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1.476 ! ian 19: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21:
! 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 23: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
! 24: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
! 25: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 26: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
! 27: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
! 28: and too unreliable.
! 29: This quote will rattle some cages:
! 30: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
! 31: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
! 32: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
! 33: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
! 34: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
! 35: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
! 36: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
! 37: costs without any commercial lock-in."
! 38: <p>
! 39:
! 40: </ul>
! 41:
1.470 saad 42: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
43: <ul>
44:
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 46: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
47: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
48: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
49: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
50: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
51: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
52: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
53: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
54: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
55: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 59: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
60: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
61: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
62: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
63: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
64: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
65: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
66: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
67: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
68: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 72: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
73: Big debate over small packets</a>,
74: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
75: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
76: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
77: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
78: draft.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 82: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
83: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
84: ordinateur ?"</a>,
85: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
86: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
87: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
88: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
89: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
90: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
91: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 95: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
96: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
97: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
98: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
99: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
100: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
101: performance data with pfstat.
102: <p>
103:
104: </ul>
105:
1.461 grunk 106: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
107: <ul>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 110: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
111: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 112: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 113: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
114: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
115: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 116: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 117: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 118: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
119: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
120: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 121: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
122: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 123: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 124: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
125: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 126: <p>
127:
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 129: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
130: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 131: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 132: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
133: poor security:
1.467 grunk 134: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 135: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 136: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 137: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
138: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 142: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
143: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 144: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 145: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
146: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 147: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
148: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
149: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
150: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
151: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
152: commercial vendors.
153: <p>
154:
155: </ul>
156:
1.454 ian 157: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
158: <ul>
1.468 grunk 159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
161: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
162: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
163: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
164: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
165: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
166: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 167: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 168: <br>
169: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
170: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
171: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
172: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
173: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 174: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 175: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
176: <p>
177:
1.454 ian 178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 179: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
180: Free Bird</a>,
181: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
182: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
183: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
184: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
185: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
186: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
187: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
188: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
189: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
190: room will only be available in the print edition.
191: <p>
1.459 deraadt 192:
1.458 niallo 193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 194: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
195: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
196: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
197: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
198: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
199: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
200: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
201: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
202: <p>
1.457 deraadt 203:
1.456 niallo 204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 205: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 206: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
207: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
208: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
209: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
210: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
211: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 212: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 213: interview.</a>
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 217: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
218: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
219: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
220: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
221: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
222: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
223: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
224: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
225: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
226: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
227: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
228: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
229: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
230: "I have never used it."
231: <p>
232:
233: </ul>
234:
1.441 deraadt 235: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
236: <ul>
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 238: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
239: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
240: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
241: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
242: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
243: future enhancements.
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 247: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 248: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
249: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
250: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
251: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
252: North America mirror:
253: <ul>
1.452 marco 254: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 255: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
256: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 257: </ul>
258: European mirror:
259: <ul>
1.452 marco 260: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 261: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
262: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
263: </ul>
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 267: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
268: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
269: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
270: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
271: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
272: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
273: <p>
274:
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 276: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
277: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
278: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
279: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
280: first-hand account.
281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 284: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
285: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
286: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
287: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
288: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
289: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
290: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
291: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 295: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
296: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
297: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
298: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
299: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
300: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
301: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
302: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 306: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 307: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 308: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
309: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
310: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
311: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
312: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
313: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
314: <p>
315:
316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
317: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 318: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 319: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
320: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
321: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
322: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
323: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 327: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
328: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
329: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 330: </strong></font><br>
331: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
332: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
333: with OpenBSD.
334: </ul>
335:
1.436 henning 336: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
337: <ul>
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 339: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
340: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
341: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
342: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
343: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
344: than closed source, as we have long contended.
345: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
346: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
347: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
348: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
349: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
350: <p>
351: This article can also be found online as
352: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
353: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 357: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
358: </strong></font><br>
359: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
360: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 364: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
365: </strong></font><br>
366: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
367: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 368: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 369: the issues we had with IETF.
370: </ul>
371:
1.431 ian 372: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
373: <ul>
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 375: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
376: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
377: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
378: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
379: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
380: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
381: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 385: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
386: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
387: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
388: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
389: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
390: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 391: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 392: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
393: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
394: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
395: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
396: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
397: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
398: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
399: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
400:
401: </ul>
402:
1.427 matthieu 403: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
404: <ul>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 407: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
408: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
409: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
410: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
411: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
412: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
413: firmware.
1.434 ian 414: Similar articles can be found online at:
415: <ul>
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
417: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
418: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
419: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
421: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
422: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
423: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
425: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
426: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
427: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 429: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 430: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
431: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
432: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 433: </ul>
434:
1.426 ian 435: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
436: <ul>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
439: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
440: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
441: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
442: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 443: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 444: mechanism: what it is and why and
445: how to use it, with examples.
446: Another excerpt from the book
447: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
448: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
449: <p>
450:
451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
452: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
453: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
454: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
455: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
456: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
457: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
458: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
459: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
460: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
461: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
462: This article is a sample chapter from
463: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
464: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
465: <p>
1.443 ian 466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 468: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 469: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
470: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
471: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
472: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
473: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
474: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
475: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
476: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
477: ends with a sidebar on security.
478: <p>
1.426 ian 479: </ul>
480:
1.424 ian 481: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
482: <ul>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 485: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
486: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
487: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
488: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
489: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
490: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
491: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
492: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
493: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
494: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
495: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
496: <p>
497: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
498: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
499: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
500: <p>
501:
502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 503: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
504: Closed Source Hardware</a>
505: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
506: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
507: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
508: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
509: operating systems.
510: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
511: OpenBSD on his firewall.
512: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
513: systems, he writes:
514: <blockquote>
515: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
516: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
517: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
518: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
519: to the operating system...
520: <br/>
521: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
522: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
523: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
524: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
525: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
526: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
527: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
528: in a closed source operating system).
529: <br/>
530: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
531: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
532: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
533: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
534: </blockquote>
535: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
536: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
537: their hardware and software operates.
538: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
539: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 540: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 541: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
542: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
543: <p>
544: </ul>
545:
1.417 pvalchev 546: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
547: <ul>
1.421 ian 548:
1.417 pvalchev 549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 550: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
551: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
552: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
553: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
554: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
555: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
556: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
557: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
558: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
559: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
560: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 561: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 562: <p>
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 564: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
565: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
566: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
567: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
568: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
569: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
570: it claims to do".
571: <p>
572:
573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 574: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 575: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
576: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
577: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
578: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 579: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 580: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
581: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
582: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
583: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
584: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
585: (yes, this is a hint).
586: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
587: picked up on the
588: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
589: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 590: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 591: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
592: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
593: <p>
594:
595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 596: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
597: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
598: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
599: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
600: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
601: questions about the significance and rationale behind
602: the current efforts.
603: <p>
604: </ul>
605:
1.407 henning 606: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
607: <ul>
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 609: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
610: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
611: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
612: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
613: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
614: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
615: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
616: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
617: <p>
618:
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 620: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
621: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
622: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
623: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
624: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
625: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
626: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
627: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
628: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 629: <p>
1.415 ian 630:
631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 632: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 633: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
634: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
635: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
636: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
637: overflow attacks... because
638: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
639: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
640: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
641: and propolice.
642: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
643: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
644: and that's when the science falls apart."
645: <p>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 648: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
649: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
650: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
651: Starts with the question:
652: <blockquote>
653: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
654: <br/>
655: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
656: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
657: <br/>
658: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
659: Should we believe them?"
660: </blockquote>
661: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
662: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
663: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
664: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
665: for your mail, web and other online activities.
666: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
667: <p>
668:
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 670: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
671: Simple Simon</a>,
672: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
673: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
674: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
675: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
676: routing/firewall, and more.
677: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
678: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
679: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
680: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
681: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
682: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
683: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
684: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
685: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
686: </blockquote>
687: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
688: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
689: <p>
690:
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 692: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
693: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 694: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 695: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 696: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
697: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
698: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 699: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 700: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
701: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
702: in spite of it
703: (registration required, but worth it).
