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1.479 grunk 19: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 ! niallo 22: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
! 23: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
! 24: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
! 26: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
! 27: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
! 28: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
! 29: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
! 30: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
! 31: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
! 32: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
! 33: the packages and ports system"</i>.
! 34: <p>
! 35:
! 36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 37: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
! 38: Return of The BSDs</a>,
! 39: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 40: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
! 41: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
! 42: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
! 43: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
! 44: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
! 45: quotes from Bob Beck.
! 46: <p>
! 47:
! 48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 49: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
50: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
51: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 52: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
53: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 54: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
55: and Linux.<br>
56: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
57: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
58: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
59: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
60: of the release
61: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
62: <p>
63: </ul>
64:
1.476 ian 65: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
66: <ul>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
69: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
70: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
71: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
72: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
73: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
74: and too unreliable.
75: This quote will rattle some cages:
76: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
77: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
78: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
79: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
80: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
81: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
82: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
83: costs without any commercial lock-in."
84: <p>
85:
1.477 saad 86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
87: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
88: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
89: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
90: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
91: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
92: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
93: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
94: discussion about future plans.
95: <p>
96:
1.478 grunk 97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
98: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
99: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
100: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
101: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
102: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
103: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
104: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
105: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
106: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
107: <p>
108:
1.476 ian 109: </ul>
110:
1.470 saad 111: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
112: <ul>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 115: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
116: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
117: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
118: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
119: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
120: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
121: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
122: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
123: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
124: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 128: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
129: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
130: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
131: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
132: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
133: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
134: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
135: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
136: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
137: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 141: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
142: Big debate over small packets</a>,
143: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
144: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
145: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
146: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
147: draft.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 151: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
152: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
153: ordinateur ?"</a>,
154: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
155: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
156: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
157: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
158: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
159: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
160: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
161: <p>
162:
163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 164: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
165: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
166: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
167: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
168: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
169: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
170: performance data with pfstat.
171: <p>
172:
173: </ul>
174:
1.461 grunk 175: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
176: <ul>
177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 179: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
180: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 181: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 182: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
183: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
184: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 185: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 186: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 187: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
188: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
189: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 190: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
191: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 192: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 193: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
194: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 198: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
199: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 200: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 201: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
202: poor security:
1.467 grunk 203: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 204: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 205: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 206: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
207: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
208: <p>
209:
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 211: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
212: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 213: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 214: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
215: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 216: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
217: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
218: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
219: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
220: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
221: commercial vendors.
222: <p>
223:
224: </ul>
225:
1.454 ian 226: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
227: <ul>
1.468 grunk 228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
230: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
231: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
232: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
233: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
234: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
235: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 236: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 237: <br>
238: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
239: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
240: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
241: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
242: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 243: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 244: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
245: <p>
246:
1.454 ian 247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 248: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
249: Free Bird</a>,
250: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
251: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
252: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
253: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
254: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
255: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
256: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
257: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
258: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
259: room will only be available in the print edition.
260: <p>
1.459 deraadt 261:
1.458 niallo 262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 263: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
264: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
265: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
266: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
267: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
268: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
269: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
270: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
271: <p>
1.457 deraadt 272:
1.456 niallo 273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 274: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 275: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
276: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
277: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
278: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
279: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
280: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 281: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 282: interview.</a>
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 286: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
287: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
288: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
289: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
290: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
291: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
292: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
293: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
294: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
295: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
296: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
297: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
298: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
299: "I have never used it."
300: <p>
301:
302: </ul>
303:
1.441 deraadt 304: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
305: <ul>
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 307: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
308: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
309: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
310: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
311: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
312: future enhancements.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 316: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 317: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
318: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
319: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
320: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
321: North America mirror:
322: <ul>
1.452 marco 323: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 324: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
325: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 326: </ul>
327: European mirror:
328: <ul>
1.452 marco 329: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 330: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
331: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
332: </ul>
333: <p>
334:
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 336: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
337: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
338: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
339: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
340: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
341: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 345: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
346: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
347: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
348: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
349: first-hand account.
350: <p>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 353: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
354: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
355: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
356: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
357: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
358: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
359: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
360: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 364: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
365: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
366: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
367: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
368: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
369: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
370: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
371: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 375: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 376: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 377: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
378: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
379: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
380: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
381: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
382: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
386: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 387: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 388: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
389: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
390: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
391: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
392: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 396: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
397: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
398: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 399: </strong></font><br>
400: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
401: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
402: with OpenBSD.
403: </ul>
404:
1.436 henning 405: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
406: <ul>
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 408: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
409: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
410: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
411: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
412: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
413: than closed source, as we have long contended.
414: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
415: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
416: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
417: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
418: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
419: <p>
420: This article can also be found online as
421: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
422: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
423: <p>
424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 426: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
427: </strong></font><br>
428: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
429: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 433: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
434: </strong></font><br>
435: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
436: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 437: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 438: the issues we had with IETF.
439: </ul>
440:
1.431 ian 441: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
442: <ul>
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 444: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
445: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
446: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
447: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
448: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
449: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
450: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 454: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
455: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
456: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
457: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
458: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
459: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 460: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 461: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
462: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
463: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
464: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
465: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
466: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
467: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
468: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
469:
470: </ul>
471:
1.427 matthieu 472: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
473: <ul>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 476: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
477: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
478: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
479: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
480: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
481: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
482: firmware.
1.434 ian 483: Similar articles can be found online at:
484: <ul>
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
486: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
487: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
488: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
490: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
491: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
492: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
494: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
495: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
496: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 498: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 499: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
500: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
501: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 502: </ul>
503:
1.426 ian 504: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
505: <ul>
506:
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
508: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
509: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
510: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
511: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 512: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 513: mechanism: what it is and why and
514: how to use it, with examples.
515: Another excerpt from the book
516: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
517: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
518: <p>
519:
520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
521: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
522: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
523: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
524: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
525: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
526: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
527: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
528: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
529: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
530: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
531: This article is a sample chapter from
532: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
533: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
534: <p>
1.443 ian 535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 537: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 538: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
539: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
540: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
541: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
542: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
543: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
544: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
545: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
546: ends with a sidebar on security.
547: <p>
1.426 ian 548: </ul>
549:
1.424 ian 550: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
551: <ul>
552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 554: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
555: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
556: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
557: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
558: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
559: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
560: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
561: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
562: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
563: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
564: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
565: <p>
566: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
567: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
568: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
569: <p>
570:
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 572: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
573: Closed Source Hardware</a>
574: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
575: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
576: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
577: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
578: operating systems.
579: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
580: OpenBSD on his firewall.
581: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
582: systems, he writes:
583: <blockquote>
584: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
585: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
586: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
587: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
588: to the operating system...
589: <br/>
590: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
591: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
592: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
593: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
594: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
595: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
596: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
597: in a closed source operating system).
598: <br/>
599: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
600: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
601: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
602: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
603: </blockquote>
604: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
605: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
606: their hardware and software operates.
607: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
608: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 609: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 610: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
611: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
612: <p>
613: </ul>
614:
1.417 pvalchev 615: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
616: <ul>
1.421 ian 617:
1.417 pvalchev 618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 619: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
620: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
621: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
622: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
623: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
624: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
625: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
626: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
627: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
628: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
629: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 630: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 631: <p>
632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 633: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
634: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
635: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
636: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
637: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
638: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
639: it claims to do".
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 643: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 644: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
645: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
646: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
647: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 648: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 649: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
650: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
651: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
652: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
653: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
654: (yes, this is a hint).
655: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
656: picked up on the
657: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
658: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 659: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 660: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
661: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 665: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
666: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
667: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
668: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
669: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
670: questions about the significance and rationale behind
671: the current efforts.
672: <p>
673: </ul>
674:
1.407 henning 675: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
676: <ul>
677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 678: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
679: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
680: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
681: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
682: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
683: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
684: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
685: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
686: <p>
687:
688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 689: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
690: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
691: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
692: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
693: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
694: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
695: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
696: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
697: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 698: <p>
1.415 ian 699:
700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 701: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 702: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
703: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
704: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
705: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
706: overflow attacks... because
707: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
708: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
709: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
710: and propolice.
711: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
712: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
713: and that's when the science falls apart."
714: <p>
715:
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 717: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
718: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
719: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
720: Starts with the question:
721: <blockquote>
722: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
723: <br/>
724: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
725: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
726: <br/>
727: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
728: Should we believe them?"
