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1.479 grunk 19: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.482 ! ian 22: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
! 23: Goes to Venice</a>,
! 24: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
! 26: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
! 27: <br/>
! 28: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
! 29: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
! 30: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
! 31: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
! 32: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
! 33: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
! 34: Contains a link to
! 35: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
! 36: pval's summary slides</a>.
! 37: <p>
! 38:
! 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 40: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
41: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
42: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
43: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
44: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
45: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
46: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
47: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
48: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
49: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
50: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
51: the packages and ports system"</i>.
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
55: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
56: Return of The BSDs</a>,
57: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
58: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
59: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
60: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
61: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
62: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
63: quotes from Bob Beck.
64: <p>
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 67: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
68: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
69: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 70: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
71: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 72: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
73: and Linux.<br>
74: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
75: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
76: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
77: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
78: of the release
79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
80: <p>
81: </ul>
82:
1.476 ian 83: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
84: <ul>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
87: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
88: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
89: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
90: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
91: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
92: and too unreliable.
93: This quote will rattle some cages:
94: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
95: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
96: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
97: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
98: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
99: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
100: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
101: costs without any commercial lock-in."
102: <p>
103:
1.477 saad 104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
105: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
106: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
107: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
108: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
109: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
110: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
111: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
112: discussion about future plans.
113: <p>
114:
1.478 grunk 115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
116: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
117: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
118: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
119: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
120: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
121: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
122: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
123: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
124: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
125: <p>
126:
1.476 ian 127: </ul>
128:
1.470 saad 129: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
130: <ul>
131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 133: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
134: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
135: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
136: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
137: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
138: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
139: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
140: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
141: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
142: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 146: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
147: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
148: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
149: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
150: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
151: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
152: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
153: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
154: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
155: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
156: <p>
157:
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 159: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
160: Big debate over small packets</a>,
161: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
162: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
163: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
164: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
165: draft.
166: <p>
167:
168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 169: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
170: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
171: ordinateur ?"</a>,
172: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
173: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
174: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
175: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
176: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
177: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
178: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 182: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
183: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
184: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
185: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
186: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
187: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
188: performance data with pfstat.
189: <p>
190:
191: </ul>
192:
1.461 grunk 193: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
194: <ul>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 197: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
198: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 199: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 200: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
201: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
202: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 203: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 204: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 205: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
206: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
207: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 208: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
209: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 210: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 211: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
212: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 216: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
217: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 218: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 219: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
220: poor security:
1.467 grunk 221: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 222: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 223: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 224: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
225: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
226: <p>
227:
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 229: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
230: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 231: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 232: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
233: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 234: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
235: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
236: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
237: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
238: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
239: commercial vendors.
240: <p>
241:
242: </ul>
243:
1.454 ian 244: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
245: <ul>
1.468 grunk 246:
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
248: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
249: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
250: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
251: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
252: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
253: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 254: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 255: <br>
256: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
257: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
258: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
259: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
260: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 261: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 262: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
263: <p>
264:
1.454 ian 265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 266: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
267: Free Bird</a>,
268: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
269: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
270: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
271: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
272: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
273: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
274: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
275: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
276: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
277: room will only be available in the print edition.
278: <p>
1.459 deraadt 279:
1.458 niallo 280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 281: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
282: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
283: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
284: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
285: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
286: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
287: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
288: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
289: <p>
1.457 deraadt 290:
1.456 niallo 291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 292: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 293: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
294: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
295: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
296: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
297: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
298: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 299: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 300: interview.</a>
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 304: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
305: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
306: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
307: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
308: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
309: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
310: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
311: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
312: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
313: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
314: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
315: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
316: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
317: "I have never used it."
318: <p>
319:
320: </ul>
321:
1.441 deraadt 322: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
323: <ul>
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 325: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
326: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
327: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
328: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
329: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
330: future enhancements.
331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 334: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 335: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
336: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
337: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
338: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
339: North America mirror:
340: <ul>
1.452 marco 341: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 342: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
343: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 344: </ul>
345: European mirror:
346: <ul>
1.452 marco 347: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 348: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
349: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
350: </ul>
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 354: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
355: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
356: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
357: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
358: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
359: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 363: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
364: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
365: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
366: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
367: first-hand account.
368: <p>
369:
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 371: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
372: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
373: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
374: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
375: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
376: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
377: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
378: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 382: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
383: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
384: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
385: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
386: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
387: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
388: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
389: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 393: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 394: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 395: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
396: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
397: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
398: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
399: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
400: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
401: <p>
402:
403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
404: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 405: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 406: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
407: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
408: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
409: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
410: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 414: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
415: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
416: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 417: </strong></font><br>
418: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
419: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
420: with OpenBSD.
421: </ul>
422:
1.436 henning 423: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
424: <ul>
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 426: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
427: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
428: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
429: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
430: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
431: than closed source, as we have long contended.
432: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
433: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
434: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
435: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
436: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
437: <p>
438: This article can also be found online as
439: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
440: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 444: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
445: </strong></font><br>
446: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
447: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
448: <p>
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 451: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
452: </strong></font><br>
453: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
454: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 455: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 456: the issues we had with IETF.
