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1.479 grunk 19: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
22: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
23: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
24: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ! ian 25: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
! 26: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 27: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
28: and Linux.<br>
29: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
30: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
31: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
32: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
33: of the release
34: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
35: <p>
36: </ul>
37:
1.476 ian 38: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
39: <ul>
40:
41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
42: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
43: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
44: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
45: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
46: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
47: and too unreliable.
48: This quote will rattle some cages:
49: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
50: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
51: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
52: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
53: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
54: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
55: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
56: costs without any commercial lock-in."
57: <p>
58:
1.477 saad 59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
60: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
61: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
62: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
63: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
64: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
65: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
66: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
67: discussion about future plans.
68: <p>
69:
1.478 grunk 70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
71: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
72: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
73: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
74: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
75: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
76: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
77: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
78: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
79: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
80: <p>
81:
1.476 ian 82: </ul>
83:
1.470 saad 84: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
85: <ul>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 88: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
89: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
90: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
91: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
92: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
93: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
94: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
95: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
96: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
97: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 101: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
102: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
103: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
104: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
105: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
106: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
107: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
108: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
109: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
110: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 114: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
115: Big debate over small packets</a>,
116: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
117: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
118: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
119: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
120: draft.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 124: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
125: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
126: ordinateur ?"</a>,
127: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
128: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
129: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
130: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
131: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
132: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
133: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 137: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
138: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
139: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
140: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
141: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
142: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
143: performance data with pfstat.
144: <p>
145:
146: </ul>
147:
1.461 grunk 148: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
149: <ul>
150:
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 152: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
153: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 154: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 155: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
156: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
157: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 158: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 159: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 160: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
161: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
162: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 163: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
164: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 165: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 166: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
167: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 171: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
172: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 173: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 174: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
175: poor security:
1.467 grunk 176: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 177: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 178: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 179: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
180: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
181: <p>
182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 184: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
185: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 186: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 187: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
188: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 189: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
190: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
191: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
192: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
193: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
194: commercial vendors.
195: <p>
196:
197: </ul>
198:
1.454 ian 199: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
200: <ul>
1.468 grunk 201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
203: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
204: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
205: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
206: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
207: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
208: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 209: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 210: <br>
211: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
212: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
213: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
214: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
215: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 216: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 217: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
218: <p>
219:
1.454 ian 220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 221: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
222: Free Bird</a>,
223: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
224: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
225: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
226: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
227: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
228: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
229: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
230: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
231: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
232: room will only be available in the print edition.
233: <p>
1.459 deraadt 234:
1.458 niallo 235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 236: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
237: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
238: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
239: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
240: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
241: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
242: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
243: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
244: <p>
1.457 deraadt 245:
1.456 niallo 246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 247: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 248: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
249: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
250: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
251: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
252: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
253: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 254: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 255: interview.</a>
256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 259: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
260: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
261: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
262: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
263: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
264: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
265: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
266: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
267: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
268: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
269: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
270: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
271: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
272: "I have never used it."
273: <p>
274:
275: </ul>
276:
1.441 deraadt 277: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
278: <ul>
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 280: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
281: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
282: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
283: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
284: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
285: future enhancements.
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 289: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 290: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
291: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
292: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
293: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
294: North America mirror:
295: <ul>
1.452 marco 296: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 297: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
298: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 299: </ul>
300: European mirror:
301: <ul>
1.452 marco 302: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 303: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
304: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
305: </ul>
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 309: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
310: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
311: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
312: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
313: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
314: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 318: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
319: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
320: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
321: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
322: first-hand account.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 326: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
327: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
328: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
329: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
330: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
331: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
332: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
333: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 337: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
338: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
339: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
340: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
341: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
342: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
343: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
344: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
345: <p>
346:
347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 348: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 349: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 350: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
351: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
352: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
353: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
354: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
355: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
356: <p>
357:
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
359: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 360: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 361: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
362: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
363: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
364: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
365: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
366: <p>
367:
368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 369: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
370: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
371: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 372: </strong></font><br>
373: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
374: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
375: with OpenBSD.
376: </ul>
377:
1.436 henning 378: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
379: <ul>
380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 381: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
382: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
383: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
384: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
385: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
386: than closed source, as we have long contended.
387: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
388: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
389: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
390: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
391: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
392: <p>
393: This article can also be found online as
394: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
395: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 399: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
400: </strong></font><br>
401: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
402: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 406: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
407: </strong></font><br>
408: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
409: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 410: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 411: the issues we had with IETF.
412: </ul>
413:
1.431 ian 414: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
415: <ul>
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 417: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
418: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
419: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
420: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
421: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
422: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
423: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
424: <p>
425:
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 427: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
428: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
429: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
430: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
431: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
432: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 433: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 434: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
435: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
436: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
437: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
438: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
439: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
440: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
441: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
442:
443: </ul>
444:
1.427 matthieu 445: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
446: <ul>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 449: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
450: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
451: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
452: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
453: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
454: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
455: firmware.
1.434 ian 456: Similar articles can be found online at:
457: <ul>
458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
459: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
460: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
461: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
463: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
464: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
465: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
467: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
468: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
469: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 471: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 472: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
473: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
474: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 475: </ul>
476:
1.426 ian 477: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
478: <ul>
479:
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
481: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
482: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
483: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
484: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 485: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 486: mechanism: what it is and why and
487: how to use it, with examples.
488: Another excerpt from the book
489: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
490: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
491: <p>
492:
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
494: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
495: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
496: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
497: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
498: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
499: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
500: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
501: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
502: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
503: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
504: This article is a sample chapter from
505: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
506: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
507: <p>
1.443 ian 508:
509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 510: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 511: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
512: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
513: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
514: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
515: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
516: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
517: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
518: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
519: ends with a sidebar on security.
520: <p>
1.426 ian 521: </ul>
522:
1.424 ian 523: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
524: <ul>
525:
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 527: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
528: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
529: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
530: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
531: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
532: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
533: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
534: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
535: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
536: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
537: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
538: <p>
539: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
540: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
541: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 545: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
546: Closed Source Hardware</a>
547: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
548: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
549: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
550: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
551: operating systems.
552: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
553: OpenBSD on his firewall.
554: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
555: systems, he writes:
556: <blockquote>
557: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
558: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
559: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
560: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
561: to the operating system...
562: <br/>
563: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
564: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
565: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
566: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
567: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
568: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
569: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
570: in a closed source operating system).
571: <br/>
572: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
573: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
574: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
575: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
576: </blockquote>
577: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
578: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
579: their hardware and software operates.
580: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
581: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 582: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 583: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
584: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
585: <p>
586: </ul>
587:
1.417 pvalchev 588: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
589: <ul>
1.421 ian 590:
1.417 pvalchev 591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 592: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
593: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
594: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
595: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
596: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
597: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
598: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
599: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
600: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
601: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
602: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 603: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 604: <p>
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 606: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
607: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
608: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
609: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
610: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
611: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
612: it claims to do".
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 616: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 617: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
618: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
619: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
620: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 621: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 622: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
623: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
624: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
625: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
626: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
627: (yes, this is a hint).
628: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
629: picked up on the
630: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
631: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 632: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 633: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
634: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 638: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
639: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
640: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
641: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
642: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
643: questions about the significance and rationale behind
644: the current efforts.
645: <p>
646: </ul>
647:
1.407 henning 648: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
649: <ul>
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 651: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
652: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
653: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
654: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
655: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
656: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
657: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
658: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
659: <p>
660:
661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 662: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
663: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
664: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
665: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
666: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
667: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
668: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
669: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
670: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 671: <p>
1.415 ian 672:
673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 674: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 675: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
676: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
677: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
678: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
679: overflow attacks... because
680: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
681: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
682: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
683: and propolice.
684: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
685: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
686: and that's when the science falls apart."
687: <p>
688:
689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 690: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
691: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
692: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
693: Starts with the question:
694: <blockquote>
695: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
696: <br/>
697: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
698: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
699: <br/>
700: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
701: Should we believe them?"
702: </blockquote>
703: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
704: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
705: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
706: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
707: for your mail, web and other online activities.
708: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
709: <p>
710:
711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 712: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
713: Simple Simon</a>,
714: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
715: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
716: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
717: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
718: routing/firewall, and more.
