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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>
1.474 ! niallo 23: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
! 24: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
! 25: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 26: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
! 27: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
! 28: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
! 29: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
! 30: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
! 31: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
! 32: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
! 33: <p>
! 34:
! 35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 36: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
37: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
38: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
39: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
40: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
41: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
42: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
43: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
44: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
45: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
46: <p>
47:
48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 49: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
50: Big debate over small packets</a>,
51: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
52: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
53: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
54: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
55: draft.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 59: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
60: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
61: ordinateur ?"</a>,
62: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
63: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
64: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
65: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
66: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
67: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
68: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 72: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
73: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
74: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
75: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
76: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
77: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
78: performance data with pfstat.
79: <p>
80:
81: </ul>
82:
1.461 grunk 83: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
84: <ul>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 87: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
88: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 89: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 90: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
91: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
92: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 93: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 94: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 95: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
96: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
97: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 98: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
99: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 100: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 101: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
102: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 103: <p>
104:
105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 106: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
107: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 108: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 109: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
110: poor security:
1.467 grunk 111: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 112: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 113: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 114: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
115: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
116: <p>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 119: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
120: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 121: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 122: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
123: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 124: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
125: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
126: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
127: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
128: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
129: commercial vendors.
130: <p>
131:
132: </ul>
133:
1.454 ian 134: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
135: <ul>
1.468 grunk 136:
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
139: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
140: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
141: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
142: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
143: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 144: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 145: <br>
146: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
147: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
148: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
149: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
150: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 151: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 152: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
153: <p>
154:
1.454 ian 155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 156: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
157: Free Bird</a>,
158: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
159: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
160: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
161: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
162: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
163: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
164: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
165: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
166: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
167: room will only be available in the print edition.
168: <p>
1.459 deraadt 169:
1.458 niallo 170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 171: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
172: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
173: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
174: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
175: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
176: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
177: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
178: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
179: <p>
1.457 deraadt 180:
1.456 niallo 181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 182: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 183: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
184: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
185: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
186: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
187: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
188: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 189: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 190: interview.</a>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 194: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
195: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
196: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
197: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
198: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
199: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
200: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
201: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
202: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
203: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
204: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
205: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
206: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
207: "I have never used it."
208: <p>
209:
210: </ul>
211:
1.441 deraadt 212: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
213: <ul>
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 215: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
216: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
217: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
218: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
219: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
220: future enhancements.
221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 224: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 225: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
226: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
227: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
228: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
229: North America mirror:
230: <ul>
1.452 marco 231: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 232: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
233: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 234: </ul>
235: European mirror:
236: <ul>
1.452 marco 237: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 238: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
239: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
240: </ul>
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 244: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
245: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
246: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
247: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
248: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
249: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
250: <p>
251:
252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 253: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
254: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
255: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
256: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
257: first-hand account.
258: <p>
259:
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 261: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
262: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
263: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
264: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
265: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
266: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
267: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
268: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
269: <p>
270:
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 272: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
273: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
274: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
275: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
276: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
277: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
278: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
279: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 283: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 284: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 285: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
286: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
287: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
288: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
289: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
290: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
291: <p>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
294: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 295: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 296: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
297: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
298: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
299: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
300: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 304: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
305: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
306: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 307: </strong></font><br>
308: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
309: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
310: with OpenBSD.
311: </ul>
312:
1.436 henning 313: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
314: <ul>
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 316: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
317: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
318: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
319: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
320: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
321: than closed source, as we have long contended.
322: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
323: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
324: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
325: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
326: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
327: <p>
328: This article can also be found online as
329: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
330: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 334: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
335: </strong></font><br>
336: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
337: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 341: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
342: </strong></font><br>
343: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
344: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 345: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 346: the issues we had with IETF.
347: </ul>
348:
1.431 ian 349: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
350: <ul>
351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 352: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
353: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
354: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
355: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
356: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
357: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
358: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
359: <p>
360:
361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 362: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
363: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
364: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
365: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
366: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
367: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 368: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 369: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
370: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
371: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
372: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
373: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
374: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
375: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
376: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
377:
378: </ul>
379:
1.427 matthieu 380: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
381: <ul>
382:
383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 384: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
385: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
386: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
387: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
388: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
389: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
390: firmware.
1.434 ian 391: Similar articles can be found online at:
392: <ul>
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
394: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
395: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
396: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
398: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
399: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
400: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
402: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
403: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
404: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 406: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 407: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
408: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
409: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 410: </ul>
411:
1.426 ian 412: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
413: <ul>
414:
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
416: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
417: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
418: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
419: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 420: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 421: mechanism: what it is and why and
422: how to use it, with examples.
423: Another excerpt from the book
424: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
425: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
429: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
430: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
431: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
432: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
433: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
434: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
435: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
436: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
437: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
438: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
439: This article is a sample chapter from
440: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
441: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
442: <p>
1.443 ian 443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 445: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 446: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
447: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
448: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
449: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
450: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
451: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
452: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
453: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
454: ends with a sidebar on security.
455: <p>
1.426 ian 456: </ul>
457:
1.424 ian 458: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
459: <ul>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 462: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
463: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
464: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
465: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
466: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
467: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
468: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
469: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
470: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
471: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
472: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
473: <p>
474: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
475: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
476: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 480: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
481: Closed Source Hardware</a>
482: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
483: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
484: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
485: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
486: operating systems.
487: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
488: OpenBSD on his firewall.
489: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
490: systems, he writes:
491: <blockquote>
492: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
493: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
494: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
495: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
496: to the operating system...
497: <br/>
498: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
499: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
500: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
501: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
502: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
503: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
504: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
505: in a closed source operating system).
506: <br/>
507: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
508: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
509: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
510: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
511: </blockquote>
512: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
513: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
514: their hardware and software operates.
515: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
516: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 517: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 518: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
519: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
520: <p>
521: </ul>
522:
1.417 pvalchev 523: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
524: <ul>
1.421 ian 525:
1.417 pvalchev 526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 527: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
528: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
529: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
530: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
531: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
532: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
533: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
534: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
535: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
536: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
537: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 538: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 539: <p>
540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 541: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
542: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
543: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
544: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
545: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
546: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
547: it claims to do".
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 551: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 552: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
553: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
554: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
555: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 556: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 557: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
558: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
559: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
560: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
561: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
562: (yes, this is a hint).
563: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
564: picked up on the
565: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
566: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 567: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 568: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
569: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
570: <p>
571:
572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 573: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
574: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
575: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
576: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
577: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
578: questions about the significance and rationale behind
579: the current efforts.
580: <p>
581: </ul>
582:
1.407 henning 583: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
584: <ul>
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 586: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
587: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
588: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
589: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
590: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
591: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
592: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
593: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
594: <p>
595:
596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 597: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
598: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
599: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
600: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
601: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
602: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
603: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
604: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
605: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 606: <p>
1.415 ian 607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 609: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 610: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
611: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
612: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
613: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
614: overflow attacks... because
615: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
616: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
617: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
618: and propolice.
619: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
620: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
621: and that's when the science falls apart."
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 625: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
626: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
627: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
628: Starts with the question:
629: <blockquote>
630: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
631: <br/>
632: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
633: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
634: <br/>
635: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
636: Should we believe them?"
637: </blockquote>
638: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
639: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
640: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
641: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
642: for your mail, web and other online activities.
643: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
644: <p>
645:
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 647: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
648: Simple Simon</a>,
649: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
650: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
651: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
652: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
653: routing/firewall, and more.
654: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
655: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
656: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
657: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
658: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
659: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
660: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
661: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
662: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
663: </blockquote>
664: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
665: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 669: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
670: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 671: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 672: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 673: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
674: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
675: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 676: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 677: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
678: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
679: in spite of it
680: (registration required, but worth it).
681: <p>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
684: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
685: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
686: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
687: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
688: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
689: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
690: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 691: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 692: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
693: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
694: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
695: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 699: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
700: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
701: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
702: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
703: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
704: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
705: <blockquote>
706: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
707: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
708: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
709: a lot of analysis.
710: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
711: </blockquote>
712: <p>
713: </ul>
714:
1.400 marco 715: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
716: <ul>
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 718: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
719: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
720: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
721: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
722: UNIX-like systems.