457: </ul>
458:
1.431 ian 459: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
460: <ul>
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 462: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
463: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
464: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
465: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
466: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
467: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
468: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
469: <p>
470:
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 472: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
473: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
474: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
475: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
476: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
477: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 478: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 479: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
480: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
481: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
482: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
483: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
484: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
485: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
486: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
487:
488: </ul>
489:
1.427 matthieu 490: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
491: <ul>
492:
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 494: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
495: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
496: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
497: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
498: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
499: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
500: firmware.
1.434 ian 501: Similar articles can be found online at:
502: <ul>
503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
504: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
505: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
506: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
508: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
509: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
510: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
512: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
513: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
514: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 516: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 517: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
518: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
519: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 520: </ul>
521:
1.426 ian 522: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
523: <ul>
524:
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
526: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
527: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
528: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
529: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 530: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 531: mechanism: what it is and why and
532: how to use it, with examples.
533: Another excerpt from the book
534: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
535: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
536: <p>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
539: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
540: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
541: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
542: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
543: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
544: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
545: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
546: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
547: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
548: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
549: This article is a sample chapter from
550: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
551: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
552: <p>
1.443 ian 553:
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 555: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 556: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
557: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
558: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
559: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
560: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
561: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
562: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
563: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
564: ends with a sidebar on security.
565: <p>
1.426 ian 566: </ul>
567:
1.424 ian 568: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
569: <ul>
570:
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 572: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
573: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
574: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
575: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
576: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
577: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
578: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
579: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
580: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
581: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
582: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
583: <p>
584: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
585: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
586: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
587: <p>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 590: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
591: Closed Source Hardware</a>
592: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
593: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
594: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
595: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
596: operating systems.
597: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
598: OpenBSD on his firewall.
599: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
600: systems, he writes:
601: <blockquote>
602: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
603: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
604: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
605: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
606: to the operating system...
607: <br/>
608: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
609: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
610: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
611: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
612: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
613: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
614: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
615: in a closed source operating system).
616: <br/>
617: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
618: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
619: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
620: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
621: </blockquote>
622: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
623: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
624: their hardware and software operates.
625: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
626: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 627: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 628: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
629: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
630: <p>
631: </ul>
632:
1.417 pvalchev 633: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
634: <ul>
1.421 ian 635:
1.417 pvalchev 636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 637: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
638: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
639: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
640: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
641: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
642: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
643: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
644: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
645: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
646: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
647: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 648: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 649: <p>
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 651: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
652: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
653: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
654: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
655: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
656: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
657: it claims to do".
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 661: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 662: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
663: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
664: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
665: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 666: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 667: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
668: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
669: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
670: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
671: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
672: (yes, this is a hint).
673: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
674: picked up on the
675: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
676: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 677: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 678: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
679: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
680: <p>
681:
682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 683: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
684: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
685: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
686: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
687: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
688: questions about the significance and rationale behind
689: the current efforts.
690: <p>
691: </ul>
692:
1.407 henning 693: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
694: <ul>
695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 696: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
697: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
698: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
699: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
700: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
701: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
702: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
703: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
704: <p>
705:
706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 707: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
708: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
709: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
710: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
711: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
712: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
713: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
714: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
715: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 716: <p>
1.415 ian 717:
718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 719: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 720: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
721: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
722: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
723: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
724: overflow attacks... because
725: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
726: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
727: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
728: and propolice.
729: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
730: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
731: and that's when the science falls apart."
732: <p>
733:
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 735: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
736: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
737: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
738: Starts with the question:
739: <blockquote>
740: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
741: <br/>
742: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
743: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
744: <br/>
745: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
746: Should we believe them?"
747: </blockquote>
748: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
749: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
750: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
751: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
752: for your mail, web and other online activities.
753: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 757: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
758: Simple Simon</a>,
759: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
760: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
761: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
762: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
763: routing/firewall, and more.
764: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
765: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
766: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
767: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
768: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
769: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
770: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
771: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
772: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
773: </blockquote>
774: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
775: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
776: <p>
777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 779: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
780: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 781: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 782: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 783: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
784: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
785: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 786: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 787: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
788: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
789: in spite of it
790: (registration required, but worth it).
791: <p>
792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
794: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
795: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
796: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
797: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
798: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
799: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
800: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 801: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 802: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
803: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
804: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
805: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 809: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
810: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
811: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
812: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
813: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
814: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
815: <blockquote>
816: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
817: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
818: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
819: a lot of analysis.
820: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
821: </blockquote>
822: <p>
823: </ul>
824:
1.400 marco 825: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
826: <ul>
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 828: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
829: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
830: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
831: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
832: UNIX-like systems.
833: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
834: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
835: <p>
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 837: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
838: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 839: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
840: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
841: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
842: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
843: At one point, the article states:
844: <blockquote>
845: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
846: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
847: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
848: </blockquote>
849: And then quotes Theo as saying:
850: <blockquote>
851: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
852: fewer are reading or auditing code."