719: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
720: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
721: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
722: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
723: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
724: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
725: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
726: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
727: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
728: </blockquote>
729: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
730: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
731: <p>
732:
733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 734: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
735: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 736: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 737: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 738: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
739: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
740: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 741: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 742: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
743: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
744: in spite of it
745: (registration required, but worth it).
746: <p>
747:
748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
749: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
750: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
751: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
752: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
753: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
754: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
755: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 756: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 757: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
758: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
759: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
760: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 764: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
765: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
766: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
767: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
768: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
769: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
770: <blockquote>
771: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
772: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
773: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
774: a lot of analysis.
775: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
776: </blockquote>
777: <p>
778: </ul>
779:
1.400 marco 780: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
781: <ul>
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 783: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
784: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
785: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
786: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
787: UNIX-like systems.
788: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
789: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
790: <p>
791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 792: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
793: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 794: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
795: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
796: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
797: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
798: At one point, the article states:
799: <blockquote>
800: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
801: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
802: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
803: </blockquote>
804: And then quotes Theo as saying:
805: <blockquote>
806: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
807: fewer are reading or auditing code."
808: </blockquote>
809: <p>
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
811: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
812: marks its fifth birthday</a>
813: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
814: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
815: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
816: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
817: required).
818: <p>
819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 820: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
821: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
822: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
823: </strong></font><br>
824: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
825: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
826: <p>
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 828: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
829: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 830: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 831: </strong></font><br>
832: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
833: <p>
834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 835: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
836: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 837: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 838: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 839: 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 840: <p>
841: </ul>
842:
1.396 henning 843: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
844: <ul>
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 846: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
847: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
848: Unix Review, July, 2004
849: </strong></font><br>
850: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
851: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 852: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 853: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
854: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
855: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
856: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
857: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
858: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
859: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
860: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
861: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
862: and even spelling/wording errors.
863: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
864: <p>
865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 866: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 867: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
868: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
869: </strong></font><br>
870: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
871: <p>
872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 873: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 874: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
875: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
876: </strong></font><br>
877: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
878: <p>
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 880: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
881: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
882: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
883: </strong></font><br>
884: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
885: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
886: <p>
887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 888: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
889: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
890: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
891: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
892: <p>
893: </ul>
894:
1.405 jolan 895: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
896: <ul>
897: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
898: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 899: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 900: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
901: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
902: details on how funds are dispersed.
903: <p>
904: </ul>
905:
1.393 david 906: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
907: <ul>
908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 909: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
910: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
911: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
912: </strong></font><br>
913: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
914: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
915: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
916: on inserting large number of SQL records.
917: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
918: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
919: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
920: <p>
921:
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 923: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
924: Secure by Default</a>,
925: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
926: </strong></font><br>
927: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
928: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
929: <p>
930:
931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
932: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
933: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
934: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
935: </strong></font><br>
936: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
937: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
938: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
939: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
940: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
941: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
942: <p>
943:
944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
945: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
946: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
947: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
948: </strong></font><br>
949: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
950: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
951: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
952: <p>
953:
954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
955: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
956: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
957: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
958: </strong></font><br>
959: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
960: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
961: <p>
962: </ul>
963:
1.388 mcbride 964: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
965: <ul>
1.394 jolan 966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
968: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
969: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
970: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
973: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
974: available for sparc64.
975: <p>
976:
1.390 beck 977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 978: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
979: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
980: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
981: </strong></font><br>
982: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
983: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
984: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
985: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
986: <p>
987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 989: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
990: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 991: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 992: </strong></font><br>
993: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
994: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
995: it does: CARP provides sharing
996: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
997: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
998: detail to get you started using it.
999: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1000: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1001: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1002: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1003: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1004: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1005: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1006: <p>
1.391 ian 1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1009: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1010: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1011: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1012: </strong></font><br>
1013: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1014: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1015: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1016: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1017:
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1019: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1020: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1021: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1024: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1025: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1026: unencumbered by patents.
1027: <p>
1028: </ul>
1029:
1.378 henning 1030: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1031: <ul>
1.384 jose 1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1034: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1035: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1036: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1037: </strong></font><br>
1038: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1039: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1040: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1041: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1042: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1043: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1044: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1045: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1046: in the page tables."
1047: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1048: <p>
1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1051: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1052: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1053: </strong></font><br>
1054: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1055: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1056: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1057: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1058: <p>
1.384 jose 1059:
1.378 henning 1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1061: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1062: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1063: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1066: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1067: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1068: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1069: (quote:
1070: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1071: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1072: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1073: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1074: the other developers for their work on the system.
1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1078: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1079: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1080: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1081: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1082: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1083: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1084: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1085: too.
1086: <p>
1087:
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1089: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1090: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1091: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1092: OpenBSD source code using
1093: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1094: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1095: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1096: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1097: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1098: <p>
1099: </ul>
1100:
1.374 jose 1101: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1102: <ul>
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1104: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1105: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1106: </strong></font><br>
1107: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1108: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1109: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1110: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1111: it."
1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1115: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1116: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1117: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1118: </strong></font><br/>
1119: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1120: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1121: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1122: <p>
1123: </ul>
1124:
1.369 ian 1125: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1126: <ul>
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1128: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1129: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1130: </strong></font><br/>
1131: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1132: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1133: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1134: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1135: <p>
1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1138: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1139: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1140: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1141: </strong></font><br/>
1142: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1143: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1144: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1145: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1146: form factor.
1147: <p>
1148:
1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1150: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1151: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1152: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1153: Features</a>,
1154: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1155: </strong></font><br/>
1156: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1157: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1158: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1159: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1160: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1161: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1162: <p>
1163: This article can also be found online at:
1164: <ul>
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1166: <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 1167: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1168: </strong></font>
1169: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1170: </ul>
1171: <p>
1.392 david 1172:
1.371 jose 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1174: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1175: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1176: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1177: </strong></font><br/>
1178: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1179: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1180: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1181: <p>
1.371 jose 1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1184: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1185: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1186: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1187: </strong></font><br/>
1188: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1189: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1190: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1191: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1192: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1193: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1194: and its history with OpenBSD.
1195: </ul>
1196:
1.368 henning 1197: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1198: <ul>
1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1200: [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 1201: </strong></font><br>
1202: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1203: </ul>
1204:
1.364 jose 1205: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1206: <ul>
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1208: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1209: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1210: UNIX Review,
1211: July, 2003.
1212: </strong></font><br>
1213: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1214: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1215: who want more information.
1216: <p>
1217:
1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1219: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1220: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1221: Government Computer News,
1222: July 22, 2003.
1223: </strong></font><br>
1224: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1225: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1226: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1227: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1228: <p>
1229:
1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1231: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1232: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1233: SANS Institute,
1234: July 22, 2003.
1235: </strong></font><br>
1236: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1237: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1238: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1239: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1240: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1241: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1242: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1243: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1244: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1245: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1246: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1247: <p>
1248:
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1250: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1251: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1252: OnLamp.com,
1253: July 17, 2003.
1254: </strong></font><br>
1255: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1256: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1257: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1258: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1259: have been working on.
1260:
1261: </ul>
1262:
1.356 jose 1263: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1264: <ul>
1265:
1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1267: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1268: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1269: UNIX Review,
1270: June, 2003.
1271: </strong></font><br>
1272: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1273: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1274: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1275: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1276: <p>
1277:
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1279: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1280: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1281: eWeek,
1282: June 23, 2003.
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1285: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1286: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1287: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1288: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1289: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1290: <p>
1291:
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1293: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1294: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1295: Software Development Online,
1296: June, 2003.
1297: </strong></font><br>
1298: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1299: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1300: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1301: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1302: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1303: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1304: current activities.
1305: <p>
1306:
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1308: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1309: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1310: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1311: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1312: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1313: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1314: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1315: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1316: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1317: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1318: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1319: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1320: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1321: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1322: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1323: decisions.
1324: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1325: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1326: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1327: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1328: <p>
1329:
1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1331: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1332: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1333: Page 58, eWeek,
1334: June 2, 2003.
1335: </strong></font><br>
1336: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1337: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1338: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1339: been addressed in -current.
1340: <p>
1341:
1.356 jose 1342: </ul>
1343:
1344: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1345: <ul>
1346:
1.355 jose 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1348: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1349: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1350: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1351: </strong></font><br>
1352: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1353: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1354: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1355: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1356: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1357: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1358: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1359: <p>
1360:
1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1362: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1363: Beyond Linux</a>,
1364: InfoWorld,
1365: May 23, 2003.