704: <p>
705:
706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
707: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
708: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
709: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
710: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
711: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
712: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
713: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 714: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 715: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
716: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
717: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
718: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 722: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
723: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
724: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
725: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
726: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
727: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
728: <blockquote>
729: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
730: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
731: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
732: a lot of analysis.
733: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
734: </blockquote>
735: <p>
736: </ul>
737:
1.400 marco 738: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
739: <ul>
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 741: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
742: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
743: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
744: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
745: UNIX-like systems.
746: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
747: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
748: <p>
749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 750: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
751: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 752: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
753: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
754: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
755: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
756: At one point, the article states:
757: <blockquote>
758: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
759: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
760: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
761: </blockquote>
762: And then quotes Theo as saying:
763: <blockquote>
764: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
765: fewer are reading or auditing code."
766: </blockquote>
767: <p>
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
769: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
770: marks its fifth birthday</a>
771: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
772: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
773: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
774: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
775: required).
776: <p>
777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 778: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
779: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
780: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
781: </strong></font><br>
782: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
783: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
784: <p>
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 786: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
787: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 788: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 789: </strong></font><br>
790: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
791: <p>
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 793: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
794: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 795: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 796: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 797: 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 798: <p>
799: </ul>
800:
1.396 henning 801: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
802: <ul>
803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 804: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
805: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
806: Unix Review, July, 2004
807: </strong></font><br>
808: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
809: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 810: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 811: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
812: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
813: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
814: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
815: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
816: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
817: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
818: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
819: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
820: and even spelling/wording errors.
821: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
822: <p>
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 824: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 825: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
826: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
827: </strong></font><br>
828: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
829: <p>
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 831: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 832: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
833: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
834: </strong></font><br>
835: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
836: <p>
837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 838: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
839: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
840: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
841: </strong></font><br>
842: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
843: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
844: <p>
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 846: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
847: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
848: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
849: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
850: <p>
851: </ul>
852:
1.405 jolan 853: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
854: <ul>
855: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
856: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 857: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 858: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
859: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
860: details on how funds are dispersed.
861: <p>
862: </ul>
863:
1.393 david 864: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
865: <ul>
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 867: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
868: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
869: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
870: </strong></font><br>
871: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
872: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
873: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
874: on inserting large number of SQL records.
875: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
876: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
877: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 881: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
882: Secure by Default</a>,
883: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
884: </strong></font><br>
885: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
886: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
887: <p>
888:
889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
890: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
891: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
892: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
893: </strong></font><br>
894: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
895: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
896: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
897: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
898: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
899: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
900: <p>
901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
903: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
904: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
905: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
906: </strong></font><br>
907: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
908: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
909: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
913: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
914: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
915: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
916: </strong></font><br>
917: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
918: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
919: <p>
920: </ul>
921:
1.388 mcbride 922: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
923: <ul>
1.394 jolan 924:
925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
926: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
927: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
928: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
929: </strong></font><br>
930: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
931: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
932: available for sparc64.
933: <p>
934:
1.390 beck 935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 936: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
937: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
938: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
939: </strong></font><br>
940: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
941: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
942: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
943: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
944: <p>
945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 947: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
948: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 949: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 950: </strong></font><br>
951: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
952: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
953: it does: CARP provides sharing
954: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
955: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
956: detail to get you started using it.
957: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
958: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
959: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
960: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
961: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
962: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
963: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 964: <p>
1.391 ian 965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 967: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 968: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
969: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 970: </strong></font><br>
971: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 972: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 973: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 974: <p>
1.388 mcbride 975:
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
977: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
978: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 979: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 980: </strong></font><br>
981: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
982: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
983: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
984: unencumbered by patents.
985: <p>
986: </ul>
987:
1.378 henning 988: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
989: <ul>
1.384 jose 990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 992: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
993: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
994: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
995: </strong></font><br>
996: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
997: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
998: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
999: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1000: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1001: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1002: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1003: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1004: in the page tables."
1005: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1006: <p>
1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1009: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1010: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1011: </strong></font><br>
1012: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1013: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1014: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1015: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1016: <p>
1.384 jose 1017:
1.378 henning 1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1019: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1020: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1021: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1024: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1025: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1026: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1027: (quote:
1028: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1029: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1030: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1031: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1032: the other developers for their work on the system.
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1037: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1038: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1039: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1040: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1041: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1042: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1043: too.
1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1047: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1048: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1049: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1050: OpenBSD source code using
1051: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1052: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1053: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1054: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1055: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1056: <p>
1057: </ul>
1058:
1.374 jose 1059: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1060: <ul>
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1062: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1063: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1066: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1067: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1068: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1069: it."
1070: <p>
1071:
1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1073: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1074: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1075: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1076: </strong></font><br/>
1077: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1078: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1079: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1080: <p>
1081: </ul>
1082:
1.369 ian 1083: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1084: <ul>
1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1086: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1087: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1088: </strong></font><br/>
1089: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1090: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1091: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1092: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1093: <p>
1094:
1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1096: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1097: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1098: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1099: </strong></font><br/>
1100: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1101: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1102: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1103: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1104: form factor.
1105: <p>
1106:
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1108: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1109: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1110: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1111: Features</a>,
1112: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1113: </strong></font><br/>
1114: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1115: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1116: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1117: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1118: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1119: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1120: <p>
1121: This article can also be found online at:
1122: <ul>
1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1124: <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 1125: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1126: </strong></font>
1127: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1128: </ul>
1129: <p>
1.392 david 1130:
1.371 jose 1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1132: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1133: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1134: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1135: </strong></font><br/>
1136: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1137: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1138: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1139: <p>
1.371 jose 1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1142: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1143: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1144: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1145: </strong></font><br/>
1146: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1147: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1148: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1149: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1150: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1151: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1152: and its history with OpenBSD.
1153: </ul>
1154:
1.368 henning 1155: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1156: <ul>
1157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1158: [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 1159: </strong></font><br>
1160: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1161: </ul>
1162:
1.364 jose 1163: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1164: <ul>
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1166: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1167: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1168: UNIX Review,
1169: July, 2003.
1170: </strong></font><br>
1171: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1172: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1173: who want more information.
1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1177: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1178: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1179: Government Computer News,
1180: July 22, 2003.
1181: </strong></font><br>
1182: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1183: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1184: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1185: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1186: <p>
1187:
1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1189: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1190: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1191: SANS Institute,
1192: July 22, 2003.
1193: </strong></font><br>
1194: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1195: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1196: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1197: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1198: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1199: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1200: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1201: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1202: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1203: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1204: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1205: <p>
1206:
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1209: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1210: OnLamp.com,
1211: July 17, 2003.
1212: </strong></font><br>
1213: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1214: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1215: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1216: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1217: have been working on.
1218:
1219: </ul>
1220:
1.356 jose 1221: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1222: <ul>
1223:
1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1225: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1226: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1227: UNIX Review,
1228: June, 2003.
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1231: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1232: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1233: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1234: <p>
1235:
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1237: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1238: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1239: eWeek,
1240: June 23, 2003.
1241: </strong></font><br>
1242: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1243: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1244: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1245: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1246: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1247: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1248: <p>
1249:
1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1251: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1252: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1253: Software Development Online,
1254: June, 2003.
1255: </strong></font><br>
1256: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1257: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1258: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1259: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1260: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1261: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1262: current activities.
1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1266: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1267: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1268: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1269: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1270: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1271: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1272: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1273: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1274: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1275: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1276: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1277: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1278: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1279: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1280: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1281: decisions.
1282: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1283: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1284: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1285: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1286: <p>
1287:
1288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1289: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1290: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1291: Page 58, eWeek,
1292: June 2, 2003.
1293: </strong></font><br>
1294: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1295: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1296: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1297: been addressed in -current.
1298: <p>
1299:
1.356 jose 1300: </ul>
1301:
1302: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1303: <ul>
1304:
1.355 jose 1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1306: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1307: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1308: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1309: </strong></font><br>
1310: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1311: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1312: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1313: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1314: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1315: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1316: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1317: <p>
1318:
1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1320: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1321: Beyond Linux</a>,
1322: InfoWorld,
1323: May 23, 2003.
1324: </strong></font><br>
1325: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1326: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1327: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1328: compared to the GPL.