853: </blockquote>
854: <p>
855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
856: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
857: marks its fifth birthday</a>
858: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
859: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
860: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
861: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
862: required).
863: <p>
864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 865: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
866: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
867: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
868: </strong></font><br>
869: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
870: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
871: <p>
872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 873: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
874: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 875: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 876: </strong></font><br>
877: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
878: <p>
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 880: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
881: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 882: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 883: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 884: 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 885: <p>
886: </ul>
887:
1.396 henning 888: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
889: <ul>
890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 891: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
892: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
893: Unix Review, July, 2004
894: </strong></font><br>
895: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
896: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 897: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 898: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
899: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
900: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
901: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
902: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
903: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
904: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
905: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
906: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
907: and even spelling/wording errors.
908: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
909: <p>
910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 911: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 912: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
913: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
914: </strong></font><br>
915: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
916: <p>
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 918: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 919: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
920: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
921: </strong></font><br>
922: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
923: <p>
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 925: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
926: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
927: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
928: </strong></font><br>
929: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
930: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
931: <p>
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 933: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
934: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
935: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
936: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
937: <p>
938: </ul>
939:
1.405 jolan 940: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
941: <ul>
942: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
943: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 944: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 945: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
946: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
947: details on how funds are dispersed.
948: <p>
949: </ul>
950:
1.393 david 951: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
952: <ul>
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 954: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
955: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
956: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
957: </strong></font><br>
958: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
959: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
960: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
961: on inserting large number of SQL records.
962: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
963: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
964: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
965: <p>
966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 968: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
969: Secure by Default</a>,
970: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
973: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
974: <p>
975:
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
977: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
978: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
979: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
980: </strong></font><br>
981: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
982: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
983: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
984: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
985: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
986: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
987: <p>
988:
989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
990: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
991: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
992: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
993: </strong></font><br>
994: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
995: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
996: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
997: <p>
998:
999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1000: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1001: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1002: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1003: </strong></font><br>
1004: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1005: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1006: <p>
1007: </ul>
1008:
1.388 mcbride 1009: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1010: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1013: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1014: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1015: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1016: </strong></font><br>
1017: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1018: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1019: available for sparc64.
1020: <p>
1021:
1.390 beck 1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1023: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1024: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1025: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1026: </strong></font><br>
1027: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1028: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1029: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1030: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1031: <p>
1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1034: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1035: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1036: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1037: </strong></font><br>
1038: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1039: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1040: it does: CARP provides sharing
1041: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1042: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1043: detail to get you started using it.
1044: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1045: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1046: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1047: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1048: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1049: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1050: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1051: <p>
1.391 ian 1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1054: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1055: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1056: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1059: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1060: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1061: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1064: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1065: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1066: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1067: </strong></font><br>
1068: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1069: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1070: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1071: unencumbered by patents.
1072: <p>
1073: </ul>
1074:
1.378 henning 1075: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1076: <ul>
1.384 jose 1077:
1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1079: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1080: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1081: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1082: </strong></font><br>
1083: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1084: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1085: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1086: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1087: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1088: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1089: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1090: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1091: in the page tables."
1092: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1093: <p>
1094:
1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1096: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1097: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1098: </strong></font><br>
1099: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1100: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1101: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1102: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1103: <p>
1.384 jose 1104:
1.378 henning 1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1106: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1107: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1108: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1109: </strong></font><br>
1110: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1111: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1112: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1113: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1114: (quote:
1115: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1116: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1117: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1118: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1119: the other developers for their work on the system.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1123: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1124: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1125: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1126: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1127: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1128: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1129: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1130: too.
1131: <p>
1132:
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1134: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1135: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1136: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1137: OpenBSD source code using
1138: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1139: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1140: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1141: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1142: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1143: <p>
1144: </ul>
1145:
1.374 jose 1146: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1147: <ul>
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1149: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1150: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1151: </strong></font><br>
1152: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1153: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1154: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1155: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1156: it."
1157: <p>
1158:
1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1160: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1161: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1162: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1163: </strong></font><br/>
1164: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1165: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1166: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1167: <p>
1168: </ul>
1169:
1.369 ian 1170: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1171: <ul>
1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1173: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1174: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1175: </strong></font><br/>
1176: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1177: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1178: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1179: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1180: <p>
1181:
1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1183: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1184: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1185: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1186: </strong></font><br/>
1187: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1188: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1189: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1190: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1191: form factor.
1192: <p>
1193:
1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1195: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1196: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1197: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1198: Features</a>,
1199: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1200: </strong></font><br/>
1201: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1202: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1203: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1204: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1205: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1206: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1207: <p>
1208: This article can also be found online at:
1209: <ul>
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1211: <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 1212: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1213: </strong></font>
1214: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1215: </ul>
1216: <p>
1.392 david 1217:
1.371 jose 1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1219: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1220: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1221: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1222: </strong></font><br/>
1223: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1224: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1225: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1226: <p>
1.371 jose 1227:
1228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1229: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1230: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1231: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1232: </strong></font><br/>
1233: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1234: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1235: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1236: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1237: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1238: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1239: and its history with OpenBSD.