1366: </strong></font><br>
1367: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1368: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1369: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1370: compared to the GPL.
1371: <p>
1372:
1373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1374: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1375: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1376: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1377: May 17, 2003.
1378: </strong></font><br>
1379: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1380: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1381: the business section and half of another page inside
1382: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1383: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1384: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1385: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1386: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1387: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1388: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1389: <br>
1390: This article can also be found online at:
1391: <ul>
1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1393: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1394: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1395: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1396: May 17, 2003
1397: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1398: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1400: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1401: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1402: Montreal Gazette,
1403: May 21, 2003
1404: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1405: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1406: <p>
1.346 ian 1407:
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1409: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1410: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1411: May 7, 2003.
1412: </strong></font><br>
1413: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1414: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1415: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1416: <p>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1419: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1420: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1421: OsOpinion,
1422: May 6, 2003.
1423: </strong></font><br>
1424: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1425: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1426: <br>
1427: This article can also be found online at:
1428: <ul>
1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1430: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1431: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1432: NewsFactor Network.
1433: </strong></font>
1434: </ul>
1435: <p>
1436:
1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1438: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1439: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1440: ITBusiness,
1441: May 2, 2003.
1442: </strong></font><br>
1443: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1444: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1445: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1446: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1447: <p>
1448:
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1450: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1451: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1452: InfoWorld,
1453: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1454: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1455: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1456: <br>
1457: This article can also be found online at:
1458: <ul>
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1460: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1461: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1462: IDG Singapore.
1463: </strong></font>
1464: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1465: <p>
1466:
1.339 jose 1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1468: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1469: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1470: ZDNet,
1471: May 1, 2003.
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1474: someone using parts from previous articles.
1475: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1476: This article can also be found online at:
1477: <ul>
1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1479: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1480: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1481: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1482: </strong></font>
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1484: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1485: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1486: CNET News.com.
1487: </strong></font>
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1489: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1490: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1491: ZDNet UK.
1492: </strong></font>
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1494: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1495: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1496: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1497: </strong></font>
1498: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1499: <p>
1.339 jose 1500:
1.341 deraadt 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1502: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1503: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1504: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1505: May 1, 2003.
1506: </strong></font><br>
1507: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1508: that have been added
1509: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1510: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1511: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1512: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1513: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1514: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1515: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1516: <p>
1517:
1518: </ul>
1519:
1.253 ian 1520: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1521: <ul>
1.255 ian 1522:
1.260 ian 1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1524: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1525: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1526: TechRepublic,
1527: April 28, 2003.
1528: </strong></font><br>
1529: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1530: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1531: work.<br>
1532: Can also be found online at:
1533: <ul>
1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1535: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1536: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1537: ZDNet UK.
1538: </strong></font>
1539: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1540: <p>
1541:
1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1543: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1544: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1545: IDG,
1546: April 24, 2003.
1547: </strong></font><br>
1548: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1549: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1550: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1551: Can also be found online at:
1552: <ul>
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1554: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1555: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1556: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1557: </strong></font>
1558: </ul>
1559: <p>
1560:
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1562: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1563: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1564: Slate,
1565: April 24, 2003.
1566: </strong></font><br>
1567: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1568: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1569: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1570: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1571: <p>
1572:
1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1574: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1575: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1576: April 24, 2003.
1577: </strong></font><br>
1578: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1579: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1580: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1581: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1582: <p>
1583:
1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1585: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1586: April 24, 2003.
1587: </strong></font><br>
1588: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1589: the free software community".
1590: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1591: other articles.
1592: <p>
1593:
1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1595: <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 1596: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1597: </strong></font><br>
1598: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1599: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1600: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1601: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1602: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1603: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1604: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1605: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1606: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1607: <br/>
1608: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1609: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1610: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1611: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1612: <br>
1613: Can also be found online at:
1614: <ul>
1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1616: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1617: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1618: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1619: </strong></font>
1620: </ul>
1.324 ian 1621: <p>
1622:
1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1624: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1625: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1626: </strong></font><br>
1627: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1628: article above.
1629: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1630: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1631: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1632: <br>
1633: Can also be found online at:
1634: <ul>
1635: <li>
1636: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1637: </strong></font>
1638: </ul>
1.324 ian 1639: <p>
1640:
1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1642: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1643: </strong></font><br>
1644: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1645: <p>
1646:
1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1648: <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.
1649: </strong></font><br>
1650: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1651: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1652: <p>
1653:
1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1655: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1656: April 23, 2003.
1657: </strong></font><br>
1658: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1659: <p>
1660:
1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1662: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1663: April 22, 2003.
1664: </strong></font><br>
1665: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1666: <p>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1669: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1670: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1671: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1672: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1673: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1674: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1675: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1676: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1677: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1678: Can also be found online at:
1679: <ul>
1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1681: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1682: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1683: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1684: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1686: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1687: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1688: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1689: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1690: </ul>
1691: <p>
1692:
1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1694: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1695: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1696: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1699: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1700: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1701: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1702: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1703: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1704: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1708: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1709: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1710: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1711: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1712: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1713: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1714: at UPenn and DARPA.
1715: <p>
1716:
1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1718: [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,
1719: France
1.315 deraadt 1720: April 18, 2003.
1721: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1722: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1723: <p>
1724:
1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1726: [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 1727: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1728: </strong></font><br>
1729: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1730: <p>
1731:
1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1733: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1734: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1735: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1736: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1737: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1738: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1739: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1740: <p>
1741:
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1743: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1744: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1745: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1746: </strong></font><br>
1747: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1748: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1749: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1750: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1751: <p>
1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1754: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1755: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1756: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1757: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1758: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1759: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1760: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1761: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1762: Can also be found online at:
1763: <ul>
1764: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1765: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1766: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1767: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1768: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1769: <p>
1770:
1771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1772: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1773: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1774: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1775: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1776: </strong></font><br>
1777: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1778: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1779: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1780: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1781: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1782:
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1784: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1785: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1786: New York Times.
1787: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1788:
1.273 deraadt 1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1790: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1791: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1792: ABC News.
1793: </strong></font>
1794:
1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1796: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1797: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1798: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1799: </strong></font>
1800:
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1802: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1803: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1804: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1805: </strong></font>
1806:
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1808: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1809: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1810: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1811: </strong></font>
1812:
1813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1814: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1815: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1816: Times Daily, AL.
1817: </strong></font>
1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1820: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1821: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1822: Boston.com, MA.
1823: </strong></font>
1824:
1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1826: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1827: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1828: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1829: </strong></font>
1830:
1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1832: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1833: [Article was pulled]</a>
1834: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1835: </strong></font>
1836:
1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1838: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1839: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1840: Infoshop News.
1841: </strong></font>
1842:
1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1844: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1845: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1846: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1847: </strong></font>
1848:
1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1850: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1851: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1852: Raleigh News, NC.
1853: </strong></font>
1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1856: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1857: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1858: Napa News, CA.
1859: </strong></font>
1860:
1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1862: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1863: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1864: NEPA News, PA.
1865: </strong></font>
1866:
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1868: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1869: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1870: Wired News.
1871: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1872: <br>
1873: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1874: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1875: [JAPANESE]
1876: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1877: Wired News Japan</a>
1878: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1879:
1.271 deraadt 1880: </ul>
1881: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1882: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1883: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1884: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1885: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1886: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1887: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1888: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1889: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1890: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1891: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1892: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1893: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1894: <p>
1895: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1896:
1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1898: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1899: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1900: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1901: </strong></font>
1902:
1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1904: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1905: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1906: Miami Herald, FL.
1907: </strong></font>
1908:
1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1910: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1911: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1912: </strong></font>
1913:
1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1915: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1916: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1917: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1918: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1919:
1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1921: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1922: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1923: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1924: ABC News.
1925: </strong></font>
1926:
1.276 deraadt 1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1928: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1929: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1930: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1931: </strong></font>
1932:
1.286 dhartmei 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1934: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1935: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1936: Wilmington Star, NC.
1937: </strong></font>
1938:
1.300 jose 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1940: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1941: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1942: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1943: </strong></font>
1944:
1.309 jose 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1946: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1947: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1948: Globe Technology.
