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4771: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4772:
4773: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4774: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4775: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4776: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4777: <p>
1.15 louis 4778:
1.247 jufi 4779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4780: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4781: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4782: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4783:
4784: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4785: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4786: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4787: columns."
1.113 naddy 4788: <p>
1.247 jufi 4789: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4790:
1.69 deraadt 4791: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4792: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4793:
1.247 jufi 4794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4795: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4796: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4797: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4798:
4799: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4800: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4801:
1.113 naddy 4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4803: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4804: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4805:
4806: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4807: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4808: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4809: </ul>
1.57 louis 4810:
1.69 deraadt 4811: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4812: <ul>
1.301 jose 4813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4814: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4815: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4816: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4817:
4818: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4819: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4820: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4821: <p>
4822:
4823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4824: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4825: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4826: Nov 13, 1998 and
4827: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4828: Datateknik</a>,
4829: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4830:
1.380 saad 4831: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4832: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4833: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4834: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4835: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4836:
1.113 naddy 4837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4838: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4839: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4840: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4841:
1.222 miod 4842: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4843: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4844: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4845: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4846: <p>
1.247 jufi 4847: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4848:
1.69 deraadt 4849: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4850: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4851:
1.247 jufi 4852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4853: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4854: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4855:
1.69 deraadt 4856: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4857: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4858: <p>
1.247 jufi 4859: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4860:
1.69 deraadt 4861: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4862: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4863:
1.247 jufi 4864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4865: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4866: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4867: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4868:
1.383 jcs 4869: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4870: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4871: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4872:
1.247 jufi 4873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4874: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4875: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4876: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4877: <p>
1.247 jufi 4878: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4879:
1.69 deraadt 4880: <h2>June, 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://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4885: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4886: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4887: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4888: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4889:
4890: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4891: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4892: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4893: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4894: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4895: <p>
1.247 jufi 4896: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4897:
4898: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4899: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4900:
1.247 jufi 4901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4902: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4903: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4904:
1.69 deraadt 4905: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4906: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4907: <p>
1.112 naddy 4908:
1.247 jufi 4909: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4910: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4911:
1.292 camield 4912: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4913: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4914: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.472 ! cloder 4915: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.471 2005/09/02 14:03:32 saad Exp $</small>
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