1240: </ul>
1241:
1.368 henning 1242: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1243: <ul>
1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1245: [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 1246: </strong></font><br>
1247: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1248: </ul>
1249:
1.364 jose 1250: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1251: <ul>
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1253: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1254: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1255: UNIX Review,
1256: July, 2003.
1257: </strong></font><br>
1258: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1259: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1260: who want more information.
1261: <p>
1262:
1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1264: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1265: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1266: Government Computer News,
1267: July 22, 2003.
1268: </strong></font><br>
1269: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1270: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1271: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1272: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1273: <p>
1274:
1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1276: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1277: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1278: SANS Institute,
1279: July 22, 2003.
1280: </strong></font><br>
1281: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1282: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1283: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1284: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1285: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1286: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1287: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1288: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1289: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1290: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1291: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1292: <p>
1293:
1294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1295: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1296: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1297: OnLamp.com,
1298: July 17, 2003.
1299: </strong></font><br>
1300: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1301: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1302: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1303: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1304: have been working on.
1305:
1306: </ul>
1307:
1.356 jose 1308: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1309: <ul>
1310:
1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1312: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1313: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1314: UNIX Review,
1315: June, 2003.
1316: </strong></font><br>
1317: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1318: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1319: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1320: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1321: <p>
1322:
1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1324: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1325: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1326: eWeek,
1327: June 23, 2003.
1328: </strong></font><br>
1329: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1330: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1331: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1332: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1333: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1334: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1338: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1339: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1340: Software Development Online,
1341: June, 2003.
1342: </strong></font><br>
1343: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1344: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1345: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1346: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1347: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1348: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1349: current activities.
1350: <p>
1351:
1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1353: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1354: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1355: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1356: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1357: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1358: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1359: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1360: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1361: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1362: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1363: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1364: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1365: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1366: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1367: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1368: decisions.
1369: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1370: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1371: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1372: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1373: <p>
1374:
1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1376: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1377: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1378: Page 58, eWeek,
1379: June 2, 2003.
1380: </strong></font><br>
1381: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1382: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1383: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1384: been addressed in -current.
1385: <p>
1386:
1.356 jose 1387: </ul>
1388:
1389: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1390: <ul>
1391:
1.355 jose 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1393: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1394: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1395: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1398: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1399: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1400: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1401: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1402: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1403: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1407: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1408: Beyond Linux</a>,
1409: InfoWorld,
1410: May 23, 2003.
1411: </strong></font><br>
1412: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1413: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1414: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1415: compared to the GPL.
1416: <p>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1419: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1420: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1421: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1422: May 17, 2003.
1423: </strong></font><br>
1424: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1425: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1426: the business section and half of another page inside
1427: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1428: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1429: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1430: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1431: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1432: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1433: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1434: <br>
1435: This article can also be found online at:
1436: <ul>
1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1438: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1439: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1440: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1441: May 17, 2003
1442: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1443: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1445: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1446: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1447: Montreal Gazette,
1448: May 21, 2003
1449: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1450: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1451: <p>
1.346 ian 1452:
1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1454: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1455: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1456: May 7, 2003.
1457: </strong></font><br>
1458: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1459: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1460: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1461: <p>
1462:
1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1464: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1465: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1466: OsOpinion,
1467: May 6, 2003.
1468: </strong></font><br>
1469: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1470: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1471: <br>
1472: This article can also be found online at:
1473: <ul>
1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1475: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1476: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1477: NewsFactor Network.
1478: </strong></font>
1479: </ul>
1480: <p>
1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1483: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1484: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1485: ITBusiness,
1486: May 2, 2003.
1487: </strong></font><br>
1488: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1489: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1490: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1491: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1492: <p>
1493:
1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1495: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1496: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1497: InfoWorld,
1498: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1499: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1500: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1501: <br>
1502: This article can also be found online at:
1503: <ul>
1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1505: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1506: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1507: IDG Singapore.
1508: </strong></font>
1509: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1510: <p>
1511:
1.339 jose 1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1513: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1514: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1515: ZDNet,
1516: May 1, 2003.
1517: </strong></font><br>
1518: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1519: someone using parts from previous articles.
1520: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1521: This article can also be found online at:
1522: <ul>
1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1524: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1525: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1526: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1527: </strong></font>
1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1529: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1530: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1531: CNET News.com.
1532: </strong></font>
1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1534: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1535: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1536: ZDNet UK.
1537: </strong></font>
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1539: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1540: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1541: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1542: </strong></font>
1543: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1544: <p>
1.339 jose 1545:
1.341 deraadt 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1547: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1548: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1549: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1550: May 1, 2003.
1551: </strong></font><br>
1552: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1553: that have been added
1554: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1555: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1556: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1557: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1558: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1559: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1560: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1561: <p>
1562:
1563: </ul>
1564:
1.253 ian 1565: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1566: <ul>
1.255 ian 1567:
1.260 ian 1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1569: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1570: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1571: TechRepublic,
1572: April 28, 2003.