723: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
724: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
725: <p>
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 727: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
728: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 729: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
730: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
731: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
732: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
733: At one point, the article states:
734: <blockquote>
735: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
736: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
737: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
738: </blockquote>
739: And then quotes Theo as saying:
740: <blockquote>
741: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
742: fewer are reading or auditing code."
743: </blockquote>
744: <p>
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
746: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
747: marks its fifth birthday</a>
748: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
749: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
750: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
751: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
752: required).
753: <p>
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 755: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
756: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
757: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
758: </strong></font><br>
759: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
760: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
761: <p>
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 763: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
764: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 765: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 766: </strong></font><br>
767: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
768: <p>
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 770: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
771: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 772: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 773: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 774: 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 775: <p>
776: </ul>
777:
1.396 henning 778: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
779: <ul>
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 781: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
782: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
783: Unix Review, July, 2004
784: </strong></font><br>
785: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
786: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 787: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 788: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
789: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
790: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
791: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
792: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
793: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
794: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
795: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
796: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
797: and even spelling/wording errors.
798: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
799: <p>
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 801: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 802: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
803: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
806: <p>
807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 808: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 809: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
810: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
811: </strong></font><br>
812: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
813: <p>
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 815: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
816: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
817: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
818: </strong></font><br>
819: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
820: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
821: <p>
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 823: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
824: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
825: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
826: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
827: <p>
828: </ul>
829:
1.405 jolan 830: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
831: <ul>
832: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
833: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 834: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 835: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
836: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
837: details on how funds are dispersed.
838: <p>
839: </ul>
840:
1.393 david 841: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
842: <ul>
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 844: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
845: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
846: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
847: </strong></font><br>
848: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
849: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
850: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
851: on inserting large number of SQL records.
852: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
853: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
854: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 858: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
859: Secure by Default</a>,
860: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
861: </strong></font><br>
862: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
863: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
867: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
868: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
869: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
870: </strong></font><br>
871: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
872: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
873: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
874: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
875: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
876: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
877: <p>
878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
880: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
881: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
882: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
883: </strong></font><br>
884: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
885: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
886: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
887: <p>
888:
889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
890: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
891: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
892: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
893: </strong></font><br>
894: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
895: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
896: <p>
897: </ul>
898:
1.388 mcbride 899: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
900: <ul>
1.394 jolan 901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
903: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
904: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
905: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
906: </strong></font><br>
907: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
908: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
909: available for sparc64.
910: <p>
911:
1.390 beck 912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 913: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
914: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
915: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
916: </strong></font><br>
917: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
918: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
919: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
920: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
921: <p>
922:
923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 924: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
925: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 926: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 927: </strong></font><br>
928: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
929: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
930: it does: CARP provides sharing
931: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
932: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
933: detail to get you started using it.
934: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
935: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
936: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
937: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
938: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
939: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
940: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 941: <p>
1.391 ian 942:
943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 944: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 945: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
946: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 947: </strong></font><br>
948: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 949: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 950: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 951: <p>
1.388 mcbride 952:
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
954: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
955: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 956: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 957: </strong></font><br>
958: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
959: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
960: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
961: unencumbered by patents.
962: <p>
963: </ul>
964:
1.378 henning 965: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
966: <ul>
1.384 jose 967:
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 969: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
970: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
971: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
972: </strong></font><br>
973: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
974: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
975: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
976: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
977: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
978: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
979: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
980: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
981: in the page tables."
982: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
983: <p>
984:
985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 986: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
987: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
988: </strong></font><br>
989: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
990: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
991: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
992: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 993: <p>
1.384 jose 994:
1.378 henning 995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 996: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
997: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 998: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
999: </strong></font><br>
1000: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1001: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1002: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1003: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1004: (quote:
1005: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1006: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1007: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1008: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1009: the other developers for their work on the system.
1010: <p>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1013: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1014: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1015: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1016: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1017: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1018: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1019: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1020: too.
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1024: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1025: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1026: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1027: OpenBSD source code using
1028: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1029: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1030: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1031: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1032: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1033: <p>
1034: </ul>
1035:
1.374 jose 1036: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1037: <ul>
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1039: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1040: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1041: </strong></font><br>
1042: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1043: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1044: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1045: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1046: it."
1047: <p>
1048:
1049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1050: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1051: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1052: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1053: </strong></font><br/>
1054: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1055: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1056: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1057: <p>
1058: </ul>
1059:
1.369 ian 1060: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1061: <ul>
1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1063: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1064: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1065: </strong></font><br/>
1066: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1067: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1068: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1069: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1070: <p>
1071:
1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1073: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1074: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1075: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1076: </strong></font><br/>
1077: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1078: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1079: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1080: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1081: form factor.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1085: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1086: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1087: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1088: Features</a>,
1089: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1090: </strong></font><br/>
1091: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1092: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1093: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1094: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1095: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1096: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1097: <p>
1098: This article can also be found online at:
1099: <ul>
1100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1101: <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 1102: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1103: </strong></font>
1104: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1105: </ul>
1106: <p>
1.392 david 1107:
1.371 jose 1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1109: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1110: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1111: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1112: </strong></font><br/>
1113: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1114: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1115: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1116: <p>
1.371 jose 1117:
1118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1119: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1120: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1121: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1122: </strong></font><br/>
1123: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1124: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1125: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1126: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1127: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1128: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1129: and its history with OpenBSD.
1130: </ul>
1131:
1.368 henning 1132: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1133: <ul>
1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1135: [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 1136: </strong></font><br>
1137: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1138: </ul>
1139:
1.364 jose 1140: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1141: <ul>
1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1143: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1144: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1145: UNIX Review,
1146: July, 2003.
1147: </strong></font><br>
1148: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1149: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1150: who want more information.
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1154: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1155: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1156: Government Computer News,
1157: July 22, 2003.
1158: </strong></font><br>
1159: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1160: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1161: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1162: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1163: <p>
1164:
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1166: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1167: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1168: SANS Institute,
1169: July 22, 2003.
1170: </strong></font><br>
1171: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1172: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1173: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1174: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1175: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1176: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1177: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1178: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1179: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1180: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1181: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1182: <p>
1183:
1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1185: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1186: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1187: OnLamp.com,
1188: July 17, 2003.
1189: </strong></font><br>
1190: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1191: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1192: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1193: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1194: have been working on.
1195:
1196: </ul>
1197:
1.356 jose 1198: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1199: <ul>
1200:
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1202: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1203: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1204: UNIX Review,
1205: June, 2003.
1206: </strong></font><br>
1207: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1208: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1209: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1210: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1211: <p>
1212:
1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1214: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1215: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1216: eWeek,
1217: June 23, 2003.
1218: </strong></font><br>
1219: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1220: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1221: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1222: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1223: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1224: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1225: <p>
1226:
1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1228: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1229: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1230: Software Development Online,
1231: June, 2003.
1232: </strong></font><br>
1233: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1234: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1235: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1236: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1237: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1238: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1239: current activities.
1240: <p>
1241:
1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1243: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1244: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1245: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1246: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1247: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1248: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1249: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1250: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1251: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1252: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1253: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1254: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1255: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1256: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1257: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1258: decisions.
1259: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1260: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1261: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1262: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1266: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1267: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1268: Page 58, eWeek,
1269: June 2, 2003.
1270: </strong></font><br>
1271: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1272: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1273: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1274: been addressed in -current.
1275: <p>
1276:
1.356 jose 1277: </ul>
1278:
1279: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1280: <ul>
1281:
1.355 jose 1282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1283: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1284: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1285: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1286: </strong></font><br>
1287: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1288: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1289: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1290: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1291: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1292: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1293: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1294: <p>
1295:
1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1297: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1298: Beyond Linux</a>,
1299: InfoWorld,
1300: May 23, 2003.
1301: </strong></font><br>
1302: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1303: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1304: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1305: compared to the GPL.
1306: <p>
1307:
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1309: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1310: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1311: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1312: May 17, 2003.