1949: </strong></font>
1950:
1.263 deraadt 1951: </ul>
1.262 beck 1952: <p>
1953:
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1955: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1956: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1957: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1958: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1959: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1960: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1961: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1962: <p>
1963:
1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1965: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1966: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1967: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1968: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1969: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1970: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1971: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1972: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1973: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1974: and simply restates other press reports.
1975: <p>
1976:
1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1978: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1979: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1980: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1981: </strong></font><br>
1982: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1983: <p>
1984:
1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1986: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1987: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1988: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1989: </strong></font><br>
1990: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1991: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1992: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1993: <p>
1994:
1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1996: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1997: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1998: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1999: April 17, 2003.
2000: </strong></font><br>
2001: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2002: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2003: Tech Anthems</a>
2004: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2005: 4 so far.
2006: <p>
2007:
2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2009: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2010: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2011: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2012: </strong></font><br>
2013: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2014: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2015: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2016: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2017: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2018: Goes on to say:
2019: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2020: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2021: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2022: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2023: This article is also found online at:
2024: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2026: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2027: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2028: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2029: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2031: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2032: ZDnet</a>,
2033: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2034: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2036: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2037: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2038: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2039: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2040: </ul>
1.260 ian 2041: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2042:
1.260 ian 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2044: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2045: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2046: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2047: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2048: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2049: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2050: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2051: without notice or justification.
2052: <p>
2053:
2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2055: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2056: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2057: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2058: </strong></font><br>
2059: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2060: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2061: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2062: effective today, without any warning..."
2063: <p>
1.257 ian 2064:
2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2066: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2067: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2068: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2069: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2070: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2071: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2072: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2073: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2074: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2075: <p>
2076:
2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2078: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2079: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2080: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2081: </strong></font><br>
2082: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2083: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2084: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2085: quoting two of them:
2086: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2087: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2088: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2089: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2090: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2091: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2092: <p>
2093:
1.255 ian 2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2095: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2096: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2097: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2098: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2099: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2100: <p>
2101:
2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2103: [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 2104: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2105: </strong></font><br>
2106: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2107: <p>
2108:
2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2110: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2111: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2112: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2114: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2115: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2116: security experts for more than three decades."
2117: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2118: <p>
1.261 ian 2119:
1.254 drahn 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2121: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2122: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2125: <p>
2126:
2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2128: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2129: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2130: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2131: </strong></font><br>
2132: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2133: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2134: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2135: <p>
2136:
2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2138: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2139: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2140: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2141: </strong></font><br>
2142: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2143: from US DARPA.
2144: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2145: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2146: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2147: the BSD license.
2148: <p>
2149: </ul>
2150:
1.251 ian 2151: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2152: <ul>
2153:
2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2155: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2156: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2157: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2158: </strong></font><br>
2159:
2160: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2161: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2162: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2163: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2164: <p>
2165:
2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2167: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2168: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2169: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2170: </strong></font><br>
2171: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2172: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2173: Mentions
2174: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2175: and
2176: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2177: programs.
2178: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2179: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2180: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2181: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2182: <p>
1.325 ian 2183: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2184: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2185:
2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2187: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2188: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2189: </strong></font><br>
2190: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2191: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2192: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2193: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2194: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2195: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2196: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2197: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2198: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2199: put into service."
2200: <p>
2201: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2202: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2203: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2204: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2205: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2206: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2207: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2208: computers with security features."
2209: <p>
1.329 ian 2210:
2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2212: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2213: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2214: Slate,
2215: March 3, 2003.
2216: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2217: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2218: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2219: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2220: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2221: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2222: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2223: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2224: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2225: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2226: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2227: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2228: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2229: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2230: of more secure open-source solutions like
2231: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2232: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2233: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2234: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2235: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2236: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2237: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2238: the Beltway."
2239: <p>
1.251 ian 2240: </ul>
2241:
1.249 jufi 2242: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2243: <ul>
2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2245: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2246: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2247: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2248: </strong></font><br>
2249: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2250: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2251: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2252: <p>
1.334 ian 2253:
2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2255: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2256: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2257: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2258: </strong></font><br>
2259: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2260: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2261: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2262: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2263: "... the hypothetical question ...
2264: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2265: <br>
2266: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2267: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2268: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2269: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2270: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2271: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2272: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2273: support network security.
2274: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2275: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2276: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2277: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2278: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2279: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2280: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2281: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2282: <br>
2283: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2284: <p>
2285:
1.249 jufi 2286: </ul>
2287:
1.246 jufi 2288: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2292: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2293: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2294: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2295: </strong></font><br>
2296: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2297: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2298: <p>
2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2301: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2302: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2303: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2304: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2305: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2306: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2307: <p>
2308:
2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2310: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2311: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2312: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2313: </strong></font><br>
2314: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2315: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2316: <p>
1.247 jufi 2317: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2318:
1.244 jufi 2319: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2320: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2321:
1.247 jufi 2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2324: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2325: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2326: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2327: </strong></font><br>
2328: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2329: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2330: md5 digests.
2331: <p>
2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2334: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2335: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2336: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2337: </strong></font><br>
2338: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2339: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2340: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2341: right the first time."
2342: <p>
1.247 jufi 2343: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2344:
2345:
2346: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2347: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2350: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2351: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2352: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2353: </strong></font><br>
2354: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2355: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2356: part 6</a>.
2357: <p>
2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2360: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2361: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2362: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2363: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2364: </strong></font><br>
2365: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2366: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2367: <p>
1.301 jose 2368:
2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2370: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2371: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2372: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2373: </strong></font><br>
2374:
2375: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2376: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2377: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2378: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2379: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2380: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2381: <i>Here's the
2382: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2383: <p>
1.247 jufi 2384: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2385:
2386: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2387: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2388:
1.247 jufi 2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2390: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2391: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2392: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2393: </strong></font><br>
2394: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2395: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2396: <p>
2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2399: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2400: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2401: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2402: </strong></font><br>
2403: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2404: this time using pf.
2405: <p>
1.247 jufi 2406: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2407:
2408: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2409: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2410:
1.247 jufi 2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2412: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2413: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2414: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2415: </strong></font><br>
2416: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2417: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2418: their rotation.
2419: <p>
2420:
1.247 jufi 2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2422: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2423: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2424: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2425: </strong></font><br>
2426: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2427: <p>
1.247 jufi 2428: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2429:
1.239 jufi 2430: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2431: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2434: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2435: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2436: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2437: </strong></font><br>
2438: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2439: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2440: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2441: <p>
2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2444: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2445: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2446: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2447: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2448: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2449: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2450: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2451: <p>
1.247 jufi 2452: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2453:
1.235 lebel 2454: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2455: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2456:
1.239 jufi 2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2459: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2460: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2461: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2464: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2465: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2466: <p>
1.301 jose 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2469:
1.228 horacio 2470: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2471: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2474: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2475: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2476: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2477: </strong></font><br>
2478: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2479: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2480: <p>
2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2483: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2484: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2485: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2486: </strong></font><br>
2487: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2488: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2489: <p>
2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2492: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2493: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2494: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2495: </strong></font><br>
2496: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2497: on the desktop of his parents.
2498: <p>
2499:
1.247 jufi 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2501: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2502: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2503: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2504: </strong></font><br>
2505: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2506: using IPFilter.
2507:
2508: <p>
2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2511: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2512: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2513: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2514: </strong></font><br>
2515: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2516: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2517: perspectives of the four OS.
2518: <br>
2519: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2520: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2521: <p>
2522:
1.247 jufi 2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2524: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2525: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2526: software and security</a>,
2527: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2528: </strong></font><br>
2529:
2530: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2531: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2532: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2533: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2534: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2535: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2536: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2537: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2538: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2539: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2540: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2541: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2542: <p>
1.247 jufi 2543: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2544:
1.225 horacio 2545: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2546: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2547:
1.247 jufi 2548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2549: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2550: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2551: Interview</a>,
2552: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2553: </strong></font><br>
2554:
2555: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2556: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2557: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2558: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2559: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2560: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2561: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2562: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2563: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2564: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2565: of choice.