729: </blockquote>
730: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
731: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
732: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
733: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
734: for your mail, web and other online activities.
735: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
736: <p>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 739: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
740: Simple Simon</a>,
741: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
742: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
743: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
744: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
745: routing/firewall, and more.
746: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
747: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
748: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
749: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
750: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
751: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
752: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
753: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
754: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
755: </blockquote>
756: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
757: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
758: <p>
759:
760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 761: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
762: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 763: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 764: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 765: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
766: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
767: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 768: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 769: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
770: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
771: in spite of it
772: (registration required, but worth it).
773: <p>
774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
776: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
777: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
778: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
779: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
780: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
781: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
782: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 783: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 784: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
785: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
786: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
787: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 791: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
792: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
793: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
794: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
795: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
796: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
797: <blockquote>
798: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
799: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
800: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
801: a lot of analysis.
802: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
803: </blockquote>
804: <p>
805: </ul>
806:
1.400 marco 807: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
808: <ul>
809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 810: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
811: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
812: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
813: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
814: UNIX-like systems.
815: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
816: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
817: <p>
818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 819: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
820: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 821: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
822: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
823: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
824: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
825: At one point, the article states:
826: <blockquote>
827: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
828: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
829: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
830: </blockquote>
831: And then quotes Theo as saying:
832: <blockquote>
833: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
834: fewer are reading or auditing code."
835: </blockquote>
836: <p>
837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
838: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
839: marks its fifth birthday</a>
840: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
841: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
842: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
843: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
844: required).
845: <p>
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 847: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
848: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
849: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
850: </strong></font><br>
851: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
852: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
853: <p>
854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 855: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
856: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 857: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 858: </strong></font><br>
859: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
860: <p>
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 862: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
863: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 864: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 865: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 866: 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 867: <p>
868: </ul>
869:
1.396 henning 870: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
871: <ul>
872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 873: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
874: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
875: Unix Review, July, 2004
876: </strong></font><br>
877: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
878: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 879: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 880: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
881: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
882: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
883: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
884: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
885: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
886: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
887: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
888: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
889: and even spelling/wording errors.
890: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
891: <p>
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 893: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 894: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
895: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
896: </strong></font><br>
897: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
898: <p>
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 900: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 901: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
902: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
903: </strong></font><br>
904: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
905: <p>
906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 907: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
908: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
909: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
910: </strong></font><br>
911: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
912: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
913: <p>
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 915: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
916: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
917: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
918: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
919: <p>
920: </ul>
921:
1.405 jolan 922: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
923: <ul>
924: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
925: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 926: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 927: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
928: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
929: details on how funds are dispersed.
930: <p>
931: </ul>
932:
1.393 david 933: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
934: <ul>
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 936: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
937: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
938: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
939: </strong></font><br>
940: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
941: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
942: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
943: on inserting large number of SQL records.
944: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
945: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
946: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
947: <p>
948:
949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 950: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
951: Secure by Default</a>,
952: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
953: </strong></font><br>
954: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
955: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
956: <p>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
959: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
960: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
961: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
962: </strong></font><br>
963: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
964: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
965: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
966: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
967: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
968: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
969: <p>
970:
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
972: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
973: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
974: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
975: </strong></font><br>
976: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
977: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
978: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
979: <p>
980:
981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
982: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
983: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
984: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
985: </strong></font><br>
986: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
987: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
988: <p>
989: </ul>
990:
1.388 mcbride 991: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
992: <ul>
1.394 jolan 993:
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
995: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
996: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
997: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
998: </strong></font><br>
999: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1000: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1001: available for sparc64.
1002: <p>
1003:
1.390 beck 1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1005: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1006: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1007: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1010: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1011: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1012: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1016: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1017: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1018: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1019: </strong></font><br>
1020: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1021: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1022: it does: CARP provides sharing
1023: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1024: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1025: detail to get you started using it.
1026: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1027: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1028: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1029: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1030: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1031: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1032: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1033: <p>
1.391 ian 1034:
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1037: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1038: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1039: </strong></font><br>
1040: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1041: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1042: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1043: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1044:
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1046: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1047: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1048: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1049: </strong></font><br>
1050: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1051: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1052: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1053: unencumbered by patents.
1054: <p>
1055: </ul>
1056:
1.378 henning 1057: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1058: <ul>
1.384 jose 1059:
1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1061: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1062: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1063: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1066: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1067: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1068: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1069: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1070: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1071: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1072: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1073: in the page tables."
1074: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1078: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1079: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1080: </strong></font><br>
1081: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1082: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1083: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1084: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1085: <p>
1.384 jose 1086:
1.378 henning 1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1088: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1089: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1090: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1091: </strong></font><br>
1092: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1093: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1094: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1095: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1096: (quote:
1097: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1098: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1099: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1100: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1101: the other developers for their work on the system.
1102: <p>
1103:
1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1105: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1106: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1107: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1108: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1109: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1110: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1111: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1112: too.
1113: <p>
1114:
1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1116: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1117: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1118: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1119: OpenBSD source code using
1120: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1121: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1122: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1123: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1124: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1125: <p>
1126: </ul>
1127:
1.374 jose 1128: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1129: <ul>
1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1131: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1132: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1135: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1136: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1137: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1138: it."
1139: <p>
1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1142: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1143: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1144: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1145: </strong></font><br/>
1146: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1147: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1148: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1149: <p>
1150: </ul>
1151:
1.369 ian 1152: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1153: <ul>
1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1155: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1156: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1157: </strong></font><br/>
1158: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1159: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1160: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1161: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1162: <p>
1163:
1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1165: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1166: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1167: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1168: </strong></font><br/>
1169: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1170: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1171: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1172: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1173: form factor.
1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1177: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1178: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1179: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1180: Features</a>,
1181: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1182: </strong></font><br/>
1183: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1184: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1185: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1186: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1187: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1188: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1189: <p>
1190: This article can also be found online at:
1191: <ul>
1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1193: <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 1194: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1195: </strong></font>
1196: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1197: </ul>
1198: <p>
1.392 david 1199:
1.371 jose 1200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1201: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1202: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1203: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1204: </strong></font><br/>
1205: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1206: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1207: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1208: <p>
1.371 jose 1209:
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1211: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1212: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1213: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1214: </strong></font><br/>
1215: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1216: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1217: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1218: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1219: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1220: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1221: and its history with OpenBSD.
1222: </ul>
1223:
1.368 henning 1224: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1225: <ul>
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1227: [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 1228: </strong></font><br>
1229: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1230: </ul>
1231:
1.364 jose 1232: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1233: <ul>
1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1235: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1236: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1237: UNIX Review,
1238: July, 2003.
1239: </strong></font><br>
1240: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1241: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1242: who want more information.
1243: <p>
1244:
1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1246: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1247: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1248: Government Computer News,
1249: July 22, 2003.
1250: </strong></font><br>
1251: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1252: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1253: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1254: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1255: <p>
1256:
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1258: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1259: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1260: SANS Institute,
1261: July 22, 2003.
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1264: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1265: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1266: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1267: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1268: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1269: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1270: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1271: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1272: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1273: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1274: <p>
1275:
1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1277: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1278: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1279: OnLamp.com,
1280: July 17, 2003.
1281: </strong></font><br>
1282: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1283: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1284: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1285: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1286: have been working on.
1287:
1288: </ul>
1289:
1.356 jose 1290: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1291: <ul>
1292:
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1294: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1295: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1296: UNIX Review,
1297: June, 2003.
1298: </strong></font><br>
1299: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1300: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1301: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1302: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1303: <p>
1304:
1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1306: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1307: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1308: eWeek,
1309: June 23, 2003.
1310: </strong></font><br>
1311: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1312: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1313: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1314: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1315: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1316: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1317: <p>
1318:
1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1320: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1321: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1322: Software Development Online,
1323: June, 2003.
1324: </strong></font><br>
1325: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1326: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1327: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1328: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1329: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1330: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1331: current activities.
1332: <p>
1333:
1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1335: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1336: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1337: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1338: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1339: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1340: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1341: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1342: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1343: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1344: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1345: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1346: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1347: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1348: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1349: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1350: decisions.
1351: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1352: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1353: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1354: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1355: <p>
1356:
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1358: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1359: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1360: Page 58, eWeek,
1361: June 2, 2003.