1573: </strong></font><br>
1574: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1575: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1576: work.<br>
1577: Can also be found online at:
1578: <ul>
1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1580: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1581: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1582: ZDNet UK.
1583: </strong></font>
1584: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1589: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1590: IDG,
1591: April 24, 2003.
1592: </strong></font><br>
1593: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1594: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1595: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1596: Can also be found online at:
1597: <ul>
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1599: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1600: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1601: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1602: </strong></font>
1603: </ul>
1604: <p>
1605:
1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1607: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1608: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1609: Slate,
1610: April 24, 2003.
1611: </strong></font><br>
1612: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1613: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1614: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1615: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1616: <p>
1617:
1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1619: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1620: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1621: April 24, 2003.
1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1624: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1625: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1626: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1627: <p>
1628:
1629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1630: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1631: April 24, 2003.
1632: </strong></font><br>
1633: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1634: the free software community".
1635: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1636: other articles.
1637: <p>
1638:
1639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1640: <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 1641: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1642: </strong></font><br>
1643: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1644: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1645: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1646: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1647: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1648: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1649: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1650: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1651: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1652: <br/>
1653: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1654: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1655: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1656: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1657: <br>
1658: Can also be found online at:
1659: <ul>
1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1661: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1662: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1663: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1664: </strong></font>
1665: </ul>
1.324 ian 1666: <p>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1669: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1670: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1671: </strong></font><br>
1672: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1673: article above.
1674: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1675: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1676: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1677: <br>
1678: Can also be found online at:
1679: <ul>
1680: <li>
1681: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1682: </strong></font>
1683: </ul>
1.324 ian 1684: <p>
1685:
1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1687: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1688: </strong></font><br>
1689: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1690: <p>
1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1693: <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.
1694: </strong></font><br>
1695: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1696: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1697: <p>
1698:
1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1700: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1701: April 23, 2003.
1702: </strong></font><br>
1703: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1704: <p>
1705:
1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1707: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1708: April 22, 2003.
1709: </strong></font><br>
1710: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1711: <p>
1712:
1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1714: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1715: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1716: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1717: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1718: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1719: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1720: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1721: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1722: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1723: Can also be found online at:
1724: <ul>
1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1726: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1727: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1728: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1729: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1731: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1732: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1733: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1734: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1735: </ul>
1736: <p>
1737:
1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1739: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1740: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1741: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1742: </strong></font><br>
1743: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1744: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1745: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1746: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1747: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1748: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1749: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1753: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1754: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1755: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1756: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1757: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1758: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1759: at UPenn and DARPA.
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1763: [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,
1764: France
1.315 deraadt 1765: April 18, 2003.
1766: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1767: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1768: <p>
1769:
1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1771: [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 1772: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1773: </strong></font><br>
1774: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1775: <p>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1778: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1779: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1780: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1781: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1782: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1783: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1784: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1785: <p>
1786:
1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1788: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1789: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1790: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1791: </strong></font><br>
1792: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1793: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1794: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1795: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1799: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1800: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1801: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1802: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1803: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1804: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1805: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1806: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1807: Can also be found online at:
1808: <ul>
1809: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1810: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1811: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1812: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1813: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1814: <p>
1815:
1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1817: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1818: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1819: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1820: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1821: </strong></font><br>
1822: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1823: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1824: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1825: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1826: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1827:
1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1829: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1830: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1831: New York Times.
1832: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1833:
1.273 deraadt 1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1835: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1836: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1837: ABC News.
1838: </strong></font>
1839:
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1841: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1842: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1843: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1844: </strong></font>
1845:
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1847: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1848: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1849: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1850: </strong></font>
1851:
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1853: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1854: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1855: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1856: </strong></font>
1857:
1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1859: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1860: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1861: Times Daily, AL.
1862: </strong></font>
1863:
1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1865: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1866: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1867: Boston.com, MA.
1868: </strong></font>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1871: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1872: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1873: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1874: </strong></font>
1875:
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1877: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1878: [Article was pulled]</a>
1879: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1880: </strong></font>
1881:
1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1883: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1884: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1885: Infoshop News.
1886: </strong></font>
1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1889: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1890: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1891: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1892: </strong></font>
1893:
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1895: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1896: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1897: Raleigh News, NC.
1898: </strong></font>
1899:
1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1901: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1902: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1903: Napa News, CA.
1904: </strong></font>
1905:
1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1907: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1908: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1909: NEPA News, PA.
1910: </strong></font>
1911:
1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1913: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1914: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1915: Wired News.
1916: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1917: <br>
1918: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1919: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1920: [JAPANESE]
1921: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1922: Wired News Japan</a>
1923: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1924:
1.271 deraadt 1925: </ul>
1926: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1927: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1928: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1929: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1930: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1931: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1932: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1933: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1934: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1935: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1936: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1937: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1938: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1939: <p>
1940: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1941:
1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1943: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1944: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1945: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1946: </strong></font>
1947:
1948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1949: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1950: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1951: Miami Herald, FL.
1952: </strong></font>
1953:
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1955: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1956: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1957: </strong></font>
1958:
1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1960: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1961: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1962: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1963: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1964:
1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1966: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1967: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1968: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1969: ABC News.