1329: <p>
1330:
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1332: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1333: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1334: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1335: May 17, 2003.
1336: </strong></font><br>
1337: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1338: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1339: the business section and half of another page inside
1340: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1341: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1342: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1343: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1344: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1345: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1346: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1347: <br>
1348: This article can also be found online at:
1349: <ul>
1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1351: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1352: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1353: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1354: May 17, 2003
1355: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1356: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1358: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1359: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1360: Montreal Gazette,
1361: May 21, 2003
1362: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1363: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1364: <p>
1.346 ian 1365:
1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1367: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1368: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1369: May 7, 2003.
1370: </strong></font><br>
1371: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1372: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1373: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1374: <p>
1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1377: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1378: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1379: OsOpinion,
1380: May 6, 2003.
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1383: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1384: <br>
1385: This article can also be found online at:
1386: <ul>
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1388: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1389: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1390: NewsFactor Network.
1391: </strong></font>
1392: </ul>
1393: <p>
1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1396: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1397: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1398: ITBusiness,
1399: May 2, 2003.
1400: </strong></font><br>
1401: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1402: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1403: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1404: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1405: <p>
1406:
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1408: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1409: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1410: InfoWorld,
1411: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1412: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1413: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1414: <br>
1415: This article can also be found online at:
1416: <ul>
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1418: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1419: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1420: IDG Singapore.
1421: </strong></font>
1422: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1423: <p>
1424:
1.339 jose 1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1426: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1427: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1428: ZDNet,
1429: May 1, 2003.
1430: </strong></font><br>
1431: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1432: someone using parts from previous articles.
1433: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1434: This article can also be found online at:
1435: <ul>
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1437: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1438: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1439: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1440: </strong></font>
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1442: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1443: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1444: CNET News.com.
1445: </strong></font>
1446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1447: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1448: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1449: ZDNet UK.
1450: </strong></font>
1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1452: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1453: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1454: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1455: </strong></font>
1456: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1457: <p>
1.339 jose 1458:
1.341 deraadt 1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1460: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1461: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1462: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1463: May 1, 2003.
1464: </strong></font><br>
1465: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1466: that have been added
1467: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1468: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1469: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1470: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1471: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1472: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1473: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1474: <p>
1475:
1476: </ul>
1477:
1.253 ian 1478: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1479: <ul>
1.255 ian 1480:
1.260 ian 1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1482: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1483: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1484: TechRepublic,
1485: April 28, 2003.
1486: </strong></font><br>
1487: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1488: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1489: work.<br>
1490: Can also be found online at:
1491: <ul>
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1493: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1494: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1495: ZDNet UK.
1496: </strong></font>
1497: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1498: <p>
1499:
1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1501: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1502: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1503: IDG,
1504: April 24, 2003.
1505: </strong></font><br>
1506: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1507: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1508: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1509: Can also be found online at:
1510: <ul>
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1512: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1513: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1514: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1515: </strong></font>
1516: </ul>
1517: <p>
1518:
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1520: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1521: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1522: Slate,
1523: April 24, 2003.
1524: </strong></font><br>
1525: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1526: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1527: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1528: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1529: <p>
1530:
1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1532: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1533: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1534: April 24, 2003.
1535: </strong></font><br>
1536: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1537: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1538: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1539: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1540: <p>
1541:
1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1543: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1544: April 24, 2003.
1545: </strong></font><br>
1546: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1547: the free software community".
1548: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1549: other articles.
1550: <p>
1551:
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1553: <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 1554: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1555: </strong></font><br>
1556: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1557: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1558: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1559: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1560: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1561: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1562: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1563: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1564: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1565: <br/>
1566: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1567: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1568: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1569: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1570: <br>
1571: Can also be found online at:
1572: <ul>
1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1574: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1575: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1576: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1577: </strong></font>
1578: </ul>
1.324 ian 1579: <p>
1580:
1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1582: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1583: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1584: </strong></font><br>
1585: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1586: article above.
1587: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1588: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1589: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1590: <br>
1591: Can also be found online at:
1592: <ul>
1593: <li>
1594: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1595: </strong></font>
1596: </ul>
1.324 ian 1597: <p>
1598:
1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1600: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1601: </strong></font><br>
1602: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1603: <p>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1606: <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.
1607: </strong></font><br>
1608: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1609: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1610: <p>
1611:
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1613: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1614: April 23, 2003.
1615: </strong></font><br>
1616: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1617: <p>
1618:
1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1620: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1621: April 22, 2003.
1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1624: <p>
1625:
1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1627: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1628: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1629: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1630: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1631: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1632: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1633: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1634: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1635: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1636: Can also be found online at:
1637: <ul>
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1639: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1640: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1641: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1642: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1644: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1645: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1646: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1647: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1648: </ul>
1649: <p>
1650:
1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1652: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1653: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1654: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1655: </strong></font><br>
1656: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1657: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1658: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1659: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1660: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1661: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1662: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1663: <p>
1664:
1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1666: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1667: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1668: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1669: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1670: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1671: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1672: at UPenn and DARPA.
1673: <p>
1674:
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1676: [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,
1677: France
1.315 deraadt 1678: April 18, 2003.
1679: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1680: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1681: <p>
1682:
1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1684: [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 1685: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1688: <p>
1689:
1690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1691: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1692: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1693: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1694: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1695: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1696: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1697: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1698: <p>
1699:
1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1701: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1702: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1703: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1704: </strong></font><br>
1705: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1706: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1707: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1708: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1709: <p>
1710:
1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1712: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1713: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1714: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1715: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1716: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1717: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1718: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1719: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1720: Can also be found online at:
1721: <ul>
1722: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1723: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1724: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1725: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1726: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1730: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1731: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1732: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1733: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1734: </strong></font><br>
1735: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1736: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1737: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1738: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1739: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1740:
1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1742: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1743: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1744: New York Times.
1745: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1746:
1.273 deraadt 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1748: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1749: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1750: ABC News.
1751: </strong></font>
1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1754: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1755: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1756: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1757: </strong></font>
1758:
1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1760: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1761: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1762: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1763: </strong></font>
1764:
1765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1766: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1767: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1768: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1769: </strong></font>
1770:
1771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1772: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1773: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1774: Times Daily, AL.
1775: </strong></font>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1778: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1779: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1780: Boston.com, MA.
1781: </strong></font>
1782:
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1784: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1785: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1786: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1787: </strong></font>
1788:
1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1790: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1791: [Article was pulled]</a>
1792: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1793: </strong></font>
1794:
1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1796: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1797: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1798: Infoshop News.
1799: </strong></font>
1800:
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1802: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1803: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1804: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1805: </strong></font>
1806:
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1808: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1809: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1810: Raleigh News, NC.
1811: </strong></font>
1812:
1813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1814: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1815: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1816: Napa News, CA.
1817: </strong></font>
1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1820: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1821: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1822: NEPA News, PA.
1823: </strong></font>
1824:
1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1826: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1827: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1828: Wired News.
1829: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1830: <br>
1831: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1832: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1833: [JAPANESE]
1834: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1835: Wired News Japan</a>
1836: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1837:
1.271 deraadt 1838: </ul>
1839: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1840: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1841: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1842: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1843: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1844: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1845: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1846: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1847: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1848: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1849: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1850: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1851: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1852: <p>
1853: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1856: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1857: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1858: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1859: </strong></font>
1860:
1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1862: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1863: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1864: Miami Herald, FL.
1865: </strong></font>
1866:
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1868: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1869: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1870: </strong></font>
1871:
1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1873: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1874: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1875: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1876: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1877:
1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1879: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1880: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1881: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1882: ABC News.
1883: </strong></font>
1884:
1.276 deraadt 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1886: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1887: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1888: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1889: </strong></font>
1890:
1.286 dhartmei 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1892: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1893: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1894: Wilmington Star, NC.
1895: </strong></font>
1896:
1.300 jose 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1898: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1899: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1900: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1901: </strong></font>
1902:
1.309 jose 1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1904: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1905: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1906: Globe Technology.