1362: </strong></font><br>
1363: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1364: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1365: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1366: been addressed in -current.
1367: <p>
1368:
1.356 jose 1369: </ul>
1370:
1371: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1372: <ul>
1373:
1.355 jose 1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1375: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1376: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1377: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1378: </strong></font><br>
1379: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1380: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1381: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1382: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1383: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1384: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1385: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1386: <p>
1387:
1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1389: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1390: Beyond Linux</a>,
1391: InfoWorld,
1392: May 23, 2003.
1393: </strong></font><br>
1394: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1395: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1396: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1397: compared to the GPL.
1398: <p>
1399:
1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1401: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1402: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1403: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1404: May 17, 2003.
1405: </strong></font><br>
1406: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1407: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1408: the business section and half of another page inside
1409: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1410: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1411: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1412: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1413: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1414: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1415: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1416: <br>
1417: This article can also be found online at:
1418: <ul>
1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1420: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1421: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1422: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1423: May 17, 2003
1424: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1425: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1427: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1428: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1429: Montreal Gazette,
1430: May 21, 2003
1431: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1432: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1433: <p>
1.346 ian 1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1436: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1437: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1438: May 7, 2003.
1439: </strong></font><br>
1440: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1441: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1442: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1443: <p>
1444:
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1446: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1447: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1448: OsOpinion,
1449: May 6, 2003.
1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1452: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1453: <br>
1454: This article can also be found online at:
1455: <ul>
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1457: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1458: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1459: NewsFactor Network.
1460: </strong></font>
1461: </ul>
1462: <p>
1463:
1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1465: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1466: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1467: ITBusiness,
1468: May 2, 2003.
1469: </strong></font><br>
1470: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1471: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1472: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1473: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1474: <p>
1475:
1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1477: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1478: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1479: InfoWorld,
1480: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1481: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1482: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1483: <br>
1484: This article can also be found online at:
1485: <ul>
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1487: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1488: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1489: IDG Singapore.
1490: </strong></font>
1491: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1492: <p>
1493:
1.339 jose 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1495: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1496: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1497: ZDNet,
1498: May 1, 2003.
1499: </strong></font><br>
1500: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1501: someone using parts from previous articles.
1502: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1503: This article can also be found online at:
1504: <ul>
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1506: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1507: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1508: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1509: </strong></font>
1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1511: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1512: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1513: CNET News.com.
1514: </strong></font>
1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1516: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1517: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1518: ZDNet UK.
1519: </strong></font>
1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1521: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1522: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1523: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1524: </strong></font>
1525: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1526: <p>
1.339 jose 1527:
1.341 deraadt 1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1529: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1530: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1531: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1532: May 1, 2003.
1533: </strong></font><br>
1534: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1535: that have been added
1536: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1537: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1538: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1539: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1540: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1541: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1542: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1543: <p>
1544:
1545: </ul>
1546:
1.253 ian 1547: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1548: <ul>
1.255 ian 1549:
1.260 ian 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1551: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1552: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1553: TechRepublic,
1554: April 28, 2003.
1555: </strong></font><br>
1556: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1557: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1558: work.<br>
1559: Can also be found online at:
1560: <ul>
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1562: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1563: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1564: ZDNet UK.
1565: </strong></font>
1566: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1567: <p>
1568:
1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1570: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1571: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1572: IDG,
1573: April 24, 2003.
1574: </strong></font><br>
1575: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1576: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1577: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1578: Can also be found online at:
1579: <ul>
1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1581: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1582: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1583: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1584: </strong></font>
1585: </ul>
1586: <p>
1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1589: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1590: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1591: Slate,
1592: April 24, 2003.
1593: </strong></font><br>
1594: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1595: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1596: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1597: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1598: <p>
1599:
1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1601: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1602: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1603: April 24, 2003.
1604: </strong></font><br>
1605: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1606: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1607: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1608: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1609: <p>
1610:
1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1612: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1613: April 24, 2003.
1614: </strong></font><br>
1615: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1616: the free software community".
1617: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1618: other articles.
1619: <p>
1620:
1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1622: <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 1623: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1624: </strong></font><br>
1625: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1626: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1627: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1628: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1629: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1630: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1631: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1632: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1633: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1634: <br/>
1635: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1636: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1637: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1638: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1639: <br>
1640: Can also be found online at:
1641: <ul>
1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1643: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1644: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1645: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1646: </strong></font>
1647: </ul>
1.324 ian 1648: <p>
1649:
1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1651: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1652: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1653: </strong></font><br>
1654: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1655: article above.
1656: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1657: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1658: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1659: <br>
1660: Can also be found online at:
1661: <ul>
1662: <li>
1663: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1664: </strong></font>
1665: </ul>
1.324 ian 1666: <p>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1669: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1670: </strong></font><br>
1671: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1672: <p>
1673:
1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1675: <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.
1676: </strong></font><br>
1677: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1678: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1679: <p>
1680:
1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1682: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1683: April 23, 2003.
1684: </strong></font><br>
1685: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1686: <p>
1687:
1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1689: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1690: April 22, 2003.
1691: </strong></font><br>
1692: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1693: <p>
1694:
1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1696: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1697: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1698: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1700: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1701: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1702: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1703: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1704: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1705: Can also be found online at:
1706: <ul>
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1708: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1709: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1710: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1711: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1713: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1714: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1715: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1716: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1717: </ul>
1718: <p>
1719:
1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1721: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1722: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1723: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1724: </strong></font><br>
1725: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1726: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1727: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1728: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1729: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1730: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1731: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1732: <p>
1733:
1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1735: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1736: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1737: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1738: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1739: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1740: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1741: at UPenn and DARPA.
1742: <p>
1743:
1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1745: [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,
1746: France
1.315 deraadt 1747: April 18, 2003.
1748: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1749: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1753: [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 1754: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1755: </strong></font><br>
1756: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1757: <p>
1758:
1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1760: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1761: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1762: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1763: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1764: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1765: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1766: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1767: <p>
1768:
1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1770: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1771: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1772: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1773: </strong></font><br>
1774: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1775: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1776: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1777: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1778: <p>
1779:
1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1781: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1782: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1783: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1784: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1785: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1786: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1787: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1788: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1789: Can also be found online at:
1790: <ul>
1791: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1792: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1793: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1794: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1795: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1799: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1800: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1801: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1802: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1803: </strong></font><br>
1804: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1805: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1806: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1807: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1808: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1809:
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1811: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1812: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1813: New York Times.
1814: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1815:
1.273 deraadt 1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1817: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1818: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1819: ABC News.
1820: </strong></font>
1821:
1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1823: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1824: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1825: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1826: </strong></font>
1827:
1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1829: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1830: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1831: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1832: </strong></font>
1833:
1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1835: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1836: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1837: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1838: </strong></font>
1839:
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1841: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1842: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1843: Times Daily, AL.
1844: </strong></font>
1845:
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1847: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1848: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1849: Boston.com, MA.
1850: </strong></font>
1851:
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1853: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1854: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1855: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1856: </strong></font>
1857:
1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1859: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1860: [Article was pulled]</a>
1861: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1862: </strong></font>
1863:
1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1865: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1866: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1867: Infoshop News.
1868: </strong></font>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1871: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1872: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1873: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1874: </strong></font>
1875:
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1877: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1878: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1879: Raleigh News, NC.
1880: </strong></font>
1881:
1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1883: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1884: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1885: Napa News, CA.
1886: </strong></font>
1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1889: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1890: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1891: NEPA News, PA.
1892: </strong></font>
1893:
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1895: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1896: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1897: Wired News.
1898: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1899: <br>
1900: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1901: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1902: [JAPANESE]
1903: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1904: Wired News Japan</a>
1905: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1906:
1.271 deraadt 1907: </ul>
1908: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1909: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1910: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1911: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1912: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1913: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1914: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1915: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1916: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1917: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1918: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1919: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1920: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1921: <p>
1922: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1923:
1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1925: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1926: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1927: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1928: </strong></font>
1929:
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1931: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1932: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1933: Miami Herald, FL.
1934: </strong></font>
1935:
1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1937: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1938: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1939: </strong></font>
1940:
1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1942: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1943: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1944: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1945: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1946:
1947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1948: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1949: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1950: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1951: ABC News.