1313: </strong></font><br>
1314: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1315: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1316: the business section and half of another page inside
1317: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1318: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1319: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1320: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1321: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1322: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1323: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1324: <br>
1325: This article can also be found online at:
1326: <ul>
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1328: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1329: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1330: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1331: May 17, 2003
1332: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1333: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1335: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1336: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1337: Montreal Gazette,
1338: May 21, 2003
1339: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1340: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1341: <p>
1.346 ian 1342:
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1344: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1345: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1346: May 7, 2003.
1347: </strong></font><br>
1348: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1349: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1350: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1351: <p>
1352:
1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1354: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1355: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1356: OsOpinion,
1357: May 6, 2003.
1358: </strong></font><br>
1359: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1360: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1361: <br>
1362: This article can also be found online at:
1363: <ul>
1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1365: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1366: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1367: NewsFactor Network.
1368: </strong></font>
1369: </ul>
1370: <p>
1371:
1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1373: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1374: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1375: ITBusiness,
1376: May 2, 2003.
1377: </strong></font><br>
1378: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1379: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1380: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1381: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1382: <p>
1383:
1384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1385: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1386: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1387: InfoWorld,
1388: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1389: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1390: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1391: <br>
1392: This article can also be found online at:
1393: <ul>
1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1395: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1396: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1397: IDG Singapore.
1398: </strong></font>
1399: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1400: <p>
1401:
1.339 jose 1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1403: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1404: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1405: ZDNet,
1406: May 1, 2003.
1407: </strong></font><br>
1408: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1409: someone using parts from previous articles.
1410: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1411: This article can also be found online at:
1412: <ul>
1413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1414: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1415: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1416: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1417: </strong></font>
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1419: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1420: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1421: CNET News.com.
1422: </strong></font>
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1424: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1425: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1426: ZDNet UK.
1427: </strong></font>
1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1429: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1430: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1431: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1432: </strong></font>
1433: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1434: <p>
1.339 jose 1435:
1.341 deraadt 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1437: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1438: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1439: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1440: May 1, 2003.
1441: </strong></font><br>
1442: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1443: that have been added
1444: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1445: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1446: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1447: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1448: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1449: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1450: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1451: <p>
1452:
1453: </ul>
1454:
1.253 ian 1455: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1456: <ul>
1.255 ian 1457:
1.260 ian 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1459: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1460: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1461: TechRepublic,
1462: April 28, 2003.
1463: </strong></font><br>
1464: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1465: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1466: work.<br>
1467: Can also be found online at:
1468: <ul>
1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1470: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1471: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1472: ZDNet UK.
1473: </strong></font>
1474: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1475: <p>
1476:
1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1478: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1479: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1480: IDG,
1481: April 24, 2003.
1482: </strong></font><br>
1483: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1484: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1485: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1486: Can also be found online at:
1487: <ul>
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1489: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1490: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1491: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1492: </strong></font>
1493: </ul>
1494: <p>
1495:
1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1497: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1498: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1499: Slate,
1500: April 24, 2003.
1501: </strong></font><br>
1502: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1503: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1504: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1505: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1506: <p>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1509: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1510: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1511: April 24, 2003.
1512: </strong></font><br>
1513: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1514: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1515: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1516: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1517: <p>
1518:
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1520: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1521: April 24, 2003.
1522: </strong></font><br>
1523: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1524: the free software community".
1525: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1526: other articles.
1527: <p>
1528:
1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1530: <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 1531: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1532: </strong></font><br>
1533: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1534: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1535: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1536: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1537: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1538: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1539: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1540: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1541: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1542: <br/>
1543: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1544: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1545: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1546: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1547: <br>
1548: Can also be found online at:
1549: <ul>
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1551: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1552: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1553: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1554: </strong></font>
1555: </ul>
1.324 ian 1556: <p>
1557:
1558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1559: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1560: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1561: </strong></font><br>
1562: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1563: article above.
1564: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1565: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1566: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1567: <br>
1568: Can also be found online at:
1569: <ul>
1570: <li>
1571: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1572: </strong></font>
1573: </ul>
1.324 ian 1574: <p>
1575:
1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1577: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1578: </strong></font><br>
1579: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1580: <p>
1581:
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1583: <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.
1584: </strong></font><br>
1585: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1586: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1587: <p>
1588:
1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1590: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1591: April 23, 2003.
1592: </strong></font><br>
1593: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1594: <p>
1595:
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1597: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1598: April 22, 2003.
1599: </strong></font><br>
1600: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1601: <p>
1602:
1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1604: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1605: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1606: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1607: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1608: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1609: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1610: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1611: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1612: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1613: Can also be found online at:
1614: <ul>
1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1616: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1617: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1618: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1619: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1621: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1622: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1623: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1624: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1625: </ul>
1626: <p>
1627:
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1629: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1630: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1631: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1632: </strong></font><br>
1633: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1634: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1635: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1636: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1637: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1638: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1639: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1640: <p>
1641:
1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1643: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1644: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1645: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1646: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1647: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1648: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1649: at UPenn and DARPA.
1650: <p>
1651:
1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1653: [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,
1654: France
1.315 deraadt 1655: April 18, 2003.
1656: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1657: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1658: <p>
1659:
1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1661: [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 1662: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1663: </strong></font><br>
1664: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1665: <p>
1666:
1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1668: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1669: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1670: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1671: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1672: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1673: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1674: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1675: <p>
1676:
1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1678: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1679: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1680: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1681: </strong></font><br>
1682: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1683: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1684: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1685: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1686: <p>
1687:
1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1689: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1690: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1691: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1692: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1693: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1694: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1695: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1696: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1697: Can also be found online at:
1698: <ul>
1699: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1700: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1701: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1702: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1703: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1704: <p>
1705:
1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1707: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1708: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1709: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1710: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1711: </strong></font><br>
1712: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1713: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1714: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1715: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1716: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1717:
1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1719: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1720: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1721: New York Times.
1722: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1723:
1.273 deraadt 1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1725: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1726: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1727: ABC News.
1728: </strong></font>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1731: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1732: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1733: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1734: </strong></font>
1735:
1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1737: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1738: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1739: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1740: </strong></font>
1741:
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1743: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1744: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1745: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1746: </strong></font>
1747:
1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1749: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1750: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1751: Times Daily, AL.
1752: </strong></font>
1753:
1754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1755: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1756: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1757: Boston.com, MA.
1758: </strong></font>
1759:
1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1761: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1762: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1763: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1764: </strong></font>
1765:
1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1767: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1768: [Article was pulled]</a>
1769: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1770: </strong></font>
1771:
1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1773: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1774: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1775: Infoshop News.
1776: </strong></font>
1777:
1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1779: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1780: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1781: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1782: </strong></font>
1783:
1784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1785: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1786: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1787: Raleigh News, NC.
1788: </strong></font>
1789:
1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1791: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1792: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1793: Napa News, CA.
1794: </strong></font>
1795:
1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1797: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1798: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1799: NEPA News, PA.
1800: </strong></font>
1801:
1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1803: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1804: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1805: Wired News.
1806: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1807: <br>
1808: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1809: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1810: [JAPANESE]
1811: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1812: Wired News Japan</a>
1813: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1814:
1.271 deraadt 1815: </ul>
1816: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1817: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1818: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1819: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1820: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1821: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1822: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1823: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1824: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1825: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1826: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1827: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1828: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1829: <p>
1830: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1831:
1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1833: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1834: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1835: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1836: </strong></font>
1837:
1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1839: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1840: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1841: Miami Herald, FL.
1842: </strong></font>
1843:
1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1845: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1846: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1847: </strong></font>
1848:
1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1850: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1851: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1852: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1853: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1856: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1857: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1858: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1859: ABC News.
1860: </strong></font>
1861:
1.276 deraadt 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1863: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1864: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1865: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1866: </strong></font>
1867:
1.286 dhartmei 1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1869: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1870: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1871: Wilmington Star, NC.
1872: </strong></font>
1873:
1.300 jose 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1875: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1876: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1877: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1878: </strong></font>
1879:
1.309 jose 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1881: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1882: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1883: Globe Technology.
1884: </strong></font>
1885:
1.263 deraadt 1886: </ul>
1.262 beck 1887: <p>
1888:
1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1890: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1891: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1892: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1893: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1894: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1895: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1896: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1897: <p>
1898:
1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1900: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1901: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1902: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1903: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1904: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1905: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1906: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1907: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1908: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1909: and simply restates other press reports.