1907: </strong></font>
1908:
1.263 deraadt 1909: </ul>
1.262 beck 1910: <p>
1911:
1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1913: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1914: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1915: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1916: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1917: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1918: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1919: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1920: <p>
1921:
1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1923: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1924: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1925: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1926: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1927: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1928: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1929: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1930: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1931: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1932: and simply restates other press reports.
1933: <p>
1934:
1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1936: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1937: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1938: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1939: </strong></font><br>
1940: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1941: <p>
1942:
1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1944: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1945: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1946: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1947: </strong></font><br>
1948: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1949: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1950: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1951: <p>
1952:
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1954: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1955: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1956: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1957: April 17, 2003.
1958: </strong></font><br>
1959: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1960: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1961: Tech Anthems</a>
1962: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1963: 4 so far.
1964: <p>
1965:
1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1967: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1968: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1969: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1970: </strong></font><br>
1971: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1972: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1973: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1974: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1975: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1976: Goes on to say:
1977: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1978: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1979: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1980: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1981: This article is also found online at:
1982: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1984: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1985: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1986: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1987: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1989: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1990: ZDnet</a>,
1991: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1992: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1994: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1995: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1996: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1997: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1998: </ul>
1.260 ian 1999: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2000:
1.260 ian 2001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2002: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2003: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2004: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2005: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2006: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2007: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2008: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2009: without notice or justification.
2010: <p>
2011:
2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2013: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2014: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2015: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2018: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2019: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2020: effective today, without any warning..."
2021: <p>
1.257 ian 2022:
2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2024: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2025: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2026: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2028: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2029: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2030: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2031: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2032: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2033: <p>
2034:
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2036: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2037: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2038: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2039: </strong></font><br>
2040: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2041: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2042: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2043: quoting two of them:
2044: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2045: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2046: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2047: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2048: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2049: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2050: <p>
2051:
1.255 ian 2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2053: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2054: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2055: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2056: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2057: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2058: <p>
2059:
2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2061: [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 2062: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2063: </strong></font><br>
2064: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2065: <p>
2066:
2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2068: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2069: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2070: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2071: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2072: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2073: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2074: security experts for more than three decades."
2075: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2076: <p>
1.261 ian 2077:
1.254 drahn 2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2079: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2080: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2081: </strong></font><br>
2082: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2083: <p>
2084:
2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2086: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2087: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2088: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2089: </strong></font><br>
2090: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2091: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2092: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2093: <p>
2094:
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2096: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2097: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2098: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2099: </strong></font><br>
2100: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2101: from US DARPA.
2102: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2103: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2104: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2105: the BSD license.
2106: <p>
2107: </ul>
2108:
1.251 ian 2109: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2110: <ul>
2111:
2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2113: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2114: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2115: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2116: </strong></font><br>
2117:
2118: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2119: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2120: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2121: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2122: <p>
2123:
2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2125: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2126: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2127: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2128: </strong></font><br>
2129: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2130: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2131: Mentions
2132: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2133: and
2134: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2135: programs.
2136: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2137: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2138: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2139: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2140: <p>
1.325 ian 2141: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2142: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2143:
2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2145: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2146: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2147: </strong></font><br>
2148: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2149: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2150: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2151: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2152: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2153: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2154: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2155: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2156: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2157: put into service."
2158: <p>
2159: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2160: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2161: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2162: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2163: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2164: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2165: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2166: computers with security features."
2167: <p>
1.329 ian 2168:
2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2170: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2171: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2172: Slate,
2173: March 3, 2003.
2174: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2175: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2176: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2177: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2178: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2179: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2180: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2181: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2182: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2183: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2184: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2185: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2186: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2187: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2188: of more secure open-source solutions like
2189: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2190: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2191: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2192: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2193: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2194: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2195: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2196: the Beltway."
2197: <p>
1.251 ian 2198: </ul>
2199:
1.249 jufi 2200: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2201: <ul>
2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2203: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2204: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2205: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2206: </strong></font><br>
2207: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2208: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2209: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2210: <p>
1.334 ian 2211:
2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2213: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2214: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2215: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2216: </strong></font><br>
2217: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2218: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2219: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2220: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2221: "... the hypothetical question ...
2222: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2223: <br>
2224: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2225: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2226: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2227: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2228: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2229: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2230: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2231: support network security.
2232: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2233: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2234: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2235: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2236: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2237: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2238: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2239: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2240: <br>
2241: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2242: <p>
2243:
1.249 jufi 2244: </ul>
2245:
1.246 jufi 2246: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2247: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2250: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2251: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2252: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2253: </strong></font><br>
2254: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2255: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2256: <p>
2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2259: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2260: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2261: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2262: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2263: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2264: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2265: <p>
2266:
2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2268: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2269: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2270: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2273: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2274: <p>
1.247 jufi 2275: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2276:
1.244 jufi 2277: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2278: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2281: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2282: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2283: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2284: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2285: </strong></font><br>
2286: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2287: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2288: md5 digests.
2289: <p>
2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2292: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2293: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2294: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2295: </strong></font><br>
2296: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2297: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2298: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2299: right the first time."
2300: <p>
1.247 jufi 2301: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2302:
2303:
2304: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2305: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2308: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2309: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2310: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2311: </strong></font><br>
2312: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2313: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2314: part 6</a>.
2315: <p>
2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2318: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2319: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2320: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2321: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2322: </strong></font><br>
2323: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2324: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2325: <p>
1.301 jose 2326:
2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2328: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2329: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2330: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2331: </strong></font><br>
2332:
2333: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2334: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2335: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2336: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2337: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2338: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2339: <i>Here's the
2340: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2341: <p>
1.247 jufi 2342: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2343:
2344: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2345: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2348: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2349: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2350: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2351: </strong></font><br>
2352: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2353: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2354: <p>
2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2357: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2358: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2359: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2360: </strong></font><br>
2361: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2362: this time using pf.
2363: <p>
1.247 jufi 2364: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2365:
2366: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2367: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2370: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2371: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2372: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2373: </strong></font><br>
2374: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2375: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2376: their rotation.
2377: <p>
2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2380: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2381: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2382: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2383: </strong></font><br>
2384: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2385: <p>
1.247 jufi 2386: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2387:
1.239 jufi 2388: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2389: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2392: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2393: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2394: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2395: </strong></font><br>
2396: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2397: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2398: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2402: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2403: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2404: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2405: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2406: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2407: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2408: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2409: <p>
1.247 jufi 2410: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2411:
1.235 lebel 2412: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2413: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2414:
1.239 jufi 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2417: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2418: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2419: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2422: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2423: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2424: <p>
1.301 jose 2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2427:
1.228 horacio 2428: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2429: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2432: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2433: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2434: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2435: </strong></font><br>
2436: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2437: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2438: <p>
2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2441: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2442: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2443: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2444: </strong></font><br>
2445: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2446: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2447: <p>
2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2450: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2451: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2452: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2453: </strong></font><br>
2454: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2455: on the desktop of his parents.
2456: <p>
2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2459: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2460: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2461: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2464: using IPFilter.
2465:
2466: <p>
2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2469: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2470: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2471: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2472: </strong></font><br>
2473: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2474: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2475: perspectives of the four OS.
2476: <br>
2477: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2478: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2479: <p>
2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2482: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2483: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2484: software and security</a>,
2485: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2486: </strong></font><br>
2487:
2488: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2489: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2490: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2491: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2492: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2493: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2494: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2495: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2496: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2497: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2498: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2499: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2500: <p>
1.247 jufi 2501: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2502:
1.225 horacio 2503: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2504: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2507: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2508: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2509: Interview</a>,
2510: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2511: </strong></font><br>
2512:
2513: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2514: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2515: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2516: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2517: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2518: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2519: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2520: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2521: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2522: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2523: of choice.
2524: <p>
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2526:
2527: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2528: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2531: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2532: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2533: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2534: </strong></font><br>
2535:
2536: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2537: <p>
2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2540: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2541: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2542: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2543: </strong></font><br>
2544:
2545: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2546: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2547: <p>
1.247 jufi 2548: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2549:
1.218 horacio 2550: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2551: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2552:
1.247 jufi 2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2554: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2555: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2556: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2557: </strong></font><br>
2558:
2559: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2560: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2561: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2562: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2563: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2564: subjects. Worth a read.