1952: </strong></font>
1953:
1.276 deraadt 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1955: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1956: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1957: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1958: </strong></font>
1959:
1.286 dhartmei 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1961: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1962: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1963: Wilmington Star, NC.
1964: </strong></font>
1965:
1.300 jose 1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1967: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1968: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1969: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1970: </strong></font>
1971:
1.309 jose 1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1973: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1974: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1975: Globe Technology.
1976: </strong></font>
1977:
1.263 deraadt 1978: </ul>
1.262 beck 1979: <p>
1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1982: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1983: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1984: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1985: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1986: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1987: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1988: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1989: <p>
1990:
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1992: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1993: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1994: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1995: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1996: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1997: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1998: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1999: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2000: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2001: and simply restates other press reports.
2002: <p>
2003:
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2005: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2006: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2007: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2008: </strong></font><br>
2009: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2010: <p>
2011:
2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2013: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2014: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2015: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2018: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2019: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2020: <p>
2021:
2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2023: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2024: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2025: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2026: April 17, 2003.
2027: </strong></font><br>
2028: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2029: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2030: Tech Anthems</a>
2031: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2032: 4 so far.
2033: <p>
2034:
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2036: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2037: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2038: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2039: </strong></font><br>
2040: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2041: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2042: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2043: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2044: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2045: Goes on to say:
2046: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2047: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2048: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2049: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2050: This article is also found online at:
2051: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2053: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2054: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2055: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2056: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2058: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2059: ZDnet</a>,
2060: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2061: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2063: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2064: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2065: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2066: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2067: </ul>
1.260 ian 2068: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2069:
1.260 ian 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2071: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2072: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2073: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2074: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2075: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2076: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2077: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2078: without notice or justification.
2079: <p>
2080:
2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2082: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2083: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2084: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2085: </strong></font><br>
2086: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2087: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2088: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2089: effective today, without any warning..."
2090: <p>
1.257 ian 2091:
2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2093: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2094: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2095: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2096: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2097: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2098: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2099: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2100: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2101: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2102: <p>
2103:
2104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2105: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2106: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2107: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2108: </strong></font><br>
2109: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2110: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2111: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2112: quoting two of them:
2113: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2114: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2115: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2116: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2117: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2118: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2119: <p>
2120:
1.255 ian 2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2122: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2123: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2124: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2125: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2126: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2127: <p>
2128:
2129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2130: [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 2131: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2132: </strong></font><br>
2133: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2134: <p>
2135:
2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2137: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2138: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2139: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2140: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2141: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2142: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2143: security experts for more than three decades."
2144: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2145: <p>
1.261 ian 2146:
1.254 drahn 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2148: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2149: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2150: </strong></font><br>
2151: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2152: <p>
2153:
2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2155: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2156: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2157: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2158: </strong></font><br>
2159: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2160: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2161: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2162: <p>
2163:
2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2165: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2166: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2167: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2168: </strong></font><br>
2169: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2170: from US DARPA.
2171: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2172: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2173: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2174: the BSD license.
2175: <p>
2176: </ul>
2177:
1.251 ian 2178: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2179: <ul>
2180:
2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2182: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2183: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2184: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2185: </strong></font><br>
2186:
2187: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2188: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2189: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2190: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2191: <p>
2192:
2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2194: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2195: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2196: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2197: </strong></font><br>
2198: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2199: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2200: Mentions
2201: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2202: and
2203: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2204: programs.
2205: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2206: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2207: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2208: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2209: <p>
1.325 ian 2210: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2211: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2212:
2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2214: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2215: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2216: </strong></font><br>
2217: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2218: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2219: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2220: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2221: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2222: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2223: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2224: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2225: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2226: put into service."
2227: <p>
2228: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2229: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2230: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2231: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2232: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2233: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2234: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2235: computers with security features."
2236: <p>
1.329 ian 2237:
2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2239: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2240: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2241: Slate,
2242: March 3, 2003.
2243: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2244: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2245: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2246: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2247: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2248: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2249: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2250: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2251: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2252: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2253: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2254: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2255: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2256: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2257: of more secure open-source solutions like
2258: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2259: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2260: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2261: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2262: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2263: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2264: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2265: the Beltway."
2266: <p>
1.251 ian 2267: </ul>
2268:
1.249 jufi 2269: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2270: <ul>
2271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2272: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2273: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2274: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2275: </strong></font><br>
2276: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2277: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2278: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2279: <p>
1.334 ian 2280:
2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2282: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2283: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2284: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2285: </strong></font><br>
2286: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2287: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2288: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2289: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2290: "... the hypothetical question ...
2291: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2292: <br>
2293: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2294: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2295: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2296: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2297: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2298: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2299: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2300: support network security.
2301: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2302: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2303: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2304: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2305: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2306: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2307: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2308: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2309: <br>
2310: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2311: <p>
2312:
1.249 jufi 2313: </ul>
2314:
1.246 jufi 2315: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2316: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2319: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2320: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2321: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2322: </strong></font><br>
2323: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2324: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2325: <p>
2326:
1.247 jufi 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2328: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2329: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2330: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2331: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2332: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2333: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2334: <p>
2335:
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2337: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2338: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2339: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2342: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2343: <p>
1.247 jufi 2344: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2345:
1.244 jufi 2346: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2347: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2350: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2351: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2352: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2353: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2354: </strong></font><br>
2355: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2356: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2357: md5 digests.
2358: <p>
2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2361: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2362: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2363: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2364: </strong></font><br>
2365: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2366: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2367: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2368: right the first time."
2369: <p>
1.247 jufi 2370: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2371:
2372:
2373: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2374: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2375:
1.247 jufi 2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2377: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2378: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2379: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2380: </strong></font><br>
2381: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2382: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2383: part 6</a>.
2384: <p>
2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2387: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2388: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2389: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2390: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2391: </strong></font><br>
2392: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2393: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2394: <p>
1.301 jose 2395:
2396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2397: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2398: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2399: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2400: </strong></font><br>
2401:
2402: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2403: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2404: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2405: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2406: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2407: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2408: <i>Here's the
2409: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2410: <p>
1.247 jufi 2411: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2412:
2413: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2414: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2417: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2418: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2419: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2422: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2423: <p>
2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2426: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2427: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2428: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2429: </strong></font><br>
2430: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2431: this time using pf.
2432: <p>
1.247 jufi 2433: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2434:
2435: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2436: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2437:
1.247 jufi 2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2439: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2440: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2441: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2442: </strong></font><br>
2443: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2444: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2445: their rotation.
2446: <p>
2447:
1.247 jufi 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2449: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2450: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2451: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2452: </strong></font><br>
2453: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2454: <p>
1.247 jufi 2455: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2456:
1.239 jufi 2457: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2458: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2459:
1.247 jufi 2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2461: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2462: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2463: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2464: </strong></font><br>
2465: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2466: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2467: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2468: <p>
2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2471: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2472: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2473: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2474: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2475: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2476: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2477: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2478: <p>
1.247 jufi 2479: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2480:
1.235 lebel 2481: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2482: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2483:
1.239 jufi 2484:
1.247 jufi 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2486: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2487: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2488: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2489: </strong></font><br>
2490: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2491: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2492: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2493: <p>
1.301 jose 2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2496:
1.228 horacio 2497: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2498: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2499:
1.247 jufi 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2501: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2502: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2503: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2504: </strong></font><br>
2505: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2506: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2507: <p>
2508:
1.247 jufi 2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2510: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2511: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2512: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2513: </strong></font><br>
2514: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2515: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2516: <p>
2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2519: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2520: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2521: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2522: </strong></font><br>
2523: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2524: on the desktop of his parents.
2525: <p>
2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2528: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2529: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2530: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2531: </strong></font><br>
2532: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2533: using IPFilter.
2534:
2535: <p>
2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2538: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2539: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2540: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2541: </strong></font><br>
2542: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2543: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2544: perspectives of the four OS.
2545: <br>
2546: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2547: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2548: <p>
2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2551: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2552: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2553: software and security</a>,
2554: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2555: </strong></font><br>
2556:
2557: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2558: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2559: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2560: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2561: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2562: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2563: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2564: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2565: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2566: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2567: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2568: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2569: <p>
1.247 jufi 2570: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2571:
1.225 horacio 2572: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2573: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2576: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2577: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2578: Interview</a>,
2579: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2580: </strong></font><br>
2581:
2582: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2583: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2584: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2585: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2586: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2587: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2588: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2589: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2590: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2591: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2592: of choice.