1910: <p>
1911:
1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1913: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1914: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1915: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1916: </strong></font><br>
1917: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1918: <p>
1919:
1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1921: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1922: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1923: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1924: </strong></font><br>
1925: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1926: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1927: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1928: <p>
1929:
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1931: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1932: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1933: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1934: April 17, 2003.
1935: </strong></font><br>
1936: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1937: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1938: Tech Anthems</a>
1939: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1940: 4 so far.
1941: <p>
1942:
1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1944: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1945: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1946: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1947: </strong></font><br>
1948: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1949: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1950: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1951: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1952: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1953: Goes on to say:
1954: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1955: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1956: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1957: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1958: This article is also found online at:
1959: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1961: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1962: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1963: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1964: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1966: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1967: ZDnet</a>,
1968: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1969: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1971: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1972: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1973: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1975: </ul>
1.260 ian 1976: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1977:
1.260 ian 1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1979: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1980: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1981: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1982: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1983: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1984: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1985: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1986: without notice or justification.
1987: <p>
1988:
1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1990: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1991: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1992: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1993: </strong></font><br>
1994: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1995: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1996: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1997: effective today, without any warning..."
1998: <p>
1.257 ian 1999:
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2001: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2002: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2003: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2005: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2006: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2007: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2008: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2009: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2010: <p>
2011:
2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2013: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2014: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2015: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2018: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2019: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2020: quoting two of them:
2021: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2022: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2023: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2024: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2025: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2026: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2027: <p>
2028:
1.255 ian 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2030: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2031: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2032: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2033: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2034: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2035: <p>
2036:
2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2038: [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 2039: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2040: </strong></font><br>
2041: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2042: <p>
2043:
2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2045: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2046: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2047: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2048: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2049: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2050: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2051: security experts for more than three decades."
2052: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2053: <p>
1.261 ian 2054:
1.254 drahn 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2056: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2057: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2058: </strong></font><br>
2059: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2060: <p>
2061:
2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2063: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2064: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2065: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2066: </strong></font><br>
2067: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2068: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2069: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2070: <p>
2071:
2072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2073: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2074: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2075: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2076: </strong></font><br>
2077: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2078: from US DARPA.
2079: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2080: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2081: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2082: the BSD license.
2083: <p>
2084: </ul>
2085:
1.251 ian 2086: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2087: <ul>
2088:
2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2090: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2091: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2092: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2093: </strong></font><br>
2094:
2095: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2096: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2097: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2098: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2099: <p>
2100:
2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2102: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2103: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2104: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2105: </strong></font><br>
2106: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2107: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2108: Mentions
2109: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2110: and
2111: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2112: programs.
2113: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2114: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2115: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2116: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2117: <p>
1.325 ian 2118: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2119: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2120:
2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2122: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2123: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2124: </strong></font><br>
2125: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2126: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2127: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2128: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2129: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2130: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2131: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2132: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2133: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2134: put into service."
2135: <p>
2136: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2137: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2138: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2139: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2140: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2141: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2142: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2143: computers with security features."
2144: <p>
1.329 ian 2145:
2146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2147: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2148: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2149: Slate,
2150: March 3, 2003.
2151: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2152: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2153: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2154: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2155: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2156: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2157: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2158: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2159: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2160: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2161: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2162: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2163: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2164: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2165: of more secure open-source solutions like
2166: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2167: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2168: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2169: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2170: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2171: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2172: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2173: the Beltway."
2174: <p>
1.251 ian 2175: </ul>
2176:
1.249 jufi 2177: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2178: <ul>
2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2180: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2181: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2182: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2183: </strong></font><br>
2184: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2185: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2186: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2187: <p>
1.334 ian 2188:
2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2190: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2191: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2192: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2193: </strong></font><br>
2194: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2195: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2196: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2197: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2198: "... the hypothetical question ...
2199: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2200: <br>
2201: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2202: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2203: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2204: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2205: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2206: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2207: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2208: support network security.
2209: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2210: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2211: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2212: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2213: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2214: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2215: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2216: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2217: <br>
2218: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2219: <p>
2220:
1.249 jufi 2221: </ul>
2222:
1.246 jufi 2223: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2224: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2225:
1.247 jufi 2226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2227: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2228: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2229: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2230: </strong></font><br>
2231: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2232: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2233: <p>
2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2236: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2237: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2238: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2239: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2240: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2241: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2242: <p>
2243:
2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2245: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2246: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2247: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2248: </strong></font><br>
2249: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2250: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2251: <p>
1.247 jufi 2252: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2253:
1.244 jufi 2254: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2255: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2256:
1.247 jufi 2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2258: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2259: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2260: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2261: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2264: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2265: md5 digests.
2266: <p>
2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2269: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2270: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2271: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2272: </strong></font><br>
2273: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2274: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2275: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2276: right the first time."
2277: <p>
1.247 jufi 2278: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2279:
2280:
2281: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2282: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2285: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2286: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2287: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2288: </strong></font><br>
2289: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2290: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2291: part 6</a>.
2292: <p>
2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2295: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2296: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2297: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2298: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2299: </strong></font><br>
2300: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2301: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2302: <p>
1.301 jose 2303:
2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2305: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2306: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2307: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2308: </strong></font><br>
2309:
2310: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2311: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2312: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2313: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2314: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2315: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2316: <i>Here's the
2317: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2318: <p>
1.247 jufi 2319: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2320:
2321: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2322: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2325: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2326: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2327: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2328: </strong></font><br>
2329: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2330: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2331: <p>
2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2334: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2335: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2336: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2337: </strong></font><br>
2338: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2339: this time using pf.
2340: <p>
1.247 jufi 2341: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2342:
2343: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2344: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2345:
1.247 jufi 2346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2347: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2348: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2349: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2350: </strong></font><br>
2351: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2352: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2353: their rotation.
2354: <p>
2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2357: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2358: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2359: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2360: </strong></font><br>
2361: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2362: <p>
1.247 jufi 2363: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2364:
1.239 jufi 2365: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2366: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2369: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2370: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2371: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2374: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2375: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2376: <p>
2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2379: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2380: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2381: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2382: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2383: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2384: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2385: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2386: <p>
1.247 jufi 2387: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2388:
1.235 lebel 2389: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2390: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2391:
1.239 jufi 2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2394: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2395: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2396: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2397: </strong></font><br>
2398: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2399: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2400: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2401: <p>
1.301 jose 2402:
1.247 jufi 2403: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2404:
1.228 horacio 2405: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2406: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2407:
1.247 jufi 2408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2409: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2410: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2411: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2412: </strong></font><br>
2413: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2414: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2415: <p>
2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2418: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2419: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2420: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2421: </strong></font><br>
2422: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2423: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2424: <p>
2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2427: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2428: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2429: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2430: </strong></font><br>
2431: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2432: on the desktop of his parents.
2433: <p>
2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2436: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2437: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2438: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2439: </strong></font><br>
2440: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2441: using IPFilter.
2442:
2443: <p>
2444:
1.247 jufi 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2446: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2447: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2448: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2449: </strong></font><br>
2450: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2451: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2452: perspectives of the four OS.
2453: <br>
2454: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2455: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2456: <p>
2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2459: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2460: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2461: software and security</a>,
2462: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2466: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2467: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2468: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2469: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2470: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2471: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2472: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2473: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2474: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2475: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2476: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2477: <p>
1.247 jufi 2478: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2479:
1.225 horacio 2480: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2481: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2484: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2485: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2486: Interview</a>,
2487: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2488: </strong></font><br>
2489:
2490: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2491: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2492: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2493: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2494: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2495: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2496: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2497: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2498: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2499: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2500: of choice.
2501: <p>
1.247 jufi 2502: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2503:
2504: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2505: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2506:
1.247 jufi 2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2508: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2509: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2510: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2511: </strong></font><br>
2512:
2513: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2514: <p>
2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2517: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2518: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2519: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2520: </strong></font><br>
2521:
2522: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2523: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2524: <p>
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2526:
1.218 horacio 2527: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2528: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2531: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2532: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2533: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2534: </strong></font><br>
2535:
2536: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2537: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2538: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2539: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2540: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2541: subjects. Worth a read.