2565: <p>
2566:
2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2569: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2570: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2571: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2572: </strong></font><br>
2573:
2574: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2575: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2576: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2577: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2578: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2579: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2580: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2581: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2582: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2583: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2584: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2585: on other operating systems.<br>
2586: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2587: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2588: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2589: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2590: <p>
2591:
1.247 jufi 2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2593: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2594: Operating System 2010</a>,
2595: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2596: </strong></font><br>
2597:
2598: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2599: covering the level of software integration into the core
2600: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2601: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2602: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2603: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2604: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2605: <p>
2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2608: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2609: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2610: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2611: </strong></font><br>
2612:
2613: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2614: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2615: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2616: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2617: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2618: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2619: <p>
1.247 jufi 2620: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2621:
1.210 jufi 2622: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2623: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2626: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2627: Already a Contender</a>,
2628: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2629: </strong></font><br>
2630:
2631: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2632: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2633: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2634: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2635: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2636: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2637: <p>
2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2640: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2641: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2642: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2643: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2644:
1.224 horacio 2645: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2646: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2647: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2648: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2649: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2650: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2651: <p>
1.247 jufi 2652: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2653:
2654: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2655: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2656:
1.247 jufi 2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2658: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2659: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2660: Division</a>,
2661: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2662: </strong></font><br>
2663:
2664: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2665: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2666: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2667: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2668: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2669: investment</em>.<br>
2670: The implementation details can be seen on their
2671: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2672: <p>
2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2675: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2676: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2677: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2678: </strong></font><br>
2679:
2680: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2681: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2682: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2683: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2684: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2685: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2686: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2687: <p>
2688:
2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2690: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2691: Thinking about Security</a>,
2692: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2693: </strong></font><br>
2694:
2695: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2696: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2697: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2698: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2699: to time.<br>
2700: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2701: system and just the most secure system.
2702: <p>
2703:
1.247 jufi 2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2705: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2706: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2707: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2708: </strong></font><br>
2709:
2710: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2711: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2712: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2713: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2714: choice:<br>
2715: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2716: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2717: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2718: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2719: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2720: network security devices and as such must be well
2721: armored."</em><br>
2722: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2723: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2724: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2725: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2726: <br>
2727: Bravo!
2728: <p>
1.247 jufi 2729: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2730:
1.207 ian 2731: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2732: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2735: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2736: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2737: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2738:
1.207 ian 2739: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2740: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2741: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2742: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2743: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2744: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2745: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2746: <p>
1.247 jufi 2747: </ul>
1.207 ian 2748:
1.194 jufi 2749: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2750: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2751:
1.247 jufi 2752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2753: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2754: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2755: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2757:
1.240 miod 2758: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2759: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2760: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2761: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2762: <p>
2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2765: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2766: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2767: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2768:
2769: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2770: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2771: <p>
2772:
2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2774: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2775: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2776: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2777:
2778: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2779: <p>
2780:
2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2782: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2783: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2784: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2785: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2786:
1.240 miod 2787: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2788: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2789: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2790: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2791: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2792: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2793: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2794: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2795: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2796: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2797: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2798: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2799: <p>
2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2802: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2803: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2804: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2806:
1.194 jufi 2807: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2808: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2809: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2810: <br>
2811: The new
2812: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2813: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2814: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2815: <p>
1.247 jufi 2816: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2817:
1.190 horacio 2818: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2819: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2822:
2823: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2824: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2825:
1.301 jose 2826:
1.191 jufi 2827: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2828: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2829:
2830: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2831: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2832:
1.212 horacio 2833: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2834: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2835: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2836:
1.211 horacio 2837: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2838: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2839: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2842: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2845: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2846:
1.212 horacio 2847: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2848: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2849: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2850:
2851: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2852: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2853:
2854: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2855: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2856:
1.301 jose 2857: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2858: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2859:
1.191 jufi 2860: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2861: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2862:
2863: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2864: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2865:
1.192 jufi 2866: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2867: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2868: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2869:
1.193 deraadt 2870: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2871: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2872: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2875: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2878: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2879: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2880:
1.213 horacio 2881: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2882: 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 2883: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2884:
1.190 horacio 2885: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2886: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2887: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2888: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2889: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2890: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2891: <p>
1.190 horacio 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2894: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2895: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2896: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2897: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2898:
1.195 jufi 2899: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2900: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2901: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2902: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2903: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2904: <p>
2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2907: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2908: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2909: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2910: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2911:
1.191 jufi 2912: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2913: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2914: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2915: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2916: <p>
2917:
2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2919: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2920: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2921: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2922:
2923: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2924: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2925: <p>
1.247 jufi 2926: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2927:
1.191 jufi 2928:
1.186 jufi 2929: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2930: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2933: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2934: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2935: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2936: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2937:
1.188 jufi 2938: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2939: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2940: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2941: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2942: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2943: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2944: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2945: <p>
2946:
1.301 jose 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2948: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2949: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2950: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2951:
2952: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2953: <p>
1.191 jufi 2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2956: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2957: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2958: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 2959: </strong></font><br>
2960:
2961: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2962: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2963: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2964: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2965: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2966: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2967: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2968: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2969: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2970: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2971: familiar?
2972: <p>
1.247 jufi 2973: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2974:
1.178 louis 2975: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2976: <ul>
1.178 louis 2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2979: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2980: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2981: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2982: </strong></font><br>
2983:
2984: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2985: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2986: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2987: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2988: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2989: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2990: <p>
2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2993: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2994: Open source under the hood</a>,
2995: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2996: </strong></font><br>
2997:
2998: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2999: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3000: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3001: <p>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3004: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3005: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3006: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3007: </strong></font><br>
3008:
3009: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3010: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3011: <p>
1.247 jufi 3012: </ul>
1.179 louis 3013:
1.174 louis 3014:
1.175 louis 3015: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3016: <ul>
1.175 louis 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3019: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3020: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3021: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3022: </strong></font><br>
3023:
3024: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3025: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3026: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3027: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3028: <p>
3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3031: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3032: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3033: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3034: </strong></font><br>
3035:
3036: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3037: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3038: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3039: <p>
1.247 jufi 3040: </ul>
1.175 louis 3041:
1.176 louis 3042:
1.172 mickey 3043: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3044: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3047: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3048: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3049: </strong></font><br>
3050:
3051: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3052: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3053: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3054: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3055: <p>
3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3058: <a
1.269 deraadt 3059: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3060: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3061: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3062: </strong></font><br>
3063:
3064: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3065: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3066: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3067: <p>
3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3070: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3071: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3072: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3073: </strong></font><br>
3074:
3075: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3076: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3077: <p>
3078:
1.247 jufi 3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3080: <a
1.269 deraadt 3081: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3082: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3083: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3084: </strong></font><br>
3085:
3086: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3087: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3088: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3089: our own Theo de Raadt.
3090: <p>
3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3093: <a
1.269 deraadt 3094: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3095: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3096: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3097: </strong></font><br>
3098:
3099: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3100: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3101: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3102: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3103: shut down.]
3104: <p>
3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3107: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3108: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3109: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3110: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3111: </strong></font><br>
3112:
3113: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3114: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3115: <p>
1.247 jufi 3116: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3117:
1.161 louis 3118: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3119: <ul>
1.161 louis 3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3122: <a
1.269 deraadt 3123: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3124: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3125: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3126: </strong></font><br>
3127:
3128: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3129: by John Wolley
3130: <p>
3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3133: <a
1.269 deraadt 3134: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3135: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3136: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3137: </strong></font><br>
3138:
3139: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3140: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3141: OpenBSD).
3142: <p>
3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3145: <a
1.247 jufi 3146: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3147: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3148: </strong></font><br>
3149:
3150: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3151: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3152: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3153: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3154: and hindsight.
3155: <p>
3156:
1.247 jufi 3157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3158: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3159: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3160: </strong></font><br>
3161:
3162: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3163: <p>
3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3166: <a
1.168 provos 3167: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3168: December 7, 2000
3169: </strong></font><br>
3170:
3171: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3172: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3173: us explain.