2566: <p>
1.247 jufi 2567: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2568:
2569: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2570: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2573: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2574: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2575: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2576: </strong></font><br>
2577:
2578: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2579: <p>
2580:
1.247 jufi 2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2582: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2583: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2584: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2585: </strong></font><br>
2586:
2587: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2588: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2589: <p>
1.247 jufi 2590: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2591:
1.218 horacio 2592: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2593: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2594:
1.247 jufi 2595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2596: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2597: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2598: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2599: </strong></font><br>
2600:
2601: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2602: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2603: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2604: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2605: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2606: subjects. Worth a read.
2607: <p>
2608:
2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2611: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2612: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2613: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2614: </strong></font><br>
2615:
2616: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2617: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2618: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2619: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2620: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2621: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2622: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2623: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2624: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2625: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2626: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2627: on other operating systems.<br>
2628: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2629: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2630: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2631: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2632: <p>
2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2635: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2636: Operating System 2010</a>,
2637: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2638: </strong></font><br>
2639:
2640: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2641: covering the level of software integration into the core
2642: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2643: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2644: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2645: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2646: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2647: <p>
2648:
1.247 jufi 2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2650: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2651: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2652: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2653: </strong></font><br>
2654:
2655: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2656: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2657: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2658: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2659: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2660: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2661: <p>
1.247 jufi 2662: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2663:
1.210 jufi 2664: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2665: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2666:
1.247 jufi 2667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2668: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2669: Already a Contender</a>,
2670: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2671: </strong></font><br>
2672:
2673: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2674: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2675: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2676: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2677: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2678: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2679: <p>
2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2682: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2683: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2684: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2685: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2686:
1.224 horacio 2687: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2688: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2689: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2690: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2691: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2692: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2693: <p>
1.247 jufi 2694: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2695:
2696: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2697: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2700: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2701: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2702: Division</a>,
2703: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2704: </strong></font><br>
2705:
2706: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2707: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2708: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2709: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2710: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2711: investment</em>.<br>
2712: The implementation details can be seen on their
2713: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2714: <p>
2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2717: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2718: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2719: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2720: </strong></font><br>
2721:
2722: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2723: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2724: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2725: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2726: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2727: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2728: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2729: <p>
2730:
2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2732: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2733: Thinking about Security</a>,
2734: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2735: </strong></font><br>
2736:
2737: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2738: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2739: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2740: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2741: to time.<br>
2742: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2743: system and just the most secure system.
2744: <p>
2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2747: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2748: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2749: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2750: </strong></font><br>
2751:
2752: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2753: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2754: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2755: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2756: choice:<br>
2757: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2758: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2759: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2760: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2761: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2762: network security devices and as such must be well
2763: armored."</em><br>
2764: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2765: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2766: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2767: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2768: <br>
2769: Bravo!
2770: <p>
1.247 jufi 2771: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2772:
1.207 ian 2773: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2774: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2777: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2778: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2779: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2780:
1.207 ian 2781: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2782: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2783: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2784: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2785: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2786: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2787: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2788: <p>
1.247 jufi 2789: </ul>
1.207 ian 2790:
1.194 jufi 2791: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2792: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2795: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2796: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2797: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2798: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2799:
1.240 miod 2800: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2801: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2802: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2803: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2804: <p>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2807: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2808: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2809: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2810:
2811: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2812: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2813: <p>
2814:
2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2816: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2817: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2818: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2819:
2820: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2821: <p>
2822:
2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2824: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2825: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2826: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2827: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2828:
1.240 miod 2829: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2830: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2831: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2832: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2833: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2834: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2835: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2836: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2837: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2838: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2839: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2840: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2841: <p>
2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2844: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2845: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2846: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2848:
1.194 jufi 2849: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2850: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2851: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2852: <br>
2853: The new
2854: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2855: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2856: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2857: <p>
1.247 jufi 2858: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2859:
1.190 horacio 2860: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2861: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2864:
2865: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2866: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2867:
1.301 jose 2868:
1.191 jufi 2869: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2870: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2871:
2872: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2873: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2874:
1.212 horacio 2875: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2876: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2877: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2878:
1.211 horacio 2879: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2880: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2881: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2884: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2885:
1.247 jufi 2886: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2887: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2888:
1.212 horacio 2889: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2890: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2891: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2892:
2893: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2894: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2895:
2896: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2897: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2898:
1.301 jose 2899: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2900: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2901:
1.191 jufi 2902: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2903: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2904:
2905: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2906: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2907:
1.192 jufi 2908: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2909: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2910: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2911:
1.193 deraadt 2912: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2913: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2914: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2917: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2920: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2921: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2922:
1.213 horacio 2923: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2924: 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 2925: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2926:
1.190 horacio 2927: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2928: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2929: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2930: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2931: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2932: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2933: <p>
1.190 horacio 2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2936: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2937: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2938: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2939: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2940:
1.195 jufi 2941: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2942: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2943: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2944: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2945: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2946: <p>
2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2949: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2950: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2951: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2952: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2953:
1.191 jufi 2954: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2955: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2956: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2957: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2958: <p>
2959:
2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2961: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2962: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2963: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2964:
2965: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2966: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2967: <p>
1.247 jufi 2968: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2969:
1.191 jufi 2970:
1.186 jufi 2971: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2972: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2975: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2976: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2977: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2978: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2979:
1.188 jufi 2980: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2981: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2982: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2983: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2984: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2985: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2986: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2987: <p>
2988:
1.301 jose 2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2990: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2991: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2992: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2993:
2994: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2995: <p>
1.191 jufi 2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2998: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2999: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3000: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3001: </strong></font><br>
3002:
3003: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3004: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3005: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3006: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3007: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3008: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3009: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3010: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3011: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3012: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3013: familiar?
3014: <p>
1.247 jufi 3015: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3016:
1.178 louis 3017: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3018: <ul>
1.178 louis 3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3021: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3022: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3023: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3027: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3028: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3029: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3030: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3031: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3032: <p>
3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3035: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3036: Open source under the hood</a>,
3037: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3038: </strong></font><br>
3039:
3040: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3041: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3042: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3043: <p>
3044:
1.247 jufi 3045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3046: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3047: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3048: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3049: </strong></font><br>
3050:
3051: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3052: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3053: <p>
1.247 jufi 3054: </ul>
1.179 louis 3055:
1.174 louis 3056:
1.175 louis 3057: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3058: <ul>
1.175 louis 3059:
1.247 jufi 3060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3061: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3062: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3063: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3064: </strong></font><br>
3065:
3066: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3067: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3068: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3069: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3073: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3074: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3075: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077:
3078: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3079: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3080: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3081: <p>
1.247 jufi 3082: </ul>
1.175 louis 3083:
1.176 louis 3084:
1.172 mickey 3085: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3086: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3087:
1.247 jufi 3088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3089: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3090: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3091: </strong></font><br>
3092:
3093: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3094: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3095: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3096: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3097: <p>
3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3100: <a
1.269 deraadt 3101: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3102: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3103: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3104: </strong></font><br>
3105:
3106: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3107: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3108: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3109: <p>
3110:
1.247 jufi 3111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3112: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3113: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3114: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3115: </strong></font><br>
3116:
3117: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3118: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3119: <p>
3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3122: <a
1.269 deraadt 3123: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3124: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3125: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3126: </strong></font><br>
3127:
3128: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3129: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3130: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3131: our own Theo de Raadt.
3132: <p>
3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3135: <a
1.269 deraadt 3136: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3137: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3138: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3139: </strong></font><br>
3140:
3141: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3142: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3143: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3144: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3145: shut down.]
3146: <p>
3147:
1.247 jufi 3148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3149: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3150: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3151: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3152: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3153: </strong></font><br>
3154:
3155: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3156: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3157: <p>
1.247 jufi 3158: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3159:
1.161 louis 3160: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3161: <ul>
1.161 louis 3162:
1.247 jufi 3163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3164: <a
1.269 deraadt 3165: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3166: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3167: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3168: </strong></font><br>
3169:
3170: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3171: by John Wolley
3172: <p>
3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3175: <a
1.269 deraadt 3176: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3177: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3178: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3182: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3183: OpenBSD).
3184: <p>
3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3187: <a
1.247 jufi 3188: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3189: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3190: </strong></font><br>
3191:
3192: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3193: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3194: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3195: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3196: and hindsight.
3197: <p>
3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3200: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3201: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3205: <p>
3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3208: <a
1.168 provos 3209: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3210: December 7, 2000
3211: </strong></font><br>
3212:
3213: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3214: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3215: us explain.