1970: </strong></font>
1971:
1.276 deraadt 1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1973: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1974: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1975: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1976: </strong></font>
1977:
1.286 dhartmei 1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1979: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1980: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1981: Wilmington Star, NC.
1982: </strong></font>
1983:
1.300 jose 1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1985: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1986: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1987: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1988: </strong></font>
1989:
1.309 jose 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1991: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1992: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1993: Globe Technology.
1994: </strong></font>
1995:
1.263 deraadt 1996: </ul>
1.262 beck 1997: <p>
1998:
1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2000: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2001: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2002: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2003: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2004: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2005: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2006: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2007: <p>
2008:
2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2010: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2011: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2012: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2013: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2014: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2015: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2016: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2017: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2018: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2019: and simply restates other press reports.
2020: <p>
2021:
2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2023: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2024: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2025: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2028: <p>
2029:
2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2031: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2032: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2033: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2034: </strong></font><br>
2035: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2036: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2037: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2038: <p>
2039:
2040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2041: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2042: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2043: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2044: April 17, 2003.
2045: </strong></font><br>
2046: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2047: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2048: Tech Anthems</a>
2049: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2050: 4 so far.
2051: <p>
2052:
2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2054: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2055: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2056: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2057: </strong></font><br>
2058: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2059: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2060: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2061: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2062: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2063: Goes on to say:
2064: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2065: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2066: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2067: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2068: This article is also found online at:
2069: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2071: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2072: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2073: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2074: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2076: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2077: ZDnet</a>,
2078: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2079: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2081: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2082: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2083: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2084: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2085: </ul>
1.260 ian 2086: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2087:
1.260 ian 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2089: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2090: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2091: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2092: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2093: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2094: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2095: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2096: without notice or justification.
2097: <p>
2098:
2099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2100: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2101: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2102: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2103: </strong></font><br>
2104: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2105: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2106: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2107: effective today, without any warning..."
2108: <p>
1.257 ian 2109:
2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2111: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2112: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2113: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2114: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2115: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2116: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2117: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2118: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2119: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2120: <p>
2121:
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2123: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2124: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2125: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2126: </strong></font><br>
2127: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2128: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2129: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2130: quoting two of them:
2131: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2132: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2133: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2134: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2135: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2136: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2137: <p>
2138:
1.255 ian 2139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2140: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2141: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2142: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2143: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2144: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2145: <p>
2146:
2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2148: [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 2149: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2150: </strong></font><br>
2151: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2152: <p>
2153:
2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2155: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2156: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2157: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2159: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2160: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2161: security experts for more than three decades."
2162: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2163: <p>
1.261 ian 2164:
1.254 drahn 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2166: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2167: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2168: </strong></font><br>
2169: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2170: <p>
2171:
2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2173: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2174: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2175: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2176: </strong></font><br>
2177: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2178: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2179: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2180: <p>
2181:
2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2183: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2184: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2185: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2186: </strong></font><br>
2187: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2188: from US DARPA.
2189: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2190: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2191: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2192: the BSD license.
2193: <p>
2194: </ul>
2195:
1.251 ian 2196: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2197: <ul>
2198:
2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2200: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2201: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2202: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2203: </strong></font><br>
2204:
2205: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2206: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2207: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2208: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2209: <p>
2210:
2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2212: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2213: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2214: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2215: </strong></font><br>
2216: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2217: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2218: Mentions
2219: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2220: and
2221: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2222: programs.
2223: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2224: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2225: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2226: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2227: <p>
1.325 ian 2228: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2229: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2230:
2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2232: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2233: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2234: </strong></font><br>
2235: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2236: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2237: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2238: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2239: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2240: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2241: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2242: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2243: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2244: put into service."
2245: <p>
2246: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2247: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2248: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2249: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2250: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2251: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2252: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2253: computers with security features."
2254: <p>
1.329 ian 2255:
2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2257: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2258: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2259: Slate,
2260: March 3, 2003.
2261: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2262: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2263: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2264: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2265: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2266: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2267: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2268: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2269: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2270: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2271: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2272: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2273: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2274: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2275: of more secure open-source solutions like
2276: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2277: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2278: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2279: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2280: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2281: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2282: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2283: the Beltway."
2284: <p>
1.251 ian 2285: </ul>
2286:
1.249 jufi 2287: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2288: <ul>
2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2290: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2291: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2292: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2293: </strong></font><br>
2294: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2295: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2296: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2297: <p>
1.334 ian 2298:
2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2300: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2301: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2302: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2303: </strong></font><br>
2304: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2305: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2306: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2307: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2308: "... the hypothetical question ...
2309: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2310: <br>
2311: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2312: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2313: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2314: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2315: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2316: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2317: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2318: support network security.