3174: <p>
3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3177: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3178: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3179: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3180: December 6, 2000
3181: </strong></font><br>
3182:
3183: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3184: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3185: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3186: <p>
3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3189: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3190: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3191: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3192: </strong></font><br>
3193:
3194: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3195: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3196: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3197: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3198: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3199: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3200: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3201: <p>
3202:
3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3204: <a
1.226 horacio 3205: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3206: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3207: </strong></font><br>
3208:
3209: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3210: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3211: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3212: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3213: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3214: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3215: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3216: <p>
1.162 millert 3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3219: <a
1.161 louis 3220: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3221: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3222: </strong></font><br>
3223:
3224: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3225: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3226: <p>
3227:
1.247 jufi 3228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3229: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3230: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3231: </strong></font><br>
3232:
3233: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3234: <p>
3235:
3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3238: <a
1.226 horacio 3239: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3240: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3241: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3242: </strong></font><br>
3243:
3244: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3245: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3246: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3247: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3248: <p>
1.247 jufi 3249: </ul>
1.169 louis 3250:
1.158 louis 3251: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3252: <ul>
1.147 louis 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3255: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3256: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3257: </strong></font><br>
3258:
3259: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3260: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3261: <p>
3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3264: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3265: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3266: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3267: </strong></font><br>
3268: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3269: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3270: <p>
3271:
1.247 jufi 3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3273: <a
3274: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3275: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3276: </strong></font><br>
3277:
3278: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3279: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3280: <p>
3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3283: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3284: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3285: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3286:
1.213 horacio 3287: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3288: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3289: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3290: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3291: <p>
1.215 horacio 3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3294: <a
3295: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3296: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3297: </strong></font><br>
3298:
3299: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3300: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3301: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3302: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3303: much of the attitude too).
3304: <p>
1.161 louis 3305:
1.247 jufi 3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3307: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3308: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3309: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3310:
1.157 louis 3311: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3312: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3313: <p>
1.247 jufi 3314: </ul>
1.157 louis 3315:
3316: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3317: <ul>
1.157 louis 3318:
1.247 jufi 3319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3320: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3321: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3322: </strong></font><br>
3323:
3324: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3325: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3326: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3327: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3328: <p>
3329:
1.247 jufi 3330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3331: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3332: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3333: </strong></font><br>
3334:
3335: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3336: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3337: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3338: it because they love coding...
3339: <p>
3340:
1.247 jufi 3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3342: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3343: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3347: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3348: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3349: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3350: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3351: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3352: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3353: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3354: <p>
3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3357: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3358: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3359: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3360: </strong></font><br>
3361:
3362: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3363: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3364: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3365: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3366: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3367: the pizza.
3368: <p>
3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3371: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3372: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3373: </strong></font><br>
3374:
3375: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3376: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3377: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3378: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3379: problems.
3380: <p>
3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3383: <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 3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
1.222 miod 3386: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3387: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3388: - whether they like it or not.
3389: <p>
3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3392: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3393: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3394: </strong></font><br>
3395:
3396: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3397: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3398: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3399: <p>
1.148 aaron 3400:
1.247 jufi 3401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3402: <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 3403: </strong></font><br>
3404:
3405: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3406: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3407: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3408: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3409: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3410: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3411: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3412: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3413: <p>
3414:
1.247 jufi 3415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3416: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3417: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3418: </strong></font><br>
3419:
3420: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3421: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3422: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3423: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3424: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3425: <p>
1.247 jufi 3426: </ul>
1.147 louis 3427:
1.138 louis 3428: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3429: <ul>
1.138 louis 3430:
1.247 jufi 3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3432: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3433: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3434: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3435: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3436: </strong></font><br>
3437:
1.227 horacio 3438: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3439: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3440: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3441: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3442: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3443: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3444: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3445: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3446: <p>
3447:
1.247 jufi 3448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3449: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3450: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3451: </strong></font><br>
3452:
3453: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3454: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3455: groups, and even Linux.
3456: <p>
3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3459: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3460: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3461: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3462: </strong></font><br>
3463:
3464: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3465: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3466: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3467: library after installing the OS.
3468: <p>
3469:
1.247 jufi 3470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3471: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3472: Sys Admin, September 2000
3473: </strong></font><br>
3474:
3475: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3476: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3477: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3478: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3479: (<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>,
3480: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3481: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3482: <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 3483: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3484: out of the system.
3485: <p>
3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3488: <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
3489: </strong></font><br>
3490:
3491: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3492: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3493: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3494: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3495: the IP filtering and address translation.
3496: <p>
1.301 jose 3497:
3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3499: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3500: </strong></font><br>
3501:
3502: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3503: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3504: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3505: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3506: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3507: <p>
1.247 jufi 3508: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3509:
1.131 louis 3510: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3511: <ul>
1.131 louis 3512:
1.247 jufi 3513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3514: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3515: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3516: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3517: </strong></font><br>
3518:
3519: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3520: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3521: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3522: <p>
3523:
1.247 jufi 3524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3525: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3526: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3527: </strong></font><br>
3528:
3529: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3530: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3531: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3532: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3533: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3534: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3535: note of"</i>.
3536: <p>
3537:
1.247 jufi 3538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3539: <a
1.247 jufi 3540: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3541: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3542: </strong></font><br>
3543:
3544: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3545: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3546: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3547: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3548: <p>
3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3551: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3552: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3553: </strong></font><br>
3554:
3555: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3556: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3557: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3558: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3559: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3560: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3561: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3562: <p>
3563:
1.247 jufi 3564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3565: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3566: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3567: 2000
3568: </strong></font><br>
3569:
3570: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3571: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3572: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3573: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3574: against current industry practices.
3575: <p>
3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3578: <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
3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3582: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3583: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3584: <p>
3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3587: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3588: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3589: </strong></font><br>
3590:
3591: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3592: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3593: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3594: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3595: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3596: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3597: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3598: <p>
3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3601: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3602: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3603: </strong></font><br>
3604:
3605: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3606: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3607: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3608: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3609: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3610: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3611: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3612: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3613: <p>
1.247 jufi 3614: </ul>
1.131 louis 3615:
1.118 louis 3616: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3617: <ul>
1.118 louis 3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3620: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3621: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3622: </strong></font><br>
3623:
3624: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3625: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3626: about time. The article mentions that
3627: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3628: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3629: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3630: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3631: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3632: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3633: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3634: <p>
3635:
1.247 jufi 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3637: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3638: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3639: </strong></font><br>
3640:
3641: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3642: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3643: of OpenSSH.
3644: <p>
3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3647: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3648: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3649: </strong></font><br>
3650:
3651: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3652: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3653: bridging.
3654: <p>
3655:
1.247 jufi 3656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3657: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3658: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3659: </strong></font><br>
3660:
1.121 deraadt 3661: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3662: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3663: <p>
3664:
1.247 jufi 3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3666: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3667: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3668: </strong></font><br>
3669:
3670: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3671: <p>
3672:
1.247 jufi 3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3674: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3675: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3676: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3677: </strong></font><br>
3678:
1.120 deraadt 3679: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3680: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3681: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3682: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3683: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3684: <p>
3685:
1.247 jufi 3686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3687: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3688: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3689: </strong></font><br>
3690:
1.222 miod 3691: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3692: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3693: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3694: protocols and their quirks.
3695: <p>
3696:
1.247 jufi 3697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3698: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3699: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3700: </strong></font><br>
3701:
3702: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3703: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3704: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3705: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3706: <p>
3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3709: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3710: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3711: </strong></font><br>
3712:
3713: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3714: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3715: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3716: <p>
3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3719: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3720: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3721: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3722: </strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3725: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3726: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3727: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3728: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3729: <p>
1.247 jufi 3730: </ul>
1.118 louis 3731:
1.104 louis 3732: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3733: <ul>
1.104 louis 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3736: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3737: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3738: </strong></font><br>
3739:
3740: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3741: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3742: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3743: be a bit dry.