3216: <p>
3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3219: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3220: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3221: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3222: December 6, 2000
3223: </strong></font><br>
3224:
3225: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3226: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3227: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3228: <p>
3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3231: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3232: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3233: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3234: </strong></font><br>
3235:
3236: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3237: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3238: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3239: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3240: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3241: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3242: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3243: <p>
3244:
3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3246: <a
1.226 horacio 3247: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3248: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3249: </strong></font><br>
3250:
3251: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3252: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3253: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3254: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3255: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3256: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3257: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3258: <p>
1.162 millert 3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3261: <a
1.161 louis 3262: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3263: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3264: </strong></font><br>
3265:
3266: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3267: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3268: <p>
3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3271: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3272: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3273: </strong></font><br>
3274:
3275: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3276: <p>
3277:
3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3280: <a
1.226 horacio 3281: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3282: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3283: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3284: </strong></font><br>
3285:
3286: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3287: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3288: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3289: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3290: <p>
1.247 jufi 3291: </ul>
1.169 louis 3292:
1.158 louis 3293: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3294: <ul>
1.147 louis 3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3297: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3298: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3299: </strong></font><br>
3300:
3301: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3302: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3303: <p>
3304:
1.247 jufi 3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3306: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3307: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3308: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3309: </strong></font><br>
3310: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3311: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3312: <p>
3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3315: <a
3316: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3317: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3321: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3322: <p>
3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3325: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3326: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3327: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3328:
1.213 horacio 3329: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3330: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3331: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3332: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3333: <p>
1.215 horacio 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3336: <a
3337: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3338: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3339: </strong></font><br>
3340:
3341: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3342: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3343: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3344: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3345: much of the attitude too).
3346: <p>
1.161 louis 3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3349: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3350: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3351: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3352:
1.157 louis 3353: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3354: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3355: <p>
1.247 jufi 3356: </ul>
1.157 louis 3357:
3358: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3359: <ul>
1.157 louis 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3362: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3363: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3364: </strong></font><br>
3365:
3366: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3367: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3368: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3369: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3370: <p>
3371:
1.247 jufi 3372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3373: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3374: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3375: </strong></font><br>
3376:
3377: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3378: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3379: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3380: it because they love coding...
3381: <p>
3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3384: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3385: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3386: </strong></font><br>
3387:
3388: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3389: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3390: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3391: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3392: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3393: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3394: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3395: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3396: <p>
3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3399: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3400: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3401: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3402: </strong></font><br>
3403:
3404: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3405: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3406: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3407: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3408: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3409: the pizza.
3410: <p>
3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3413: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3414: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3415: </strong></font><br>
3416:
3417: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3418: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3419: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3420: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3421: problems.
3422: <p>
3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3425: <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 3426: </strong></font><br>
3427:
1.222 miod 3428: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3429: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3430: - whether they like it or not.
3431: <p>
3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3434: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3435: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3436: </strong></font><br>
3437:
3438: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3439: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3440: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3441: <p>
1.148 aaron 3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3444: <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 3445: </strong></font><br>
3446:
3447: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3448: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3449: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3450: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3451: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3452: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3453: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3454: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3455: <p>
3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3458: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3459: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3460: </strong></font><br>
3461:
3462: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3463: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3464: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3465: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3466: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3467: <p>
1.247 jufi 3468: </ul>
1.147 louis 3469:
1.138 louis 3470: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3471: <ul>
1.138 louis 3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3474: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3475: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3476: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3477: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3478: </strong></font><br>
3479:
1.227 horacio 3480: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3481: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3482: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3483: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3484: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3485: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3486: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3487: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3488: <p>
3489:
1.247 jufi 3490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3491: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3492: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3493: </strong></font><br>
3494:
3495: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3496: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3497: groups, and even Linux.
3498: <p>
3499:
1.247 jufi 3500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3501: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3502: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3503: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3504: </strong></font><br>
3505:
3506: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3507: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3508: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3509: library after installing the OS.
3510: <p>
3511:
1.247 jufi 3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3513: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3514: Sys Admin, September 2000
3515: </strong></font><br>
3516:
3517: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3518: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3519: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3520: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3521: (<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>,
3522: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3523: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3524: <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 3525: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3526: out of the system.
3527: <p>
3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3530: <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
3531: </strong></font><br>
3532:
3533: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3534: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3535: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3536: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3537: the IP filtering and address translation.
3538: <p>
1.301 jose 3539:
3540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3541: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3542: </strong></font><br>
3543:
3544: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3545: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3546: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3547: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3548: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3549: <p>
1.247 jufi 3550: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3551:
1.131 louis 3552: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3553: <ul>
1.131 louis 3554:
1.247 jufi 3555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3556: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3557: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3558: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3559: </strong></font><br>
3560:
3561: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3562: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3563: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3564: <p>
3565:
1.247 jufi 3566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3567: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3568: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3569: </strong></font><br>
3570:
3571: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3572: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3573: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3574: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3575: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3576: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3577: note of"</i>.
3578: <p>
3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3581: <a
1.247 jufi 3582: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3583: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3584: </strong></font><br>
3585:
3586: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3587: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3588: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3589: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3590: <p>
3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3593: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3594: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3595: </strong></font><br>
3596:
3597: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3598: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3599: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3600: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3601: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3602: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3603: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3604: <p>
3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3607: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3608: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3609: 2000
3610: </strong></font><br>
3611:
3612: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3613: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3614: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3615: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3616: against current industry practices.
3617: <p>
3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3620: <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
3621: </strong></font><br>
3622:
3623: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3624: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3625: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3626: <p>
3627:
1.247 jufi 3628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3629: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3630: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3631: </strong></font><br>
3632:
3633: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3634: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3635: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3636: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3637: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3638: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3639: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3640: <p>
3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3643: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3644: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3645: </strong></font><br>
3646:
3647: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3648: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3649: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3650: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3651: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3652: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3653: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3654: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3655: <p>
1.247 jufi 3656: </ul>
1.131 louis 3657:
1.118 louis 3658: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3659: <ul>
1.118 louis 3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3662: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3663: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3664: </strong></font><br>
3665:
3666: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3667: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3668: about time. The article mentions that
3669: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3670: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3671: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3672: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3673: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3674: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3675: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3676: <p>
3677:
1.247 jufi 3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3679: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3680: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3681: </strong></font><br>
3682:
3683: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3684: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3685: of OpenSSH.
3686: <p>
3687:
1.247 jufi 3688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3689: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3690: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3691: </strong></font><br>
3692:
3693: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3694: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3695: bridging.
3696: <p>
3697:
1.247 jufi 3698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3699: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3700: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3701: </strong></font><br>
3702:
1.121 deraadt 3703: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3704: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3705: <p>
3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3708: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3709: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3710: </strong></font><br>
3711:
3712: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3713: <p>
3714:
1.247 jufi 3715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3716: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3717: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3718: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3719: </strong></font><br>
3720:
1.120 deraadt 3721: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3722: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3723: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3724: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3725: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3726: <p>
3727:
1.247 jufi 3728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3729: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3730: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3731: </strong></font><br>
3732:
1.222 miod 3733: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3734: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3735: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3736: protocols and their quirks.
3737: <p>
3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3740: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3741: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3742: </strong></font><br>
3743:
3744: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3745: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3746: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3747: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3748: <p>
3749:
1.247 jufi 3750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3751: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3752: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3753: </strong></font><br>
3754:
3755: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3756: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3757: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3758: <p>
3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3761: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3762: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3763: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3764: </strong></font><br>
3765:
3766: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3767: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3768: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3769: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3770: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3771: <p>
1.247 jufi 3772: </ul>
1.118 louis 3773:
1.104 louis 3774: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3775: <ul>
1.104 louis 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3778: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3779: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3780: </strong></font><br>
3781:
3782: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3783: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3784: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3785: be a bit dry.