2593: <p>
1.247 jufi 2594: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2595:
2596: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2597: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2600: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2601: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2602: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2603: </strong></font><br>
2604:
2605: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2606: <p>
2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2609: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2610: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2611: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2612: </strong></font><br>
2613:
2614: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2615: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2616: <p>
1.247 jufi 2617: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2618:
1.218 horacio 2619: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2620: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2623: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2624: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2625: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2626: </strong></font><br>
2627:
2628: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2629: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2630: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2631: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2632: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2633: subjects. Worth a read.
2634: <p>
2635:
2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2638: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2639: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2640: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2641: </strong></font><br>
2642:
2643: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2644: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2645: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2646: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2647: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2648: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2649: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2650: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2651: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2652: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2653: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2654: on other operating systems.<br>
2655: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2656: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2657: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2658: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2659: <p>
2660:
1.247 jufi 2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2662: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2663: Operating System 2010</a>,
2664: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2665: </strong></font><br>
2666:
2667: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2668: covering the level of software integration into the core
2669: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2670: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2671: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2672: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2673: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2674: <p>
2675:
1.247 jufi 2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2677: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2678: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2679: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2680: </strong></font><br>
2681:
2682: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2683: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2684: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2685: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2686: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2687: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2688: <p>
1.247 jufi 2689: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2690:
1.210 jufi 2691: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2692: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2695: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2696: Already a Contender</a>,
2697: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2701: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2702: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2703: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2704: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2705: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2706: <p>
2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2709: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2710: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2711: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2713:
1.224 horacio 2714: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2715: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2716: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2717: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2718: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2719: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2720: <p>
1.247 jufi 2721: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2722:
2723: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2724: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2727: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2728: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2729: Division</a>,
2730: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2731: </strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2734: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2735: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2736: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2737: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2738: investment</em>.<br>
2739: The implementation details can be seen on their
2740: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2741: <p>
2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2744: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2745: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2746: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2747: </strong></font><br>
2748:
2749: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2750: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2751: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2752: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2753: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2754: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2755: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2756: <p>
2757:
2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2759: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2760: Thinking about Security</a>,
2761: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2762: </strong></font><br>
2763:
2764: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2765: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2766: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2767: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2768: to time.<br>
2769: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2770: system and just the most secure system.
2771: <p>
2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2774: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2775: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2776: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2777: </strong></font><br>
2778:
2779: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2780: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2781: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2782: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2783: choice:<br>
2784: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2785: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2786: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2787: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2788: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2789: network security devices and as such must be well
2790: armored."</em><br>
2791: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2792: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2793: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2794: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2795: <br>
2796: Bravo!
2797: <p>
1.247 jufi 2798: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2799:
1.207 ian 2800: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2801: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2804: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2805: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2806: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2807:
1.207 ian 2808: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2809: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2810: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2811: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2812: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2813: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2814: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2815: <p>
1.247 jufi 2816: </ul>
1.207 ian 2817:
1.194 jufi 2818: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2819: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2822: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2823: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2824: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2825: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2826:
1.240 miod 2827: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2828: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2829: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2830: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2831: <p>
2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2834: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2835: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2836: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2837:
2838: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2839: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2840: <p>
2841:
2842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2843: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2844: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2845: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2846:
2847: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2848: <p>
2849:
2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2851: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2852: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2853: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2854: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2855:
1.240 miod 2856: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2857: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2858: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2859: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2860: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2861: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2862: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2863: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2864: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2865: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2866: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2867: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2868: <p>
2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2871: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2872: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2873: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2874: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2875:
1.194 jufi 2876: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2877: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2878: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2879: <br>
2880: The new
2881: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2882: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2883: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2884: <p>
1.247 jufi 2885: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2886:
1.190 horacio 2887: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2888: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2891:
2892: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2893: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2894:
1.301 jose 2895:
1.191 jufi 2896: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2897: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2898:
2899: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2900: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2901:
1.212 horacio 2902: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2903: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2904: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2905:
1.211 horacio 2906: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2907: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2908: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2911: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2914: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2915:
1.212 horacio 2916: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2917: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2918: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2919:
2920: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2921: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2922:
2923: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2924: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2925:
1.301 jose 2926: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2927: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2928:
1.191 jufi 2929: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2930: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2931:
2932: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2933: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2934:
1.192 jufi 2935: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2936: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2937: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2938:
1.193 deraadt 2939: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2940: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2941: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2944: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2947: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2948: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2949:
1.213 horacio 2950: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2951: 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 2952: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2953:
1.190 horacio 2954: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2955: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2956: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2957: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2958: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2959: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2960: <p>
1.190 horacio 2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2963: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2964: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2965: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2966: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2967:
1.195 jufi 2968: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2969: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2970: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2971: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2972: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2973: <p>
2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2976: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2977: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2978: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2979: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2980:
1.191 jufi 2981: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2982: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2983: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2984: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2985: <p>
2986:
2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2988: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2989: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2990: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2991:
2992: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2993: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2994: <p>
1.247 jufi 2995: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2996:
1.191 jufi 2997:
1.186 jufi 2998: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2999: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3002: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3003: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3004: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3005: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3006:
1.188 jufi 3007: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3008: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3009: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3010: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3011: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3012: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3013: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3014: <p>
3015:
1.301 jose 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3017: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3018: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3019: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3020:
3021: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3022: <p>
1.191 jufi 3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3025: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3026: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3027: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3028: </strong></font><br>
3029:
3030: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3031: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3032: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3033: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3034: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3035: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3036: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3037: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3038: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3039: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3040: familiar?
3041: <p>
1.247 jufi 3042: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3043:
1.178 louis 3044: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3045: <ul>
1.178 louis 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3048: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3049: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3050: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3051: </strong></font><br>
3052:
3053: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3054: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3055: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3056: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3057: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3058: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3059: <p>
3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3062: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3063: Open source under the hood</a>,
3064: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3065: </strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3068: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3069: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3073: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3074: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3075: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077:
3078: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3079: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3080: <p>
1.247 jufi 3081: </ul>
1.179 louis 3082:
1.174 louis 3083:
1.175 louis 3084: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3085: <ul>
1.175 louis 3086:
1.247 jufi 3087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3088: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3089: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3090: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3091: </strong></font><br>
3092:
3093: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3094: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3095: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3096: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3097: <p>
3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3100: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3101: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3102: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3103: </strong></font><br>
3104:
3105: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3106: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3107: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3108: <p>
1.247 jufi 3109: </ul>
1.175 louis 3110:
1.176 louis 3111:
1.172 mickey 3112: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3113: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3116: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3117: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3121: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3122: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3123: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3124: <p>
3125:
1.247 jufi 3126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3127: <a
1.269 deraadt 3128: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3129: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3130: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3131: </strong></font><br>
3132:
3133: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3134: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3135: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3136: <p>
3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3139: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3140: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3141: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3142: </strong></font><br>
3143:
3144: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3145: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3146: <p>
3147:
1.247 jufi 3148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3149: <a
1.269 deraadt 3150: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3151: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3152: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3153: </strong></font><br>
3154:
3155: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3156: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3157: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3158: our own Theo de Raadt.
3159: <p>
3160:
1.247 jufi 3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3162: <a
1.269 deraadt 3163: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3164: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3165: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3166: </strong></font><br>
3167:
3168: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3169: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3170: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3171: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3172: shut down.]
3173: <p>
3174:
1.247 jufi 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3176: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3177: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3178: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3179: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3180: </strong></font><br>
3181:
3182: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3183: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3184: <p>
1.247 jufi 3185: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3186:
1.161 louis 3187: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3188: <ul>
1.161 louis 3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3191: <a
1.269 deraadt 3192: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3193: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3194: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3198: by John Wolley
3199: <p>
3200:
1.247 jufi 3201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3202: <a
1.269 deraadt 3203: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3204: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3205: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3206: </strong></font><br>
3207:
3208: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3209: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3210: OpenBSD).
3211: <p>
3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3214: <a
1.247 jufi 3215: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3216: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3217: </strong></font><br>
3218:
3219: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3220: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3221: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3222: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3223: and hindsight.
3224: <p>
3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3227: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3228: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3229: </strong></font><br>
3230:
3231: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3232: <p>
3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3235: <a
1.168 provos 3236: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3237: December 7, 2000
3238: </strong></font><br>
3239:
3240: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3241: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3242: us explain.