3744: <p>
3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3747: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3748: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3749: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3750: </strong></font><br>
3751: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3752: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3753: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3754: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3755: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3756: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3757: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3758: <p>
3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3761: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3762: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3763: 2000
1.128 louis 3764: </strong></font><br>
3765:
3766: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3767: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3768: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3769: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3770: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3771: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3772: <p>
3773:
1.247 jufi 3774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3775: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3776: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3777: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3778:
3779: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3780: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3781: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3782: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3783: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3784: <p>
1.110 louis 3785:
1.247 jufi 3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3787: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3788: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3789: </strong></font><br>
3790:
3791: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3792: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3793: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3794: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3795: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3796: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3797: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3798: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3799: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3800: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3801: <p>
3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3804: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3805: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3806:
3807: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3808: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3809: <p>
1.108 louis 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3812: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3813: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3814: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3815:
3816: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3817: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3818: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3819: <p>
1.106 louis 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3822: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3823: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3824: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3825:
3826: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3827: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3828: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3829: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3830: <p>
1.107 louis 3831:
1.247 jufi 3832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3833: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3834: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3835: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3836:
3837: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3838: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3839: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3840: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3841: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3842: <p>
1.105 louis 3843:
1.247 jufi 3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3845: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3846: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3847: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3848:
1.113 naddy 3849: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3850: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3851: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3852: <p>
1.104 louis 3853:
1.247 jufi 3854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3855: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3856: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3857: </strong></font><br>
3858:
3859: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3860: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3861: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3862: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3863: <p>
1.301 jose 3864:
3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3866: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3867: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3868: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3869:
3870: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3871: hardware-supported cryptography.
3872: <p>
1.247 jufi 3873: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3874:
1.85 louis 3875: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3876: <ul>
1.85 louis 3877:
1.247 jufi 3878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3879: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3880: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3881: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3882:
3883: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3884: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3885: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3886: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3887: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3888: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3889: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3890: <p>
1.99 louis 3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3893: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3894: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3895: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3896:
3897: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3898: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3899: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3900: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3901: <p>
1.100 louis 3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3904: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3905: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3906: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3907:
3908: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3909: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3910: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3911: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3912: <p>
1.95 louis 3913:
1.247 jufi 3914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3915: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3916: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3917: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3918:
3919: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3920: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3921: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3922: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3923: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3924: <p>
1.92 louis 3925:
1.247 jufi 3926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3927: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3928: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3929: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3930:
3931: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3932: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3933: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3934: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3935: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3936: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3937: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3938: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3939: <p>
1.91 louis 3940:
1.247 jufi 3941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3942: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3943: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3944: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3945:
3946: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3947: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3948: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3949: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3950: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3951: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3952: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3953: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3954: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3955: <p>
1.90 louis 3956:
1.247 jufi 3957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3958: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3959: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3960: </strong></font><br>
3961: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3962: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3963: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3964: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3965: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3966: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3967: <p>
3968:
1.247 jufi 3969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3970: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3971: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3972: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3973:
1.113 naddy 3974: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3975: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3976: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3977: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3978: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3979: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3980: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3981: <p>
1.87 louis 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3984: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3985: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3986: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3987:
3988: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3989: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3990: <p>
1.85 louis 3991:
1.247 jufi 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3993: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3994: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3995: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3996:
3997: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3998: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3999: <p>
4000:
4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4002: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4003: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4004: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4005:
4006: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4007: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4008: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4009: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4010: <p>
1.89 louis 4011:
1.247 jufi 4012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4013: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4014: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4015: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4016:
4017: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4018: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4019: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4020: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4021: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4022: </ul>
1.85 louis 4023:
1.78 deraadt 4024: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4025: <ul>
1.74 louis 4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4028: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4029: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4030: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4031: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4032:
4033: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4034: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4035: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4036: <p>
1.83 louis 4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4039: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4040: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4041: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4042:
4043: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4044: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4045: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4046: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4047: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4048: <p>
1.93 louis 4049:
1.247 jufi 4050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4051: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4052: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4053: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4054: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4055:
1.83 louis 4056: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4057: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4058: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4059: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4060: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4061: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4062: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4063: <p>
1.82 aaron 4064:
1.247 jufi 4065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4066: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4067: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4068: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4069:
1.83 louis 4070: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4071: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4072: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4073: <p>
1.80 louis 4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4076: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4077: Bad Press</a>,
4078: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4079: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4080:
4081: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4082: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4083: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4084: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4085: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4086: <p>
1.247 jufi 4087: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4088:
4089: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4090: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4091:
1.247 jufi 4092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4093: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4094: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4095: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4096: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4097:
4098: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4099: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4100: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4101: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4102: <p>
1.74 louis 4103:
1.247 jufi 4104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4105: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4106: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4107: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4108:
1.219 horacio 4109: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4110: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4111: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4112: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4113: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4114: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4115: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4116: <p>
1.88 louis 4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4119: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4120: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4121: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4122:
4123: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4124: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4125: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4126: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4127: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4128: <p>
1.81 louis 4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4131: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4132: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4133: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4134:
4135: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4136: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4137: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4138: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4139: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4140: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4141: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4142: <p>
1.90 louis 4143:
1.247 jufi 4144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4145: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4146: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4147: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4148:
4149: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4150: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4151: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4152: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4153: <p>
1.247 jufi 4154: </ul>
1.71 louis 4155:
1.69 deraadt 4156: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4157: <ul>
1.70 louis 4158:
1.247 jufi 4159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4160: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4161: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4162: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4163:
4164: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4165: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4166: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4167: <p>
1.70 louis 4168:
1.247 jufi 4169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4170: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4171: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4172: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4173:
4174: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4175: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4176: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4177: <p>
1.68 louis 4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4180: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4181: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4182: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4184:
1.111 jufi 4185: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4186: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4187: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4188: "secure by default" installation.
4189: <p>
1.64 louis 4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4192: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4193: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4194: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4195:
1.113 naddy 4196: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4197: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4198: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4199: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4200: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4201: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4202: <p>
1.66 louis 4203:
1.247 jufi 4204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4205: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4206: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4207: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4208:
4209: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4210: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4211: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4212: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4213: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4214: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4215: <p>
1.83 louis 4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4218: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4219: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4220: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4221:
4222: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4223: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4224: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4225: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4226: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4227: <p>
1.64 louis 4228:
1.247 jufi 4229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4230: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4231: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4232: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4233:
4234: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4235: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4236: <p>
1.301 jose 4237:
4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4239: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4240: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4241: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4242: </strong></font><br>
4243:
4244: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4245: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4246: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4247: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4248: Giving way to
4249: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4250: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4251: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4252: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4253: <p>
1.247 jufi 4254: </ul>
1.65 louis 4255:
1.69 deraadt 4256: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4257: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4258:
1.247 jufi 4259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4260: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4261: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4262: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4263:
4264: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4265: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4266: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4267: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4268: <p>
1.88 louis 4269:
1.247 jufi 4270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4271: <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 4272: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4273:
4274: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4275: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4276: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4277: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4278: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4279: <p>
1.60 louis 4280:
1.247 jufi 4281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4282: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4283: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4284: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4285: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4286:
4287: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4288: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4289: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4290: <p>
1.58 louis 4291:
1.247 jufi 4292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4293: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4295:
4296: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4297: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4298: <p>
1.53 louis 4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4301: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4302: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4303: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4304:
4305: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4306: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4307: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4308: <p>
1.99 louis 4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4311: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4312: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4313:
4314: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4315: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4316: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4317: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4318: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4321: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4322: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4323: </strong></font><br>
4324:
4325: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4326: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4327: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4328: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4329: <p>
4330:
1.247 jufi 4331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4332: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4333: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4334: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4335:
4336: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4337: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4338: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4339:
1.247 jufi 4340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4341: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4342: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4343:
4344: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4345: in
1.247 jufi 4346: <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 4347: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4348: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4349: <p>
1.53 louis 4350:
1.247 jufi 4351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4352: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4353: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4354: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4355: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4356:
1.58 louis 4357: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4358: <p>
1.301 jose 4359:
4360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4361: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4362: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4363: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4364: Informacyjny, January 2000
4365: </strong></font><br>
4366:
4367: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4368: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4369: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4370: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4371: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4372: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4373: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4374: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4375: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4376: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4377: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4378: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4379: <p>
4380:
4381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4382: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4383: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4384: </strong></font><br>
4385:
4386: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4387: <p>
4388: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4389:
1.69 deraadt 4390: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4391: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4392:
1.247 jufi 4393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4394: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4395: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4396: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4397: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4398:
1.58 louis 4399: Kurt Seifried
4400: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4401: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4402: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4403: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4404:
1.247 jufi 4405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4406: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4407: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4408: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4409:
4410: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4411: <p>
1.96 louis 4412:
1.247 jufi 4413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4414: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4415: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4416: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4417: </strong></font><br>
4418:
4419: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4420: <p>
4421:
4422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4423: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4424: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4425: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4426:
4427: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4428: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4429: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4430: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4431: <p>
1.247 jufi 4432: </ul>
1.86 louis 4433:
1.69 deraadt 4434: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4435: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4436:
1.247 jufi 4437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4438: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4439: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4440: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4441:
4442: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4443: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4444: <p>
1.61 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4447: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4448: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4449: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4450: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4451:
4452: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4453: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4454: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4455: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4456: right -- or at least strives to".