3786: <p>
3787:
1.247 jufi 3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3789: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3790: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3791: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3792: </strong></font><br>
3793: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3794: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3795: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3796: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3797: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3798: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3799: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3800: <p>
3801:
1.247 jufi 3802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3803: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3804: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3805: 2000
1.128 louis 3806: </strong></font><br>
3807:
3808: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3809: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3810: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3811: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3812: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3813: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3814: <p>
3815:
1.247 jufi 3816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3817: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3818: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3819: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3820:
3821: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3822: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3823: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3824: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3825: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3826: <p>
1.110 louis 3827:
1.247 jufi 3828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3829: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3830: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3831: </strong></font><br>
3832:
3833: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3834: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3835: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3836: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3837: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3838: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3839: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3840: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3841: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3842: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3843: <p>
3844:
1.247 jufi 3845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3846: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3847: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3848:
3849: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3850: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3851: <p>
1.108 louis 3852:
1.247 jufi 3853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3854: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3855: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3856: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3857:
3858: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3859: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3860: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3861: <p>
1.106 louis 3862:
1.247 jufi 3863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3864: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3865: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3866: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3867:
3868: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3869: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3870: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3871: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3872: <p>
1.107 louis 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3875: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3876: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3877: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3878:
3879: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3880: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3881: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3882: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3883: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3884: <p>
1.105 louis 3885:
1.247 jufi 3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3887: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3888: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3889: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3890:
1.113 naddy 3891: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3892: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3893: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3894: <p>
1.104 louis 3895:
1.247 jufi 3896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3897: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3898: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3899: </strong></font><br>
3900:
3901: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3902: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3903: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3904: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3905: <p>
1.301 jose 3906:
3907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3908: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3909: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3910: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3911:
3912: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3913: hardware-supported cryptography.
3914: <p>
1.247 jufi 3915: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3916:
1.85 louis 3917: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3918: <ul>
1.85 louis 3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3921: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3922: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3923: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3924:
3925: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3926: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3927: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3928: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3929: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3930: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3931: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3932: <p>
1.99 louis 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3935: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3936: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3938:
3939: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3940: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3941: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3942: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3943: <p>
1.100 louis 3944:
1.247 jufi 3945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3946: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3947: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3948: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3949:
3950: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3951: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3952: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3953: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3954: <p>
1.95 louis 3955:
1.247 jufi 3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3957: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3958: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3959: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3960:
3961: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3962: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3963: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3964: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3965: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3966: <p>
1.92 louis 3967:
1.247 jufi 3968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3969: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3970: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3971: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3972:
3973: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3974: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3975: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3976: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3977: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3978: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3979: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3980: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3981: <p>
1.91 louis 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3984: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3985: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3986: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3987:
3988: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3989: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3990: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3991: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3992: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3993: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3994: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3995: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3996: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3997: <p>
1.90 louis 3998:
1.247 jufi 3999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4000: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4001: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4002: </strong></font><br>
4003: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4004: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4005: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4006: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4007: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4008: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4009: <p>
4010:
1.247 jufi 4011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4012: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4013: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4014: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4015:
1.113 naddy 4016: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4017: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4018: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4019: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4020: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4021: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4022: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4023: <p>
1.87 louis 4024:
1.247 jufi 4025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4026: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4027: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4028: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4029:
4030: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4031: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4032: <p>
1.85 louis 4033:
1.247 jufi 4034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4035: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4036: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4037: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4038:
4039: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4040: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4041: <p>
4042:
4043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4044: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4045: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4046: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4047:
4048: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4049: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4050: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4051: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4052: <p>
1.89 louis 4053:
1.247 jufi 4054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4055: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4056: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4057: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4058:
4059: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4060: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4061: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4062: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4063: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4064: </ul>
1.85 louis 4065:
1.78 deraadt 4066: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4067: <ul>
1.74 louis 4068:
1.247 jufi 4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4070: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4071: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4072: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4073: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4074:
4075: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4076: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4077: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4078: <p>
1.83 louis 4079:
1.247 jufi 4080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4081: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4082: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4083: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4084:
4085: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4086: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4087: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4088: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4089: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4090: <p>
1.93 louis 4091:
1.247 jufi 4092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4093: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4094: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4095: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4096: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4097:
1.83 louis 4098: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4099: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4100: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4101: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4102: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4103: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4104: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4105: <p>
1.82 aaron 4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4108: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4109: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4110: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4111:
1.83 louis 4112: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4113: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4114: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4115: <p>
1.80 louis 4116:
1.247 jufi 4117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4118: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4119: Bad Press</a>,
4120: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4121: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4122:
4123: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4124: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4125: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4126: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4127: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4128: <p>
1.247 jufi 4129: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4130:
4131: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4132: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4135: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4136: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4137: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4138: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4139:
4140: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4141: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4142: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4143: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4144: <p>
1.74 louis 4145:
1.247 jufi 4146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4147: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4148: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4149: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4150:
1.219 horacio 4151: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4152: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4153: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4154: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4155: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4156: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4157: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4158: <p>
1.88 louis 4159:
1.247 jufi 4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4161: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4162: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4163: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4164:
4165: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4166: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4167: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4168: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4169: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4170: <p>
1.81 louis 4171:
1.247 jufi 4172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4173: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4174: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4175: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4176:
4177: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4178: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4179: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4180: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4181: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4182: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4183: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4184: <p>
1.90 louis 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4187: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4188: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4189: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4190:
4191: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4192: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4193: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4194: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4195: <p>
1.247 jufi 4196: </ul>
1.71 louis 4197:
1.69 deraadt 4198: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4199: <ul>
1.70 louis 4200:
1.247 jufi 4201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4202: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4203: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4204: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4205:
4206: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4207: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4208: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4209: <p>
1.70 louis 4210:
1.247 jufi 4211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4212: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4213: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4214: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4215:
4216: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4217: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4218: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4219: <p>
1.68 louis 4220:
1.247 jufi 4221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4222: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4223: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4224: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4225: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4226:
1.111 jufi 4227: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4228: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4229: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4230: "secure by default" installation.
4231: <p>
1.64 louis 4232:
1.247 jufi 4233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4234: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4235: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4236: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4237:
1.113 naddy 4238: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4239: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4240: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4241: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4242: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4243: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4244: <p>
1.66 louis 4245:
1.247 jufi 4246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4247: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4248: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4250:
4251: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4252: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4253: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4254: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4255: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4256: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4257: <p>
1.83 louis 4258:
1.247 jufi 4259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4260: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4261: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4262: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4263:
4264: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4265: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4266: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4267: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4268: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4269: <p>
1.64 louis 4270:
1.247 jufi 4271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4272: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4273: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4274: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4275:
4276: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4277: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4278: <p>
1.301 jose 4279:
4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4281: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4282: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4283: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4284: </strong></font><br>
4285:
4286: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4287: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4288: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4289: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4290: Giving way to
4291: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4292: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4293: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4294: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4295: <p>
1.247 jufi 4296: </ul>
1.65 louis 4297:
1.69 deraadt 4298: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4299: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4300:
1.247 jufi 4301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4302: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4303: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4304: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4305:
4306: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4307: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4308: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4309: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4310: <p>
1.88 louis 4311:
1.247 jufi 4312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4313: <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 4314: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4315:
4316: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4317: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4318: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4319: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4320: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4321: <p>
1.60 louis 4322:
1.247 jufi 4323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4324: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4325: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4326: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4327: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4328:
4329: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4330: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4331: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4332: <p>
1.58 louis 4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4335: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4336: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4337:
4338: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4339: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4340: <p>
1.53 louis 4341:
1.247 jufi 4342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4343: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4344: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4345: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4346:
4347: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4348: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4349: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4350: <p>
1.99 louis 4351:
1.247 jufi 4352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4353: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4354: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4355:
4356: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4357: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4358: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4359: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4360: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4361:
1.247 jufi 4362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4363: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4364: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4365: </strong></font><br>
4366:
4367: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4368: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4369: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4370: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4371: <p>
4372:
1.247 jufi 4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4374: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4375: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4376: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4377:
4378: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4379: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4380: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4381:
1.247 jufi 4382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4383: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4384: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4385:
4386: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4387: in
1.247 jufi 4388: <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 4389: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4390: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4391: <p>
1.53 louis 4392:
1.247 jufi 4393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4394: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4395: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4396: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4397: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4398:
1.58 louis 4399: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4400: <p>
1.301 jose 4401:
4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4403: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4404: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4405: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4406: Informacyjny, January 2000
4407: </strong></font><br>
4408:
4409: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4410: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4411: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4412: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4413: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4414: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4415: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4416: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4417: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4418: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4419: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4420: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4421: <p>
4422:
4423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4424: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4425: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4426: </strong></font><br>
4427:
4428: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4429: <p>
4430: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4431:
1.69 deraadt 4432: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4433: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4436: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4437: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4438: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4439: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4440:
1.58 louis 4441: Kurt Seifried
4442: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4443: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4444: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4445: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4446:
1.247 jufi 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4448: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4449: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4450: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4451:
4452: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4453: <p>
1.96 louis 4454:
1.247 jufi 4455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4456: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4457: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4458: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4459: </strong></font><br>
4460:
4461: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4462: <p>
4463:
4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4465: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4466: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4467: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4468:
4469: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4470: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4471: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4472: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4473: <p>
1.247 jufi 4474: </ul>
1.86 louis 4475:
1.69 deraadt 4476: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4477: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4478:
1.247 jufi 4479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4480: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4481: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4482: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4483:
4484: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4485: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4486: <p>
1.61 louis 4487:
1.247 jufi 4488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4489: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4490: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4491: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4492: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4493:
4494: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4495: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4496: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4497: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4498: right -- or at least strives to".