3243: <p>
3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3246: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3247: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3248: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3249: December 6, 2000
3250: </strong></font><br>
3251:
3252: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3253: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3254: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3255: <p>
3256:
1.247 jufi 3257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3258: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3259: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3260: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3261: </strong></font><br>
3262:
3263: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3264: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3265: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3266: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3267: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3268: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3269: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3270: <p>
3271:
3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3273: <a
1.226 horacio 3274: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3275: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3276: </strong></font><br>
3277:
3278: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3279: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3280: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3281: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3282: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3283: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3284: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3285: <p>
1.162 millert 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3288: <a
1.161 louis 3289: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3290: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3291: </strong></font><br>
3292:
3293: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3294: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3295: <p>
3296:
1.247 jufi 3297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3298: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3299: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3300: </strong></font><br>
3301:
3302: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3303: <p>
3304:
3305:
1.247 jufi 3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3307: <a
1.226 horacio 3308: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3309: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3310: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
3313: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3314: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3315: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3316: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3317: <p>
1.247 jufi 3318: </ul>
1.169 louis 3319:
1.158 louis 3320: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3321: <ul>
1.147 louis 3322:
1.247 jufi 3323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3324: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3325: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3326: </strong></font><br>
3327:
3328: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3329: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3330: <p>
3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3333: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3334: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3335: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3336: </strong></font><br>
3337: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3338: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3339: <p>
3340:
1.247 jufi 3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3342: <a
3343: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3344: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3345: </strong></font><br>
3346:
3347: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3348: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3349: <p>
3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3352: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3353: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3354: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3355:
1.213 horacio 3356: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3357: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3358: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3359: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3360: <p>
1.215 horacio 3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3363: <a
3364: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3365: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3366: </strong></font><br>
3367:
3368: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3369: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3370: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3371: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3372: much of the attitude too).
3373: <p>
1.161 louis 3374:
1.247 jufi 3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3376: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3377: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3378: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3379:
1.157 louis 3380: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3381: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3382: <p>
1.247 jufi 3383: </ul>
1.157 louis 3384:
3385: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3386: <ul>
1.157 louis 3387:
1.247 jufi 3388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3389: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3390: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3391: </strong></font><br>
3392:
3393: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3394: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3395: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3396: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3397: <p>
3398:
1.247 jufi 3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3400: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3401: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3402: </strong></font><br>
3403:
3404: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3405: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3406: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3407: it because they love coding...
3408: <p>
3409:
1.247 jufi 3410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3411: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3412: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3413: </strong></font><br>
3414:
3415: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3416: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3417: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3418: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3419: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3420: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3421: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3422: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3423: <p>
3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3426: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3427: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3428: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3429: </strong></font><br>
3430:
3431: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3432: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3433: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3434: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3435: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3436: the pizza.
3437: <p>
3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3440: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3441: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3442: </strong></font><br>
3443:
3444: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3445: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3446: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3447: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3448: problems.
3449: <p>
3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3452: <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 3453: </strong></font><br>
3454:
1.222 miod 3455: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3456: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3457: - whether they like it or not.
3458: <p>
3459:
1.247 jufi 3460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3461: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3462: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3463: </strong></font><br>
3464:
3465: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3466: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3467: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3468: <p>
1.148 aaron 3469:
1.247 jufi 3470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3471: <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 3472: </strong></font><br>
3473:
3474: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3475: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3476: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3477: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3478: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3479: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3480: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3481: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3482: <p>
3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3485: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3486: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3487: </strong></font><br>
3488:
3489: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3490: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3491: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3492: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3493: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3494: <p>
1.247 jufi 3495: </ul>
1.147 louis 3496:
1.138 louis 3497: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3498: <ul>
1.138 louis 3499:
1.247 jufi 3500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3501: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3502: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3503: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3504: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3505: </strong></font><br>
3506:
1.227 horacio 3507: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3508: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3509: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3510: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3511: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3512: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3513: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3514: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3518: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3519: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3520: </strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3523: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3524: groups, and even Linux.
3525: <p>
3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3528: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3529: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3530: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3531: </strong></font><br>
3532:
3533: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3534: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3535: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3536: library after installing the OS.
3537: <p>
3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3540: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3541: Sys Admin, September 2000
3542: </strong></font><br>
3543:
3544: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3545: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3546: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3547: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3548: (<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>,
3549: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3550: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3551: <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 3552: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3553: out of the system.
3554: <p>
3555:
1.247 jufi 3556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3557: <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
3558: </strong></font><br>
3559:
3560: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3561: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3562: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3563: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3564: the IP filtering and address translation.
3565: <p>
1.301 jose 3566:
3567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3568: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3569: </strong></font><br>
3570:
3571: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3572: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3573: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3574: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3575: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3576: <p>
1.247 jufi 3577: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3578:
1.131 louis 3579: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3580: <ul>
1.131 louis 3581:
1.247 jufi 3582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3583: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3584: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3585: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3586: </strong></font><br>
3587:
3588: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3589: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3590: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3591: <p>
3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3594: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3595: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3596: </strong></font><br>
3597:
3598: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3599: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3600: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3601: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3602: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3603: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3604: note of"</i>.
3605: <p>
3606:
1.247 jufi 3607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3608: <a
1.247 jufi 3609: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3610: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3611: </strong></font><br>
3612:
3613: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3614: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3615: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3616: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3617: <p>
3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3620: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3621: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3622: </strong></font><br>
3623:
3624: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3625: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3626: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3627: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3628: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3629: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3630: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3631: <p>
3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3634: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3635: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3636: 2000
3637: </strong></font><br>
3638:
3639: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3640: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3641: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3642: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3643: against current industry practices.
3644: <p>
3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3647: <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
3648: </strong></font><br>
3649:
3650: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3651: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3652: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3653: <p>
3654:
1.247 jufi 3655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3656: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3657: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3658: </strong></font><br>
3659:
3660: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3661: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3662: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3663: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3664: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3665: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3666: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3667: <p>
3668:
1.247 jufi 3669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3670: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3671: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3672: </strong></font><br>
3673:
3674: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3675: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3676: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3677: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3678: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3679: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3680: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3681: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3682: <p>
1.247 jufi 3683: </ul>
1.131 louis 3684:
1.118 louis 3685: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3686: <ul>
1.118 louis 3687:
1.247 jufi 3688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3689: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3690: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3691: </strong></font><br>
3692:
3693: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3694: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3695: about time. The article mentions that
3696: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3697: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3698: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3699: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3700: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3701: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3702: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3703: <p>
3704:
1.247 jufi 3705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3706: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3707: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3708: </strong></font><br>
3709:
3710: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3711: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3712: of OpenSSH.
3713: <p>
3714:
1.247 jufi 3715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3716: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3717: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3718: </strong></font><br>
3719:
3720: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3721: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3722: bridging.
3723: <p>
3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3726: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3727: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3728: </strong></font><br>
3729:
1.121 deraadt 3730: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3731: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3732: <p>
3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3735: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3736: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3737: </strong></font><br>
3738:
3739: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3740: <p>
3741:
1.247 jufi 3742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3743: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3744: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3745: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3746: </strong></font><br>
3747:
1.120 deraadt 3748: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3749: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3750: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3751: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3752: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3753: <p>
3754:
1.247 jufi 3755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3756: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3757: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3758: </strong></font><br>
3759:
1.222 miod 3760: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3761: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3762: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3763: protocols and their quirks.
3764: <p>
3765:
1.247 jufi 3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3767: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3768: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3769: </strong></font><br>
3770:
3771: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3772: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3773: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3774: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3775: <p>
3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3778: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3779: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3780: </strong></font><br>
3781:
3782: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3783: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3784: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3785: <p>
3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3788: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3789: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3790: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3791: </strong></font><br>
3792:
3793: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3794: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3795: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3796: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3797: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3798: <p>
1.247 jufi 3799: </ul>
1.118 louis 3800:
1.104 louis 3801: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3802: <ul>
1.104 louis 3803:
1.247 jufi 3804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3805: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3806: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3807: </strong></font><br>
3808:
3809: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3810: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3811: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3812: be a bit dry.