4457: <p>
1.48 louis 4458:
1.247 jufi 4459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4460: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4461: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4462: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4463: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4464: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4465: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4466: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4467: <p>
1.61 louis 4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <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 4470: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4471: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4472:
4473: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4474: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4475: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4476: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4477: <p>
1.46 louis 4478:
1.247 jufi 4479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4480: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4481: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4482: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4483:
4484: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4485: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4486: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4487:
1.247 jufi 4488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4489: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4490: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4491: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4492:
4493: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4494: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4495: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4496: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4497: <p>
1.247 jufi 4498: </ul>
1.70 louis 4499:
1.69 deraadt 4500: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4501: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4502:
1.247 jufi 4503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4504: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4505: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4506: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4507: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4508:
4509: Kurt Seifried
4510: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4511: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4512: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4513: <p>
1.44 philen 4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <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 4516: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4517: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4518:
4519: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4520: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4521:
1.247 jufi 4522: <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 4523: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4524: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4525:
4526: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4527: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4528:
1.247 jufi 4529: <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 4530: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4531: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4532:
4533: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4534: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4535: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4536: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4537: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <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 4540: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4541: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4542:
1.36 louis 4543: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4544: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4547: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4548: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4550:
4551: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4552: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4553: </ul>
1.38 louis 4554:
1.69 deraadt 4555: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4556: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4557:
1.247 jufi 4558: <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 4559: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4560: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4561:
4562: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4563: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4564: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4565:
1.113 naddy 4566: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4567: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4568: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4569: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4570:
4571: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4572: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4573: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4574: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4575: <blockquote>
4576: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4577: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4578: <br>
4579: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4580: </code>
4581: </blockquote>
4582: <p>
4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4585: <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 4586: <p>
4587:
4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4589: <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 4590: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4591:
4592: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4593: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4594: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4595: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4596:
1.247 jufi 4597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4598: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4599: Sept. 28, 1999
4600: </strong></font><br>
4601:
4602: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4603: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4604: translating and reprinting articles from
4605: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4606: <p>
4607:
4608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4609: <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 4610: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4611:
4612: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4613: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4614: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4615: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4616: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4617: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4618: <p>
1.19 louis 4619:
1.113 naddy 4620: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4621: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4622: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4623:
4624: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4625: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4626: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4627: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4628: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4629: <p>
1.16 louis 4630:
1.247 jufi 4631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4632: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4633: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4634: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4635:
1.57 louis 4636: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4637: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4638: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4639: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4642: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4643: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4644: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4645:
1.113 naddy 4646: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4649: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4650: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4651: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4652:
1.23 louis 4653: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4654: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4655: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4656: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4657: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4658: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4661: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4662: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4663: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4664:
1.199 pvalchev 4665: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4666: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4667: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4668: installation.
1.113 naddy 4669: <p>
1.47 louis 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4672: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4673: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4674: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4675:
1.301 jose 4676: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4677: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4678: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4679: </ul>
1.57 louis 4680:
1.69 deraadt 4681: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4682: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4685: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4686: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4687: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4688:
4689: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4690: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4691: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4692: <p>
1.12 louis 4693:
1.247 jufi 4694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4695: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4696: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4697: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4698:
4699: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4700: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4701: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4702: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4703: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4704: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4705: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4706: <p>
1.247 jufi 4707: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4708:
1.69 deraadt 4709: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4710: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4711:
1.247 jufi 4712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4713: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4714: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4715:
4716: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4717: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4718: available."
1.113 naddy 4719: <p>
1.301 jose 4720:
4721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4722: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4723: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4724: </strong></font><br>
4725:
4726: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4727: <p>
1.247 jufi 4728: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4729:
1.69 deraadt 4730: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4731: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4734: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4735: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4736:
4737: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4738: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4739: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4740: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4741: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4742: <p>
1.33 louis 4743:
1.247 jufi 4744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4745: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4746: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4747: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4748:
1.113 naddy 4749: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4750: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4751: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4752: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4753: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4754: <p>
1.247 jufi 4755: </ul>
1.57 louis 4756:
1.69 deraadt 4757: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4758: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4759:
1.247 jufi 4760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4761: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4762: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4763: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4764:
4765: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4766: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4767: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4768:
1.247 jufi 4769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4770: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4771: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4772: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4773: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4774:
4775: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4776: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4777:
1.247 jufi 4778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4779: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4780:
1.113 naddy 4781: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4782:
1.247 jufi 4783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4784: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4785: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4786: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4787:
4788: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4789: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4790: </ul>
1.23 louis 4791:
1.69 deraadt 4792: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4793: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4794:
1.247 jufi 4795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4796: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4797: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4798:
4799: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4800: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4801: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4802:
1.247 jufi 4803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4804: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4805: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4806: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4807:
4808: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4809: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4810: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4811: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4812: </ul>
1.57 louis 4813:
1.69 deraadt 4814: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4815: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4816:
1.247 jufi 4817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4818: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4819: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4820: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4821:
4822: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4823: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4824: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4825: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4826: <p>
1.15 louis 4827:
1.247 jufi 4828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4829: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4830: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4831: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4832:
4833: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4834: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4835: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4836: columns."
1.113 naddy 4837: <p>
1.247 jufi 4838: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4839:
1.69 deraadt 4840: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4841: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4842:
1.247 jufi 4843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4844: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4845: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4846: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4847:
4848: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4849: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4850:
1.113 naddy 4851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4852: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4853: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4854:
4855: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4856: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4857: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4858: </ul>
1.57 louis 4859:
1.69 deraadt 4860: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4861: <ul>
1.301 jose 4862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4863: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4864: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4865: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4866:
4867: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4868: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4869: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4870: <p>
4871:
4872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4873: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4874: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4875: Nov 13, 1998 and
4876: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4877: Datateknik</a>,
4878: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4879:
1.380 saad 4880: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4881: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4882: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4883: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4884: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4885:
1.113 naddy 4886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4887: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4888: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4889: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4890:
1.222 miod 4891: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4892: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4893: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4894: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4895: <p>
1.247 jufi 4896: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4897:
1.69 deraadt 4898: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4899: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4900:
1.247 jufi 4901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4902: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4903: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4904:
1.69 deraadt 4905: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4906: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4907: <p>
1.247 jufi 4908: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4909:
1.69 deraadt 4910: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4911: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4912:
1.247 jufi 4913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4914: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4915: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4916: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4917:
1.383 jcs 4918: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4919: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4920: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4921:
1.247 jufi 4922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4923: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4924: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4925: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4926: <p>
1.247 jufi 4927: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4928:
1.69 deraadt 4929: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4930: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4931:
1.247 jufi 4932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4933: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4934: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4935: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4936: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4937: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4938:
4939: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4940: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4941: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4942: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4943: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4944: <p>
1.247 jufi 4945: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4946:
4947: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4948: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4949:
1.247 jufi 4950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4951: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4952: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4953:
1.69 deraadt 4954: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4955: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4956: <p>
1.112 naddy 4957:
1.247 jufi 4958: </ul>
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1.1 deraadt 4960:
1.292 camield 4961: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4962: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4963: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.476 ! ian 4964: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.475 2005/10/12 20:52:05 grunk Exp $</small>
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