4499: <p>
1.48 louis 4500:
1.247 jufi 4501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4502: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4503: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4504: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4505: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4506: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4507: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4508: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4509: <p>
1.61 louis 4510:
1.247 jufi 4511: <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 4512: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4513: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4514:
4515: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4516: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4517: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4518: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4519: <p>
1.46 louis 4520:
1.247 jufi 4521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4522: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4523: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4524: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4525:
4526: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4527: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4528: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4529:
1.247 jufi 4530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4531: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4532: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4533: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4534:
4535: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4536: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4537: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4538: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4539: <p>
1.247 jufi 4540: </ul>
1.70 louis 4541:
1.69 deraadt 4542: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4543: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4544:
1.247 jufi 4545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4546: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4547: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4548: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4550:
4551: Kurt Seifried
4552: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4553: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4554: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4555: <p>
1.44 philen 4556:
1.247 jufi 4557: <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 4558: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4559: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4560:
4561: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4562: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4563:
1.247 jufi 4564: <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 4565: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4566: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4567:
4568: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4569: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4570:
1.247 jufi 4571: <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 4572: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4573: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4574:
4575: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4576: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4577: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4578: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4579: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4580:
1.247 jufi 4581: <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 4582: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4583: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4584:
1.36 louis 4585: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4586: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4589: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4590: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4591: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4592:
4593: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4594: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4595: </ul>
1.38 louis 4596:
1.69 deraadt 4597: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4598: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4599:
1.247 jufi 4600: <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 4601: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4602: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4603:
4604: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4605: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4606: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4607:
1.113 naddy 4608: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4609: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4610: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4611: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4612:
4613: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4614: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4615: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4616: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4617: <blockquote>
4618: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4619: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4620: <br>
4621: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4622: </code>
4623: </blockquote>
4624: <p>
4625:
1.247 jufi 4626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4627: <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 4628: <p>
4629:
4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4631: <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 4632: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4633:
4634: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4635: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4636: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4637: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4640: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4641: Sept. 28, 1999
4642: </strong></font><br>
4643:
4644: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4645: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4646: translating and reprinting articles from
4647: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4648: <p>
4649:
4650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4651: <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 4652: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4653:
4654: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4655: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4656: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4657: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4658: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4659: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4660: <p>
1.19 louis 4661:
1.113 naddy 4662: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4663: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4664: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4665:
4666: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4667: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4668: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4669: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4670: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4671: <p>
1.16 louis 4672:
1.247 jufi 4673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4674: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4675: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4676: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4677:
1.57 louis 4678: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4679: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4680: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4681: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4682:
1.247 jufi 4683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4684: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4685: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4686: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4687:
1.113 naddy 4688: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4689:
1.247 jufi 4690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4691: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4692: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4693: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4694:
1.23 louis 4695: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4696: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4697: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4698: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4699: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4700: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4701:
1.247 jufi 4702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4703: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4704: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4705: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4706:
1.199 pvalchev 4707: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4708: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4709: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4710: installation.
1.113 naddy 4711: <p>
1.47 louis 4712:
1.247 jufi 4713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4714: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4715: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4716: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4717:
1.301 jose 4718: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4719: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4720: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4721: </ul>
1.57 louis 4722:
1.69 deraadt 4723: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4724: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4725:
1.247 jufi 4726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4727: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4728: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4729: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4730:
4731: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4732: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4733: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4734: <p>
1.12 louis 4735:
1.247 jufi 4736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4737: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4738: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4739: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4740:
4741: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4742: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4743: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4744: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4745: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4746: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4747: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4748: <p>
1.247 jufi 4749: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4750:
1.69 deraadt 4751: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4752: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4753:
1.247 jufi 4754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4755: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4756: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4757:
4758: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4759: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4760: available."
1.113 naddy 4761: <p>
1.301 jose 4762:
4763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4764: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4765: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4766: </strong></font><br>
4767:
4768: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4769: <p>
1.247 jufi 4770: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4771:
1.69 deraadt 4772: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4773: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4774:
1.247 jufi 4775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4776: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4777: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4778:
4779: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4780: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4781: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4782: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4783: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4784: <p>
1.33 louis 4785:
1.247 jufi 4786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4787: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4788: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4789: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4790:
1.113 naddy 4791: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4792: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4793: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4794: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4795: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4796: <p>
1.247 jufi 4797: </ul>
1.57 louis 4798:
1.69 deraadt 4799: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4800: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4801:
1.247 jufi 4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4803: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4804: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4805: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4806:
4807: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4808: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4809: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4810:
1.247 jufi 4811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4812: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4813: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4814: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4815: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4816:
4817: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4818: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4821: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4822:
1.113 naddy 4823: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4824:
1.247 jufi 4825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4826: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4827: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4828: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4829:
4830: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4831: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4832: </ul>
1.23 louis 4833:
1.69 deraadt 4834: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4835: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4836:
1.247 jufi 4837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4838: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4839: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4840:
4841: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4842: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4843: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4844:
1.247 jufi 4845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4846: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4847: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4848: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4849:
4850: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4851: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4852: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4853: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4854: </ul>
1.57 louis 4855:
1.69 deraadt 4856: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4857: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4858:
1.247 jufi 4859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4860: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4861: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4862: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4863:
4864: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4865: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4866: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4867: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4868: <p>
1.15 louis 4869:
1.247 jufi 4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4871: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4872: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4873: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4874:
4875: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4876: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4877: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4878: columns."
1.113 naddy 4879: <p>
1.247 jufi 4880: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4881:
1.69 deraadt 4882: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4883: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4884:
1.247 jufi 4885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4886: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4887: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4888: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4889:
4890: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4891: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4892:
1.113 naddy 4893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4894: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4895: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4896:
4897: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4898: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4899: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4900: </ul>
1.57 louis 4901:
1.69 deraadt 4902: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4903: <ul>
1.301 jose 4904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4905: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4906: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4907: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4908:
4909: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4910: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4911: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4912: <p>
4913:
4914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4915: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4916: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4917: Nov 13, 1998 and
4918: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4919: Datateknik</a>,
4920: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4921:
1.380 saad 4922: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4923: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4924: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4925: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4926: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4927:
1.113 naddy 4928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4929: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4930: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4931: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4932:
1.222 miod 4933: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4934: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4935: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4936: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4937: <p>
1.247 jufi 4938: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4939:
1.69 deraadt 4940: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4941: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4942:
1.247 jufi 4943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4944: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4945: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4946:
1.69 deraadt 4947: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4948: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4949: <p>
1.247 jufi 4950: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4951:
1.69 deraadt 4952: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4953: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4954:
1.247 jufi 4955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4956: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4957: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4958: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4959:
1.383 jcs 4960: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4961: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4962: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4963:
1.247 jufi 4964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4965: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4966: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4967: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4968: <p>
1.247 jufi 4969: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4970:
1.69 deraadt 4971: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4972: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4973:
1.247 jufi 4974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4975: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4976: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4977: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4978: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4979: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4980:
4981: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4982: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4983: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4984: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4985: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4986: <p>
1.247 jufi 4987: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4988:
4989: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4990: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4991:
1.247 jufi 4992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4993: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4994: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4995:
1.69 deraadt 4996: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4997: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4998: <p>
1.112 naddy 4999:
1.247 jufi 5000: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5001: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5002:
1.292 camield 5003: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5004: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5005: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.480 ! ian 5006: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.479 2005/11/01 22:11:13 grunk Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5007:
5008: </body>
5009: </html>
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