3813: <p>
3814:
1.247 jufi 3815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3816: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3817: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3818: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3819: </strong></font><br>
3820: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3821: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3822: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3823: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3824: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3825: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3826: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3827: <p>
3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3830: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3831: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3832: 2000
1.128 louis 3833: </strong></font><br>
3834:
3835: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3836: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3837: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3838: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3839: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3840: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3841: <p>
3842:
1.247 jufi 3843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3844: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3845: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3846: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3847:
3848: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3849: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3850: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3851: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3852: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3853: <p>
1.110 louis 3854:
1.247 jufi 3855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3856: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3857: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3858: </strong></font><br>
3859:
3860: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3861: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3862: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3863: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3864: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3865: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3866: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3867: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3868: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3869: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3870: <p>
3871:
1.247 jufi 3872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3873: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3874: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3875:
3876: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3877: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3878: <p>
1.108 louis 3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3881: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3882: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3883: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3884:
3885: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3886: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3887: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3888: <p>
1.106 louis 3889:
1.247 jufi 3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3891: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3892: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3893: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3894:
3895: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3896: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3897: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3898: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3899: <p>
1.107 louis 3900:
1.247 jufi 3901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3902: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3903: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3904: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3905:
3906: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3907: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3908: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3909: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3910: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3911: <p>
1.105 louis 3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3914: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3915: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3916: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3917:
1.113 naddy 3918: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3919: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3920: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3921: <p>
1.104 louis 3922:
1.247 jufi 3923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3924: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3925: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3926: </strong></font><br>
3927:
3928: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3929: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3930: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3931: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3932: <p>
1.301 jose 3933:
3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3935: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3936: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3937: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3938:
3939: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3940: hardware-supported cryptography.
3941: <p>
1.247 jufi 3942: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3943:
1.85 louis 3944: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3945: <ul>
1.85 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3948: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3949: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3950: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3951:
3952: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3953: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3954: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3955: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3956: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3957: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3958: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3959: <p>
1.99 louis 3960:
1.247 jufi 3961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3962: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3963: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3964: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3965:
3966: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3967: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3968: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3969: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3970: <p>
1.100 louis 3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3973: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3974: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3975: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3976:
3977: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3978: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3979: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3980: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3981: <p>
1.95 louis 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3984: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3985: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3986: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3987:
3988: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3989: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3990: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3991: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3992: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3993: <p>
1.92 louis 3994:
1.247 jufi 3995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3996: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3997: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3998: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3999:
4000: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4001: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4002: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4003: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4004: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4005: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4006: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4007: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4008: <p>
1.91 louis 4009:
1.247 jufi 4010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4011: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4012: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4013: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4014:
4015: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4016: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4017: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4018: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4019: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4020: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4021: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4022: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4023: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4024: <p>
1.90 louis 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4027: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4028: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4029: </strong></font><br>
4030: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4031: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4032: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4033: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4034: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4035: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4036: <p>
4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4039: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4040: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4041: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4042:
1.113 naddy 4043: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4044: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4045: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4046: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4047: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4048: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4049: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4050: <p>
1.87 louis 4051:
1.247 jufi 4052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4053: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4054: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4055: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4056:
4057: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4058: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4059: <p>
1.85 louis 4060:
1.247 jufi 4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4062: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4063: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4064: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4067: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4068: <p>
4069:
4070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4071: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4072: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4073: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4074:
4075: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4076: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4077: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4078: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4079: <p>
1.89 louis 4080:
1.247 jufi 4081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4082: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4083: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4084: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4085:
4086: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4087: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4088: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4089: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4090: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4091: </ul>
1.85 louis 4092:
1.78 deraadt 4093: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4094: <ul>
1.74 louis 4095:
1.247 jufi 4096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4097: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4098: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4099: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4100: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4101:
4102: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4103: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4104: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4105: <p>
1.83 louis 4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4108: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4109: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4110: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4111:
4112: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4113: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4114: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4115: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4116: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4117: <p>
1.93 louis 4118:
1.247 jufi 4119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4120: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4121: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4122: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4123: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4124:
1.83 louis 4125: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4126: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4127: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4128: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4129: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4130: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4131: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4132: <p>
1.82 aaron 4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4135: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4136: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4137: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4138:
1.83 louis 4139: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4140: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4141: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4142: <p>
1.80 louis 4143:
1.247 jufi 4144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4145: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4146: Bad Press</a>,
4147: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4148: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4149:
4150: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4151: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4152: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4153: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4154: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4155: <p>
1.247 jufi 4156: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4157:
4158: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4159: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4160:
1.247 jufi 4161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4162: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4163: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4164: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4165: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4166:
4167: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4168: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4169: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4170: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4171: <p>
1.74 louis 4172:
1.247 jufi 4173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4174: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4175: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4176: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4177:
1.219 horacio 4178: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4179: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4180: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4181: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4182: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4183: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4184: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4185: <p>
1.88 louis 4186:
1.247 jufi 4187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4188: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4189: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4190: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4191:
4192: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4193: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4194: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4195: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4196: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4197: <p>
1.81 louis 4198:
1.247 jufi 4199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4200: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4201: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4202: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4203:
4204: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4205: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4206: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4207: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4208: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4209: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4210: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4211: <p>
1.90 louis 4212:
1.247 jufi 4213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4214: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4215: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4216: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4217:
4218: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4219: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4220: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4221: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4222: <p>
1.247 jufi 4223: </ul>
1.71 louis 4224:
1.69 deraadt 4225: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4226: <ul>
1.70 louis 4227:
1.247 jufi 4228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4229: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4230: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4231: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4232:
4233: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4234: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4235: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4236: <p>
1.70 louis 4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4239: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4240: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4241: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4242:
4243: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4244: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4245: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4246: <p>
1.68 louis 4247:
1.247 jufi 4248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4249: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4250: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4251: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4252: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4253:
1.111 jufi 4254: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4255: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4256: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4257: "secure by default" installation.
4258: <p>
1.64 louis 4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4261: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4262: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4263: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4264:
1.113 naddy 4265: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4266: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4267: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4268: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4269: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4270: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4271: <p>
1.66 louis 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4274: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4275: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4276: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4277:
4278: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4279: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4280: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4281: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4282: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4283: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4284: <p>
1.83 louis 4285:
1.247 jufi 4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4287: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4288: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4289: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4290:
4291: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4292: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4293: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4294: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4295: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4296: <p>
1.64 louis 4297:
1.247 jufi 4298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4299: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4300: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4301: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4302:
4303: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4304: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4305: <p>
1.301 jose 4306:
4307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4308: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4309: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4310: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4311: </strong></font><br>
4312:
4313: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4314: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4315: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4316: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4317: Giving way to
4318: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4319: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4320: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4321: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4322: <p>
1.247 jufi 4323: </ul>
1.65 louis 4324:
1.69 deraadt 4325: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4326: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4327:
1.247 jufi 4328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4329: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4330: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4331: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4332:
4333: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4334: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4335: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4336: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4337: <p>
1.88 louis 4338:
1.247 jufi 4339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4340: <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 4341: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4342:
4343: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4344: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4345: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4346: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4347: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4348: <p>
1.60 louis 4349:
1.247 jufi 4350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4351: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4352: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4353: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4354: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4355:
4356: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4357: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4358: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4359: <p>
1.58 louis 4360:
1.247 jufi 4361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4362: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4363: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4364:
4365: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4366: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4367: <p>
1.53 louis 4368:
1.247 jufi 4369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4370: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4371: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4372: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4373:
4374: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4375: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4376: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4377: <p>
1.99 louis 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4380: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4381: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4382:
4383: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4384: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4385: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4386: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4387: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4390: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4391: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4392: </strong></font><br>
4393:
4394: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4395: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4396: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4397: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4398: <p>
4399:
1.247 jufi 4400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4401: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4402: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4403: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4404:
4405: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4406: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4407: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4408:
1.247 jufi 4409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4410: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4411: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4412:
4413: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4414: in
1.247 jufi 4415: <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 4416: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4417: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4418: <p>
1.53 louis 4419:
1.247 jufi 4420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4421: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4422: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4423: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4424: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4425:
1.58 louis 4426: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4427: <p>
1.301 jose 4428:
4429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4430: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4431: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4432: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4433: Informacyjny, January 2000
4434: </strong></font><br>
4435:
4436: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4437: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4438: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4439: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4440: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4441: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4442: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4443: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4444: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4445: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4446: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4447: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4448: <p>
4449:
4450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4451: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4452: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4453: </strong></font><br>
4454:
4455: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4456: <p>
4457: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4458:
1.69 deraadt 4459: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4460: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4463: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4464: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4465: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4466: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4467:
1.58 louis 4468: Kurt Seifried
4469: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4470: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4471: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4472: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4473:
1.247 jufi 4474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4475: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4476: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4477: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4478:
4479: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4480: <p>
1.96 louis 4481:
1.247 jufi 4482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4483: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4484: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4485: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4486: </strong></font><br>
4487:
4488: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4489: <p>
4490:
4491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4492: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4493: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4494: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4495:
4496: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4497: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4498: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4499: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4500: <p>
1.247 jufi 4501: </ul>
1.86 louis 4502:
1.69 deraadt 4503: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4504: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4505:
1.247 jufi 4506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4507: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4508: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4509: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4510:
4511: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4512: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4513: <p>
1.61 louis 4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4516: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4517: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4518: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4519: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4520:
4521: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4522: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4523: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4524: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4525: right -- or at least strives to".