2542: <p>
2543:
2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2546: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2547: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2548: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2549: </strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2552: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2553: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2554: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2555: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2556: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2557: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2558: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2559: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2560: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2561: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2562: on other operating systems.<br>
2563: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2564: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2565: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2566: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2567: <p>
2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2570: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2571: Operating System 2010</a>,
2572: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2573: </strong></font><br>
2574:
2575: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2576: covering the level of software integration into the core
2577: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2578: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2579: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2580: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2581: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2582: <p>
2583:
1.247 jufi 2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2585: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2586: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2587: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2588: </strong></font><br>
2589:
2590: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2591: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2592: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2593: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2594: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2595: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2596: <p>
1.247 jufi 2597: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2598:
1.210 jufi 2599: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2600: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2603: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2604: Already a Contender</a>,
2605: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2606: </strong></font><br>
2607:
2608: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2609: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2610: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2611: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2612: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2613: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2614: <p>
2615:
1.247 jufi 2616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2617: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2618: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2619: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2620: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2621:
1.224 horacio 2622: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2623: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2624: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2625: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2626: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2627: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2628: <p>
1.247 jufi 2629: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2630:
2631: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2632: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2635: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2636: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2637: Division</a>,
2638: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2639: </strong></font><br>
2640:
2641: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2642: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2643: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2644: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2645: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2646: investment</em>.<br>
2647: The implementation details can be seen on their
2648: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2649: <p>
2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2652: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2653: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2654: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2655: </strong></font><br>
2656:
2657: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2658: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2659: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2660: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2661: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2662: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2663: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2664: <p>
2665:
2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2667: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2668: Thinking about Security</a>,
2669: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2670: </strong></font><br>
2671:
2672: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2673: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2674: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2675: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2676: to time.<br>
2677: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2678: system and just the most secure system.
2679: <p>
2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2682: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2683: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2684: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2685: </strong></font><br>
2686:
2687: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2688: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2689: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2690: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2691: choice:<br>
2692: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2693: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2694: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2695: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2696: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2697: network security devices and as such must be well
2698: armored."</em><br>
2699: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2700: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2701: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2702: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2703: <br>
2704: Bravo!
2705: <p>
1.247 jufi 2706: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2707:
1.207 ian 2708: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2709: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2712: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2713: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2714: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2715:
1.207 ian 2716: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2717: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2718: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2719: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2720: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2721: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2722: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2723: <p>
1.247 jufi 2724: </ul>
1.207 ian 2725:
1.194 jufi 2726: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2730: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2731: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2732: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2733: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2734:
1.240 miod 2735: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2736: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2737: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2738: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2739: <p>
2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2742: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2743: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2744: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2747: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2748: <p>
2749:
2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2751: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2752: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2753: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2754:
2755: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2756: <p>
2757:
2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2759: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2760: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2761: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2762: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2763:
1.240 miod 2764: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2765: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2766: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2767: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2768: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2769: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2770: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2771: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2772: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2773: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2774: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2775: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2776: <p>
2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2779: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2780: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2781: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2782: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2783:
1.194 jufi 2784: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2785: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2786: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2787: <br>
2788: The new
2789: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2790: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2791: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2792: <p>
1.247 jufi 2793: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2794:
1.190 horacio 2795: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2796: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2799:
2800: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2801: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2802:
1.301 jose 2803:
1.191 jufi 2804: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2805: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2806:
2807: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2808: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2809:
1.212 horacio 2810: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2811: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2812: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2813:
1.211 horacio 2814: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2815: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2816: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2819: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2822: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2823:
1.212 horacio 2824: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2825: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2826: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2827:
2828: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2829: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2830:
2831: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2832: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2833:
1.301 jose 2834: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2835: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2836:
1.191 jufi 2837: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2838: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2839:
2840: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2841: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2842:
1.192 jufi 2843: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2844: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2845: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2846:
1.193 deraadt 2847: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2848: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2849: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2852: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2855: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2856: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2857:
1.213 horacio 2858: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2859: 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 2860: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2861:
1.190 horacio 2862: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2863: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2864: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2865: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2866: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2867: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2868: <p>
1.190 horacio 2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2871: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2872: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2873: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2874: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2875:
1.195 jufi 2876: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2877: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2878: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2879: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2880: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2881: <p>
2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2884: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2885: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2886: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2887: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2888:
1.191 jufi 2889: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2890: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2891: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2892: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2893: <p>
2894:
2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2896: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2897: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2898: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2899:
2900: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2901: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2902: <p>
1.247 jufi 2903: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2904:
1.191 jufi 2905:
1.186 jufi 2906: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2907: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2908:
1.247 jufi 2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2910: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2911: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2912: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2913: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2914:
1.188 jufi 2915: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2916: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2917: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2918: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2919: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2920: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2921: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2922: <p>
2923:
1.301 jose 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2925: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2926: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2927: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2930: <p>
1.191 jufi 2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2933: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2934: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2935: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2936: </strong></font><br>
2937:
2938: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2939: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2940: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2941: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2942: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2943: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2944: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2945: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2946: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2947: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2948: familiar?
2949: <p>
1.247 jufi 2950: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2951:
1.178 louis 2952: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2953: <ul>
1.178 louis 2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2956: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2957: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2958: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2959: </strong></font><br>
2960:
2961: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2962: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2963: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2964: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2965: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2966: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2967: <p>
2968:
1.247 jufi 2969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2970: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2971: Open source under the hood</a>,
2972: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2973: </strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2976: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2977: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2978: <p>
2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2981: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2982: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2983: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2984: </strong></font><br>
2985:
2986: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2987: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2988: <p>
1.247 jufi 2989: </ul>
1.179 louis 2990:
1.174 louis 2991:
1.175 louis 2992: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2993: <ul>
1.175 louis 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2996: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2997: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2998: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2999: </strong></font><br>
3000:
3001: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3002: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3003: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3004: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3005: <p>
3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3008: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3009: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3010: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3011: </strong></font><br>
3012:
3013: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3014: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3015: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3016: <p>
1.247 jufi 3017: </ul>
1.175 louis 3018:
1.176 louis 3019:
1.172 mickey 3020: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3021: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3024: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3025: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3026: </strong></font><br>
3027:
3028: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3029: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3030: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3031: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3032: <p>
3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3035: <a
1.269 deraadt 3036: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3037: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3038: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3039: </strong></font><br>
3040:
3041: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3042: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3043: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3044: <p>
3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3047: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3048: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3049: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3050: </strong></font><br>
3051:
3052: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3053: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3054: <p>
3055:
1.247 jufi 3056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3057: <a
1.269 deraadt 3058: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3059: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3060: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3064: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3065: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3066: our own Theo de Raadt.
3067: <p>
3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3070: <a
1.269 deraadt 3071: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3072: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3073: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3074: </strong></font><br>
3075:
3076: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3077: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3078: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3079: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3080: shut down.]
3081: <p>
3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3084: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3085: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3086: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3087: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
3090: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3091: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3092: <p>
1.247 jufi 3093: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3094:
1.161 louis 3095: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3096: <ul>
1.161 louis 3097:
1.247 jufi 3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3099: <a
1.269 deraadt 3100: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3101: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3102: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3103: </strong></font><br>
3104:
3105: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3106: by John Wolley
3107: <p>
3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3110: <a
1.269 deraadt 3111: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3112: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3113: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3114: </strong></font><br>
3115:
3116: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3117: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3118: OpenBSD).
3119: <p>
3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3122: <a
1.247 jufi 3123: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3124: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3125: </strong></font><br>
3126:
3127: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3128: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3129: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3130: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3131: and hindsight.
3132: <p>
3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3135: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3136: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3137: </strong></font><br>
3138:
3139: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3140: <p>
3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3143: <a
1.168 provos 3144: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3145: December 7, 2000
3146: </strong></font><br>
3147:
3148: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3149: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3150: us explain.