2319: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2320: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2321: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2322: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2323: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2324: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2325: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2326: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2327: <br>
2328: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2329: <p>
2330:
1.249 jufi 2331: </ul>
2332:
1.246 jufi 2333: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2334: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2337: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2338: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2339: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2342: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2343: <p>
2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2346: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2347: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2348: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2349: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2350: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2351: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2352: <p>
2353:
2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2355: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2356: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2357: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2358: </strong></font><br>
2359: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2360: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2361: <p>
1.247 jufi 2362: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2363:
1.244 jufi 2364: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2365: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2366:
1.247 jufi 2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2368: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2369: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2370: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2371: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2374: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2375: md5 digests.
2376: <p>
2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2379: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2380: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2381: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2382: </strong></font><br>
2383: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2384: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2385: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2386: right the first time."
2387: <p>
1.247 jufi 2388: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2389:
2390:
2391: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2392: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2393:
1.247 jufi 2394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2395: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2396: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2397: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2398: </strong></font><br>
2399: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2400: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2401: part 6</a>.
2402: <p>
2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2405: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2406: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2407: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2408: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2409: </strong></font><br>
2410: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2411: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2412: <p>
1.301 jose 2413:
2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2415: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2416: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2417: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2418: </strong></font><br>
2419:
2420: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2421: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2422: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2423: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2424: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2425: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2426: <i>Here's the
2427: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2428: <p>
1.247 jufi 2429: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2430:
2431: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2432: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2433:
1.247 jufi 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2435: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2436: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2437: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2438: </strong></font><br>
2439: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2440: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2441: <p>
2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2444: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2445: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2446: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2447: </strong></font><br>
2448: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2449: this time using pf.
2450: <p>
1.247 jufi 2451: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2452:
2453: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2454: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2457: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2458: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2459: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2460: </strong></font><br>
2461: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2462: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2463: their rotation.
2464: <p>
2465:
1.247 jufi 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2467: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2468: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2469: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2470: </strong></font><br>
2471: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2472: <p>
1.247 jufi 2473: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2474:
1.239 jufi 2475: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2476: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2479: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2480: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2481: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2482: </strong></font><br>
2483: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2484: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2485: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2486: <p>
2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2489: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2490: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2491: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2492: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2493: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2494: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2495: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2496: <p>
1.247 jufi 2497: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2498:
1.235 lebel 2499: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2500: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2501:
1.239 jufi 2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2504: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2505: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2506: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2507: </strong></font><br>
2508: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2509: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2510: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2511: <p>
1.301 jose 2512:
1.247 jufi 2513: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2514:
1.228 horacio 2515: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2516: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2519: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2520: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2521: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2522: </strong></font><br>
2523: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2524: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2525: <p>
2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2528: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2529: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2530: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2531: </strong></font><br>
2532: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2533: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2534: <p>
2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2537: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2538: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2539: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2540: </strong></font><br>
2541: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2542: on the desktop of his parents.
2543: <p>
2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2546: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2547: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2548: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2549: </strong></font><br>
2550: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2551: using IPFilter.
2552:
2553: <p>
2554:
1.247 jufi 2555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2556: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2557: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2558: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2559: </strong></font><br>
2560: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2561: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2562: perspectives of the four OS.
2563: <br>
2564: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2565: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2566: <p>
2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2569: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2570: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2571: software and security</a>,
2572: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2573: </strong></font><br>
2574:
2575: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2576: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2577: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2578: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2579: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2580: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2581: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2582: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2583: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2584: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2585: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2586: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2587: <p>
1.247 jufi 2588: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2589:
1.225 horacio 2590: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2591: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2592:
1.247 jufi 2593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2594: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2595: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2596: Interview</a>,
2597: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2598: </strong></font><br>
2599:
2600: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2601: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2602: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2603: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2604: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2605: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2606: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2607: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2608: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2609: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2610: of choice.
2611: <p>
1.247 jufi 2612: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2613:
2614: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2615: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2618: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2619: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2620: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2621: </strong></font><br>
2622:
2623: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2624: <p>
2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2627: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2628: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2629: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2630: </strong></font><br>
2631:
2632: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2633: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2634: <p>
1.247 jufi 2635: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2636:
1.218 horacio 2637: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2638: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2641: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2642: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2643: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2644: </strong></font><br>
2645:
2646: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2647: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2648: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2649: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2650: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2651: subjects. Worth a read.
2652: <p>
2653:
2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2656: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2657: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2658: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2662: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2663: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2664: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2665: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2666: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2667: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2668: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2669: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2670: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2671: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2672: on other operating systems.<br>
2673: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2674: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2675: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2676: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2677: <p>
2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2680: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2681: Operating System 2010</a>,
2682: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2686: covering the level of software integration into the core
2687: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2688: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2689: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2690: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2691: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2692: <p>
2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2695: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2696: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2697: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2701: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2702: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2703: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2704: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2705: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2706: <p>
1.247 jufi 2707: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2708:
1.210 jufi 2709: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2710: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2711:
1.247 jufi 2712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2713: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2714: Already a Contender</a>,
2715: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2716: </strong></font><br>
2717:
2718: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2719: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2720: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2721: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2722: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2723: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2724: <p>
2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2727: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2728: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2729: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2730: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2731:
1.224 horacio 2732: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2733: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2734: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2735: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2736: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2737: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2738: <p>
1.247 jufi 2739: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2740:
2741: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2742: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2745: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2746: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2747: Division</a>,
2748: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2749: </strong></font><br>
2750:
2751: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2752: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2753: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2754: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2755: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2756: investment</em>.<br>
2757: The implementation details can be seen on their
2758: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2759: <p>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2762: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2763: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2764: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2765: </strong></font><br>
2766:
2767: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2768: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2769: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2770: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2771: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2772: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2773: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2774: <p>
2775:
2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2777: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2778: Thinking about Security</a>,
2779: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2780: </strong></font><br>
2781:
2782: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2783: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2784: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2785: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2786: to time.<br>
2787: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2788: system and just the most secure system.