4526: <p>
1.48 louis 4527:
1.247 jufi 4528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4529: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4530: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4531: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4532: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4533: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4534: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4535: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4536: <p>
1.61 louis 4537:
1.247 jufi 4538: <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 4539: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4540: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4541:
4542: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4543: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4544: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4545: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4546: <p>
1.46 louis 4547:
1.247 jufi 4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4549: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4550: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4551: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4552:
4553: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4554: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4555: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4556:
1.247 jufi 4557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4558: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4559: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4560: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4561:
4562: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4563: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4564: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4565: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4566: <p>
1.247 jufi 4567: </ul>
1.70 louis 4568:
1.69 deraadt 4569: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4570: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4571:
1.247 jufi 4572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4573: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4574: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4575: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4576: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4577:
4578: Kurt Seifried
4579: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4580: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4581: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4582: <p>
1.44 philen 4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <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 4585: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4586: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4587:
4588: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4589: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4590:
1.247 jufi 4591: <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 4592: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4593: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4594:
4595: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4596: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <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 4599: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4600: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4601:
4602: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4603: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4604: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4605: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4606: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4607:
1.247 jufi 4608: <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 4609: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4610: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4611:
1.36 louis 4612: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4613: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4614:
1.247 jufi 4615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4616: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4617: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4618: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4619:
4620: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4621: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4622: </ul>
1.38 louis 4623:
1.69 deraadt 4624: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4625: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <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 4628: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4629: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4630:
4631: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4632: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4633: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4634:
1.113 naddy 4635: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4636: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4637: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4638: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4639:
4640: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4641: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4642: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4643: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4644: <blockquote>
4645: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4646: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4647: <br>
4648: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4649: </code>
4650: </blockquote>
4651: <p>
4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4654: <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 4655: <p>
4656:
4657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4658: <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 4659: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4660:
4661: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4662: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4663: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4664: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4667: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4668: Sept. 28, 1999
4669: </strong></font><br>
4670:
4671: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4672: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4673: translating and reprinting articles from
4674: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4675: <p>
4676:
4677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4678: <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 4679: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4680:
4681: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4682: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4683: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4684: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4685: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4686: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4687: <p>
1.19 louis 4688:
1.113 naddy 4689: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4690: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4691: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4692:
4693: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4694: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4695: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4696: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4697: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4698: <p>
1.16 louis 4699:
1.247 jufi 4700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4701: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4702: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4703: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4704:
1.57 louis 4705: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4706: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4707: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4708: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4711: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4712: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4713: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4714:
1.113 naddy 4715: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4716:
1.247 jufi 4717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4718: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4719: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4720: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4721:
1.23 louis 4722: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4723: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4724: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4725: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4726: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4727: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4728:
1.247 jufi 4729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4730: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4731: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4732: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4733:
1.199 pvalchev 4734: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4735: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4736: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4737: installation.
1.113 naddy 4738: <p>
1.47 louis 4739:
1.247 jufi 4740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4741: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4742: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4743: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4744:
1.301 jose 4745: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4746: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4747: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4748: </ul>
1.57 louis 4749:
1.69 deraadt 4750: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4751: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4752:
1.247 jufi 4753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4754: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4755: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4756: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4757:
4758: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4759: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4760: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4761: <p>
1.12 louis 4762:
1.247 jufi 4763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4764: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4765: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4766: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4767:
4768: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4769: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4770: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4771: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4772: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4773: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4774: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4775: <p>
1.247 jufi 4776: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4777:
1.69 deraadt 4778: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4779: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4782: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4783: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4784:
4785: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4786: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4787: available."
1.113 naddy 4788: <p>
1.301 jose 4789:
4790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4791: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4792: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4793: </strong></font><br>
4794:
4795: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4796: <p>
1.247 jufi 4797: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4798:
1.69 deraadt 4799: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4800: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4801:
1.247 jufi 4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4803: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4804: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4805:
4806: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4807: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4808: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4809: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4810: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4811: <p>
1.33 louis 4812:
1.247 jufi 4813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4814: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4815: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4816: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4817:
1.113 naddy 4818: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4819: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4820: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4821: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4822: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4823: <p>
1.247 jufi 4824: </ul>
1.57 louis 4825:
1.69 deraadt 4826: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4827: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4828:
1.247 jufi 4829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4830: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4831: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4832: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4833:
4834: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4835: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4836: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4837:
1.247 jufi 4838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4839: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4840: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4841: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4842: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4843:
4844: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4845: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4846:
1.247 jufi 4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4848: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4849:
1.113 naddy 4850: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4851:
1.247 jufi 4852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4853: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4854: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4855: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4856:
4857: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4858: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4859: </ul>
1.23 louis 4860:
1.69 deraadt 4861: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4862: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4863:
1.247 jufi 4864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4865: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4866: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4867:
4868: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4869: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4870: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4871:
1.247 jufi 4872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4873: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4874: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4875: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4876:
4877: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4878: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4879: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4880: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4881: </ul>
1.57 louis 4882:
1.69 deraadt 4883: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4884: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4885:
1.247 jufi 4886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4887: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4888: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4889: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4890:
4891: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4892: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4893: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4894: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4895: <p>
1.15 louis 4896:
1.247 jufi 4897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4898: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4899: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4900: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4901:
4902: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4903: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4904: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4905: columns."
1.113 naddy 4906: <p>
1.247 jufi 4907: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4908:
1.69 deraadt 4909: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4910: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4911:
1.247 jufi 4912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4913: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4914: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4915: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4916:
4917: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4918: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4919:
1.113 naddy 4920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4921: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4922: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4923:
4924: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4925: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4926: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4927: </ul>
1.57 louis 4928:
1.69 deraadt 4929: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4930: <ul>
1.301 jose 4931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4932: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4933: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4934: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4935:
4936: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4937: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4938: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4939: <p>
4940:
4941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4942: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4943: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4944: Nov 13, 1998 and
4945: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4946: Datateknik</a>,
4947: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4948:
1.380 saad 4949: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4950: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4951: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4952: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4953: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4954:
1.113 naddy 4955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4956: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4957: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4958: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4959:
1.222 miod 4960: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4961: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4962: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4963: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4964: <p>
1.247 jufi 4965: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4966:
1.69 deraadt 4967: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4968: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4969:
1.247 jufi 4970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4971: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4972: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4973:
1.69 deraadt 4974: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4975: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4976: <p>
1.247 jufi 4977: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4978:
1.69 deraadt 4979: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4980: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4981:
1.247 jufi 4982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4983: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4984: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4985: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4986:
1.383 jcs 4987: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4988: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4989: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4990:
1.247 jufi 4991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4992: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4993: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4994: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4995: <p>
1.247 jufi 4996: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4997:
1.69 deraadt 4998: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4999: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5000:
1.247 jufi 5001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5002: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5003: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5004: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5005: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5006: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5007:
5008: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5009: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5010: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5011: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5012: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5013: <p>
1.247 jufi 5014: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5015:
5016: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5017: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5018:
1.247 jufi 5019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5020: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5021: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5022:
1.69 deraadt 5023: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5024: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5025: <p>
1.112 naddy 5026:
1.247 jufi 5027: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5028: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5029:
1.292 camield 5030: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5031: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5032: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.481 ! niallo 5033: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.480 2005/11/02 00:34:02 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5034:
5035: </body>
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