3151: <p>
3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3154: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3155: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3156: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3157: December 6, 2000
3158: </strong></font><br>
3159:
3160: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3161: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3162: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3163: <p>
3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3166: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3167: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3168: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3169: </strong></font><br>
3170:
3171: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3172: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3173: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3174: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3175: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3176: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3177: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3178: <p>
3179:
3180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3181: <a
1.226 horacio 3182: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3183: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3184: </strong></font><br>
3185:
3186: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3187: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3188: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3189: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3190: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3191: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3192: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3193: <p>
1.162 millert 3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3196: <a
1.161 louis 3197: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3198: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3199: </strong></font><br>
3200:
3201: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3202: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3203: <p>
3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3206: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3207: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3208: </strong></font><br>
3209:
3210: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3211: <p>
3212:
3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3215: <a
1.226 horacio 3216: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3217: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3218: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3219: </strong></font><br>
3220:
3221: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3222: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3223: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3224: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3225: <p>
1.247 jufi 3226: </ul>
1.169 louis 3227:
1.158 louis 3228: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3229: <ul>
1.147 louis 3230:
1.247 jufi 3231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3232: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3233: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3234: </strong></font><br>
3235:
3236: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3237: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3238: <p>
3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3241: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3242: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3243: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3244: </strong></font><br>
3245: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3246: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3247: <p>
3248:
1.247 jufi 3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3250: <a
3251: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3252: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3253: </strong></font><br>
3254:
3255: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3256: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3257: <p>
3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3260: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3261: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3262: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3263:
1.213 horacio 3264: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3265: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3266: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3267: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3268: <p>
1.215 horacio 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3271: <a
3272: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3273: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3274: </strong></font><br>
3275:
3276: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3277: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3278: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3279: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3280: much of the attitude too).
3281: <p>
1.161 louis 3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3284: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3285: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3286: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3287:
1.157 louis 3288: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3289: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3290: <p>
1.247 jufi 3291: </ul>
1.157 louis 3292:
3293: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3294: <ul>
1.157 louis 3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3297: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3298: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3299: </strong></font><br>
3300:
3301: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3302: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3303: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3304: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3305: <p>
3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3308: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3309: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3310: </strong></font><br>
3311:
3312: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3313: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3314: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3315: it because they love coding...
3316: <p>
3317:
1.247 jufi 3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3319: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3320: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3321: </strong></font><br>
3322:
3323: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3324: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3325: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3326: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3327: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3328: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3329: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3330: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3331: <p>
3332:
1.247 jufi 3333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3334: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3335: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3336: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3337: </strong></font><br>
3338:
3339: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3340: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3341: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3342: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3343: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3344: the pizza.
3345: <p>
3346:
1.247 jufi 3347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3348: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3349: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3350: </strong></font><br>
3351:
3352: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3353: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3354: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3355: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3356: problems.
3357: <p>
3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3360: <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 3361: </strong></font><br>
3362:
1.222 miod 3363: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3364: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3365: - whether they like it or not.
3366: <p>
3367:
1.247 jufi 3368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3369: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3370: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3371: </strong></font><br>
3372:
3373: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3374: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3375: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3376: <p>
1.148 aaron 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3379: <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 3380: </strong></font><br>
3381:
3382: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3383: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3384: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3385: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3386: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3387: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3388: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3389: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3390: <p>
3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3393: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3394: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3395: </strong></font><br>
3396:
3397: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3398: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3399: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3400: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3401: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3402: <p>
1.247 jufi 3403: </ul>
1.147 louis 3404:
1.138 louis 3405: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3406: <ul>
1.138 louis 3407:
1.247 jufi 3408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3409: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3410: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3411: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3412: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3413: </strong></font><br>
3414:
1.227 horacio 3415: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3416: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3417: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3418: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3419: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3420: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3421: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3422: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3423: <p>
3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3426: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3427: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3428: </strong></font><br>
3429:
3430: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3431: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3432: groups, and even Linux.
3433: <p>
3434:
1.247 jufi 3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3436: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3437: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3438: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3439: </strong></font><br>
3440:
3441: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3442: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3443: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3444: library after installing the OS.
3445: <p>
3446:
1.247 jufi 3447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3448: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3449: Sys Admin, September 2000
3450: </strong></font><br>
3451:
3452: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3453: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3454: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3455: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3456: (<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>,
3457: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3458: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3459: <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 3460: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3461: out of the system.
3462: <p>
3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3465: <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
3466: </strong></font><br>
3467:
3468: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3469: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3470: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3471: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3472: the IP filtering and address translation.
3473: <p>
1.301 jose 3474:
3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3476: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3477: </strong></font><br>
3478:
3479: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3480: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3481: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3482: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3483: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3484: <p>
1.247 jufi 3485: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3486:
1.131 louis 3487: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3488: <ul>
1.131 louis 3489:
1.247 jufi 3490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3491: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3492: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3493: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3494: </strong></font><br>
3495:
3496: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3497: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3498: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3499: <p>
3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3502: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3503: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3504: </strong></font><br>
3505:
3506: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3507: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3508: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3509: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3510: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3511: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3512: note of"</i>.
3513: <p>
3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3516: <a
1.247 jufi 3517: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3518: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3519: </strong></font><br>
3520:
3521: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3522: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3523: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3524: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3525: <p>
3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3528: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3529: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3530: </strong></font><br>
3531:
3532: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3533: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3534: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3535: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3536: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3537: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3538: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3539: <p>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3542: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3543: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3544: 2000
3545: </strong></font><br>
3546:
3547: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3548: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3549: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3550: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3551: against current industry practices.
3552: <p>
3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3555: <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
3556: </strong></font><br>
3557:
3558: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3559: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3560: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3561: <p>
3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3564: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3565: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3566: </strong></font><br>
3567:
3568: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3569: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3570: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3571: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3572: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3573: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3574: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3575: <p>
3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3578: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3579: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3580: </strong></font><br>
3581:
3582: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3583: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3584: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3585: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3586: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3587: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3588: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3589: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3590: <p>
1.247 jufi 3591: </ul>
1.131 louis 3592:
1.118 louis 3593: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3594: <ul>
1.118 louis 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3597: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3598: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3599: </strong></font><br>
3600:
3601: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3602: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3603: about time. The article mentions that
3604: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3605: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3606: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3607: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3608: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3609: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3610: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3611: <p>
3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3614: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3615: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3616: </strong></font><br>
3617:
3618: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3619: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3620: of OpenSSH.
3621: <p>
3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3624: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3625: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3626: </strong></font><br>
3627:
3628: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3629: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3630: bridging.
3631: <p>
3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3634: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3635: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3636: </strong></font><br>
3637:
1.121 deraadt 3638: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3639: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3640: <p>
3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3643: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3644: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3645: </strong></font><br>
3646:
3647: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3648: <p>
3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3651: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3652: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3653: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3654: </strong></font><br>
3655:
1.120 deraadt 3656: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3657: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3658: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3659: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3660: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3661: <p>
3662:
1.247 jufi 3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3664: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3665: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3666: </strong></font><br>
3667:
1.222 miod 3668: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3669: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3670: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3671: protocols and their quirks.
3672: <p>
3673:
1.247 jufi 3674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3675: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3676: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3677: </strong></font><br>
3678:
3679: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3680: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3681: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3682: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3683: <p>
3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3686: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3687: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3688: </strong></font><br>
3689:
3690: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3691: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3692: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3693: <p>
3694:
1.247 jufi 3695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3696: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3697: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3698: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3699: </strong></font><br>
3700:
3701: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3702: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3703: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3704: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3705: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3706: <p>
1.247 jufi 3707: </ul>
1.118 louis 3708:
1.104 louis 3709: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3710: <ul>
1.104 louis 3711:
1.247 jufi 3712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3713: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3714: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3715: </strong></font><br>
3716:
3717: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3718: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3719: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3720: be a bit dry.
3721: <p>
3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3724: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3725: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3726: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3727: </strong></font><br>
3728: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3729: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3730: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3731: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3732: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3733: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3734: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3735: <p>
3736:
1.247 jufi 3737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3738: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3739: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3740: 2000
1.128 louis 3741: </strong></font><br>
3742:
3743: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3744: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3745: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3746: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3747: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3748: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3749: <p>
3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3752: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3753: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3754: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3755:
3756: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3757: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3758: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3759: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3760: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3761: <p>
1.110 louis 3762:
1.247 jufi 3763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3764: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3765: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3766: </strong></font><br>
3767:
3768: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3769: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3770: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3771: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3772: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3773: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3774: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3775: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3776: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3777: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3778: <p>
3779:
1.247 jufi 3780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3781: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3782: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3783:
3784: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3785: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3786: <p>
1.108 louis 3787:
1.247 jufi 3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3789: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3790: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3791: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3792:
3793: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3794: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3795: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3796: <p>
1.106 louis 3797:
1.247 jufi 3798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3799: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3800: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3801: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3802:
3803: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3804: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3805: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3806: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3807: <p>
1.107 louis 3808:
1.247 jufi 3809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3810: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3811: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3812: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3813:
3814: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3815: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3816: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3817: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3818: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3819: <p>
1.105 louis 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3822: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3823: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3824: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3825:
1.113 naddy 3826: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3827: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3828: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3829: <p>
1.104 louis 3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3832: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3833: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3834: </strong></font><br>
3835:
3836: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3837: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3838: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3839: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3840: <p>
1.301 jose 3841:
3842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3843: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3844: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3845: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3846:
3847: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3848: hardware-supported cryptography.
3849: <p>
1.247 jufi 3850: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3851:
1.85 louis 3852: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3853: <ul>
1.85 louis 3854:
1.247 jufi 3855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3856: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3857: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3858: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3859:
3860: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3861: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3862: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3863: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3864: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3865: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3866: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3867: <p>
1.99 louis 3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3870: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3871: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3872: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3873:
3874: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3875: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3876: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3877: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3878: <p>
1.100 louis 3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3881: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3882: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3883: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3884:
3885: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3886: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3887: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3888: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3889: <p>
1.95 louis 3890:
1.247 jufi 3891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3892: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3893: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3894: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3895:
3896: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3897: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3898: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3899: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3900: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3901: <p>
1.92 louis 3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3904: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3905: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3906: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3907:
3908: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3909: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3910: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3911: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3912: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3913: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3914: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3915: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3916: <p>
1.91 louis 3917:
1.247 jufi 3918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3919: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3920: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3921: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3922:
3923: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3924: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3925: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3926: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3927: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3928: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3929: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3930: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3931: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3932: <p>
1.90 louis 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3935: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3936: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3937: </strong></font><br>
3938: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3939: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3940: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3941: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3942: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3943: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3944: <p>
3945:
1.247 jufi 3946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3947: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3948: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3949: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3950:
1.113 naddy 3951: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3952: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3953: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3954: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3955: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3956: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3957: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3958: <p>
1.87 louis 3959:
1.247 jufi 3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3961: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3962: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3963: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3964:
3965: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3966: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3967: <p>
1.85 louis 3968:
1.247 jufi 3969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3970: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3971: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3972: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3973:
3974: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3975: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3976: <p>
3977:
3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3979: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3980: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3981: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3982:
3983: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3984: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3985: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3986: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3987: <p>
1.89 louis 3988:
1.247 jufi 3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3990: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3991: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3992: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3993:
3994: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3995: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3996: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3997: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3998: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3999: </ul>
1.85 louis 4000:
1.78 deraadt 4001: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4002: <ul>
1.74 louis 4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4005: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4006: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4007: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4008: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4009:
4010: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4011: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4012: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4013: <p>
1.83 louis 4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4016: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4017: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4018: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4019:
4020: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4021: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4022: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4023: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4024: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4025: <p>
1.93 louis 4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4028: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4029: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4030: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4031: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4032:
1.83 louis 4033: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4034: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4035: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4036: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4037: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4038: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4039: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4040: <p>
1.82 aaron 4041:
1.247 jufi 4042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4043: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4044: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4045: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4046:
1.83 louis 4047: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4048: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4049: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4050: <p>
1.80 louis 4051:
1.247 jufi 4052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4053: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4054: Bad Press</a>,
4055: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4056: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4057:
4058: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4059: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4060: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4061: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4062: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4063: <p>
1.247 jufi 4064: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4065:
4066: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4067: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4068:
1.247 jufi 4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4070: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4071: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4072: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4073: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4074:
4075: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4076: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4077: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4078: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4079: <p>
1.74 louis 4080:
1.247 jufi 4081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4082: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4083: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4084: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4085:
1.219 horacio 4086: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4087: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4088: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4089: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4090: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4091: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4092: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4093: <p>
1.88 louis 4094:
1.247 jufi 4095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4096: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4097: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4098: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4099:
4100: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4101: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4102: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4103: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4104: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4105: <p>
1.81 louis 4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4108: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4109: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4110: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4111:
4112: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4113: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4114: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4115: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4116: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4117: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4118: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4119: <p>
1.90 louis 4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4122: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4123: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4124: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4125:
4126: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4127: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4128: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4129: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4130: <p>
1.247 jufi 4131: </ul>
1.71 louis 4132:
1.69 deraadt 4133: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4134: <ul>
1.70 louis 4135:
1.247 jufi 4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4137: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4138: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4139: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4140:
4141: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4142: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4143: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4144: <p>
1.70 louis 4145:
1.247 jufi 4146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4147: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4148: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4149: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4150:
4151: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4152: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4153: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4154: <p>
1.68 louis 4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4157: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4158: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4159: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4160: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4161:
1.111 jufi 4162: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4163: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4164: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4165: "secure by default" installation.
4166: <p>
1.64 louis 4167:
1.247 jufi 4168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4169: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4170: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4171: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4172:
1.113 naddy 4173: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4174: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4175: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4176: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4177: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4178: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4179: <p>
1.66 louis 4180:
1.247 jufi 4181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4182: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4183: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4184: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4185:
4186: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4187: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4188: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4189: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4190: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4191: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4192: <p>
1.83 louis 4193:
1.247 jufi 4194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4195: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4196: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4197: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4198:
4199: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4200: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4201: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4202: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4203: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4204: <p>
1.64 louis 4205:
1.247 jufi 4206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4207: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4208: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4209: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4210:
4211: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4212: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4213: <p>
1.301 jose 4214:
4215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4216: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4217: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4218: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4219: </strong></font><br>
4220:
4221: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4222: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4223: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4224: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4225: Giving way to
4226: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4227: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4228: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4229: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4230: <p>
1.247 jufi 4231: </ul>
1.65 louis 4232:
1.69 deraadt 4233: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4234: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4237: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4238: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4239: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4240:
4241: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4242: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4243: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4244: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4245: <p>
1.88 louis 4246:
1.247 jufi 4247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4248: <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 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4250:
4251: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4252: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4253: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4254: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4255: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4256: <p>
1.60 louis 4257:
1.247 jufi 4258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4259: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4260: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4261: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4262: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4263:
4264: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4265: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4266: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4267: <p>
1.58 louis 4268:
1.247 jufi 4269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4270: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4271: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4272:
4273: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4274: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4275: <p>
1.53 louis 4276:
1.247 jufi 4277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4278: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4279: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4280: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4281:
4282: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4283: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4284: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4285: <p>
1.99 louis 4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4288: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4289: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4290:
4291: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4292: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4293: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4294: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4295: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4298: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4299: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4300: </strong></font><br>
4301:
4302: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4303: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4304: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4305: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4306: <p>
4307:
1.247 jufi 4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4309: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4310: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4311: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4312:
4313: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4314: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4315: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4316:
1.247 jufi 4317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4318: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4319: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4320:
4321: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4322: in
1.247 jufi 4323: <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 4324: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4325: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4326: <p>
1.53 louis 4327:
1.247 jufi 4328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4329: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4330: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4331: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4332: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4333:
1.58 louis 4334: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4335: <p>
1.301 jose 4336:
4337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4338: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4339: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4340: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4341: Informacyjny, January 2000
4342: </strong></font><br>
4343:
4344: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4345: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4346: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4347: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4348: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4349: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4350: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4351: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4352: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4353: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4354: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4355: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4356: <p>
4357:
4358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4359: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4360: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4361: </strong></font><br>
4362:
4363: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4364: <p>
4365: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4366:
1.69 deraadt 4367: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4368: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4369:
1.247 jufi 4370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4371: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4372: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4373: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4374: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4375:
1.58 louis 4376: Kurt Seifried
4377: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4378: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4379: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4380: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4381:
1.247 jufi 4382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4383: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4384: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4385: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4386:
4387: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4388: <p>
1.96 louis 4389:
1.247 jufi 4390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4391: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4392: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4393: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4394: </strong></font><br>
4395:
4396: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4397: <p>
4398:
4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4400: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4401: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4402: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4403:
4404: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4405: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4406: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4407: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4408: <p>
1.247 jufi 4409: </ul>
1.86 louis 4410:
1.69 deraadt 4411: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4412: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4413:
1.247 jufi 4414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4415: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4416: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4417: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4418:
4419: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4420: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4421: <p>
1.61 louis 4422:
1.247 jufi 4423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4424: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4425: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4426: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4428:
4429: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4430: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4431: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4432: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4433: right -- or at least strives to".
4434: <p>
1.48 louis 4435:
1.247 jufi 4436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4437: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4438: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4439: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4440: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4441: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4442: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4443: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4444: <p>
1.61 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <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 4447: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4448: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4449:
4450: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4451: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4452: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4453: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4454: <p>
1.46 louis 4455:
1.247 jufi 4456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4457: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4458: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4459: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4460:
4461: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4462: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4463: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4464:
1.247 jufi 4465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4466: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4467: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4468: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4469:
4470: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4471: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4472: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4473: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4474: <p>
1.247 jufi 4475: </ul>
1.70 louis 4476:
1.69 deraadt 4477: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4478: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4481: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4482: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4483: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4484: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4485:
4486: Kurt Seifried
4487: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4488: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4489: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4490: <p>
1.44 philen 4491:
1.247 jufi 4492: <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 4493: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4494: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4495:
4496: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4497: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4498:
1.247 jufi 4499: <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 4500: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4501: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4502:
4503: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4504: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4505:
1.247 jufi 4506: <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 4507: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4508: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4509:
4510: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4511: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4512: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4513: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4514: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4515:
1.247 jufi 4516: <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 4517: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4518: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4519:
1.36 louis 4520: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4521: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4522:
1.247 jufi 4523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4524: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4525: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4526: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4527:
4528: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4529: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4530: </ul>
1.38 louis 4531:
1.69 deraadt 4532: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4533: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4534:
1.247 jufi 4535: <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 4536: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4537: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4538:
4539: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4540: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4541: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4542:
1.113 naddy 4543: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4544: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4545: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4546: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4547:
4548: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4549: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4550: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4551: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4552: <blockquote>
4553: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4554: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4555: <br>
4556: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4557: </code>
4558: </blockquote>
4559: <p>
4560:
1.247 jufi 4561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4562: <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 4563: <p>
4564:
4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4566: <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 4567: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4568:
4569: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4570: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4571: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4572: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4573:
1.247 jufi 4574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4575: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4576: Sept. 28, 1999
4577: </strong></font><br>
4578:
4579: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4580: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4581: translating and reprinting articles from
4582: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4583: <p>
4584:
4585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4586: <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 4587: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4588:
4589: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4590: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4591: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4592: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4593: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4594: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4595: <p>
1.19 louis 4596:
1.113 naddy 4597: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4598: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4599: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4600:
4601: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4602: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4603: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4604: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4605: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4606: <p>
1.16 louis 4607:
1.247 jufi 4608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4609: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4610: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4611: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4612:
1.57 louis 4613: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4614: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4615: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4616: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4617:
1.247 jufi 4618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4619: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4620: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4621: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4622:
1.113 naddy 4623: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4624:
1.247 jufi 4625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4626: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4627: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4628: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4629:
1.23 louis 4630: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4631: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4632: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4633: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4634: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4635: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4636:
1.247 jufi 4637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4638: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4639: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4640: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4641:
1.199 pvalchev 4642: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4643: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4644: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4645: installation.
1.113 naddy 4646: <p>
1.47 louis 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4649: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4650: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4651: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4652:
1.301 jose 4653: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4654: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4655: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4656: </ul>
1.57 louis 4657:
1.69 deraadt 4658: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4659: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4660:
1.247 jufi 4661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4662: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4663: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4664: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4665:
4666: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4667: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4668: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4669: <p>
1.12 louis 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4672: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4673: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4674: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4675:
4676: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4677: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4678: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4679: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4680: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4681: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4682: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4683: <p>
1.247 jufi 4684: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4685:
1.69 deraadt 4686: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4687: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4688:
1.247 jufi 4689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4690: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4691: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4692:
4693: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4694: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4695: available."
1.113 naddy 4696: <p>
1.301 jose 4697:
4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4699: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4700: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4701: </strong></font><br>
4702:
4703: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4704: <p>
1.247 jufi 4705: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4706:
1.69 deraadt 4707: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4708: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4711: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4712: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4713:
4714: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4715: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4716: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4717: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4718: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4719: <p>
1.33 louis 4720:
1.247 jufi 4721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4722: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4723: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4724: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4725:
1.113 naddy 4726: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4727: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4728: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4729: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4730: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4731: <p>
1.247 jufi 4732: </ul>
1.57 louis 4733:
1.69 deraadt 4734: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4735: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4736:
1.247 jufi 4737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4738: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4739: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4740: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4741:
4742: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4743: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4744: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4745:
1.247 jufi 4746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4747: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4748: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4749: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4750: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4751:
4752: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4753: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4754:
1.247 jufi 4755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4756: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4757:
1.113 naddy 4758: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4759:
1.247 jufi 4760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4761: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4762: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4763: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4764:
4765: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4766: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4767: </ul>
1.23 louis 4768:
1.69 deraadt 4769: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4770: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4771:
1.247 jufi 4772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4773: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4774: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4775:
4776: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4777: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4778: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4779:
1.247 jufi 4780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4781: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4782: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4783: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4784:
4785: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4786: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4787: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4788: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4789: </ul>
1.57 louis 4790:
1.69 deraadt 4791: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4792: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4793:
1.247 jufi 4794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4795: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4796: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4797: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4798:
4799: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4800: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4801: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4802: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4803: <p>
1.15 louis 4804:
1.247 jufi 4805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4806: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4807: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4808: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4809:
4810: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4811: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4812: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4813: columns."
1.113 naddy 4814: <p>
1.247 jufi 4815: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4816:
1.69 deraadt 4817: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4818: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4821: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4822: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4823: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4824:
4825: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4826: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4827:
1.113 naddy 4828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4829: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4830: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4831:
4832: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4833: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4834: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4835: </ul>
1.57 louis 4836:
1.69 deraadt 4837: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4838: <ul>
1.301 jose 4839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4840: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4841: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4842: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4843:
4844: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4845: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4846: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4847: <p>
4848:
4849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4850: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4851: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4852: Nov 13, 1998 and
4853: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4854: Datateknik</a>,
4855: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4856:
1.380 saad 4857: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4858: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4859: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4860: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4861: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4862:
1.113 naddy 4863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4864: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4865: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4866: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4867:
1.222 miod 4868: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4869: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4870: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4871: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4872: <p>
1.247 jufi 4873: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4874:
1.69 deraadt 4875: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4876: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4877:
1.247 jufi 4878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4879: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4880: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4881:
1.69 deraadt 4882: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4883: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4884: <p>
1.247 jufi 4885: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4886:
1.69 deraadt 4887: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4888: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4889:
1.247 jufi 4890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4891: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4892: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4893: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4894:
1.383 jcs 4895: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4896: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4897: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4898:
1.247 jufi 4899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4900: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4901: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4902: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4903: <p>
1.247 jufi 4904: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4905:
1.69 deraadt 4906: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4907: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4908:
1.247 jufi 4909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4910: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4911: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4912: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4913: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4914: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4915:
4916: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4917: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4918: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4919: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4920: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4921: <p>
1.247 jufi 4922: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4923:
4924: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4925: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4926:
1.247 jufi 4927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4928: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4929: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4930:
1.69 deraadt 4931: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4932: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4933: <p>
1.112 naddy 4934:
1.247 jufi 4935: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4936: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4937:
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1.216 horacio 4939: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4940: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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