2789: <p>
2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2792: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2793: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2794: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2795: </strong></font><br>
2796:
2797: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2798: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2799: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2800: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2801: choice:<br>
2802: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2803: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2804: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2805: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2806: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2807: network security devices and as such must be well
2808: armored."</em><br>
2809: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2810: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2811: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2812: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2813: <br>
2814: Bravo!
2815: <p>
1.247 jufi 2816: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2817:
1.207 ian 2818: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2819: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2822: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2823: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2824: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2825:
1.207 ian 2826: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2827: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2828: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2829: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2830: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2831: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2832: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2833: <p>
1.247 jufi 2834: </ul>
1.207 ian 2835:
1.194 jufi 2836: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2837: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2840: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2841: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2842: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2843: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2844:
1.240 miod 2845: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2846: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2847: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2848: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2849: <p>
2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2852: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2853: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2854: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2855:
2856: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2857: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2858: <p>
2859:
2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2861: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2862: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2863: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2864:
2865: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2866: <p>
2867:
2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2869: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2870: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2871: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2872: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2873:
1.240 miod 2874: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2875: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2876: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2877: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2878: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2879: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2880: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2881: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2882: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2883: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2884: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2885: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2886: <p>
2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2889: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2890: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2891: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2893:
1.194 jufi 2894: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2895: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2896: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2897: <br>
2898: The new
2899: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2900: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2901: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2902: <p>
1.247 jufi 2903: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2904:
1.190 horacio 2905: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2906: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2907:
1.247 jufi 2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2909:
2910: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2911: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2912:
1.301 jose 2913:
1.191 jufi 2914: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2915: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2916:
2917: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2918: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2919:
1.212 horacio 2920: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2921: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2922: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2923:
1.211 horacio 2924: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2925: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2926: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2927:
1.247 jufi 2928: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2929: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2930:
1.247 jufi 2931: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2932: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2933:
1.212 horacio 2934: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2935: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2936: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2937:
2938: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2939: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2940:
2941: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2942: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2943:
1.301 jose 2944: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2945: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2946:
1.191 jufi 2947: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2948: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2949:
2950: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2951: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2952:
1.192 jufi 2953: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2954: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2955: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2956:
1.193 deraadt 2957: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2958: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2959: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2962: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2965: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2966: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2967:
1.213 horacio 2968: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2969: 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 2970: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2971:
1.190 horacio 2972: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2973: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2974: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2975: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2976: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2977: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2978: <p>
1.190 horacio 2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2981: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2982: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2983: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2984: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2985:
1.195 jufi 2986: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2987: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2988: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2989: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2990: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2991: <p>
2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2994: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2995: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2996: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2997: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2998:
1.191 jufi 2999: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3000: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3001: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3002: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3003: <p>
3004:
3005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3006: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3007: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3008: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3009:
3010: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3011: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3012: <p>
1.247 jufi 3013: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3014:
1.191 jufi 3015:
1.186 jufi 3016: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3017: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3020: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3021: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3022: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3023: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3024:
1.188 jufi 3025: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3026: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3027: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3028: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3029: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3030: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3031: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3032: <p>
3033:
1.301 jose 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3035: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3036: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3037: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3038:
3039: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3040: <p>
1.191 jufi 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3043: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3044: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3045: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3046: </strong></font><br>
3047:
3048: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3049: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3050: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3051: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3052: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3053: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3054: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3055: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3056: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3057: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3058: familiar?
3059: <p>
1.247 jufi 3060: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3061:
1.178 louis 3062: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3063: <ul>
1.178 louis 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3066: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3067: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3068: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3069: </strong></font><br>
3070:
3071: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3072: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3073: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3074: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3075: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3076: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3077: <p>
3078:
1.247 jufi 3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3080: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3081: Open source under the hood</a>,
3082: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3083: </strong></font><br>
3084:
3085: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3086: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3087: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3088: <p>
3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3091: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3092: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3093: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3094: </strong></font><br>
3095:
3096: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3097: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3098: <p>
1.247 jufi 3099: </ul>
1.179 louis 3100:
1.174 louis 3101:
1.175 louis 3102: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3103: <ul>
1.175 louis 3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3106: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3107: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3108: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3109: </strong></font><br>
3110:
3111: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3112: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3113: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3114: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3115: <p>
3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3118: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3119: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3120: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3121: </strong></font><br>
3122:
3123: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3124: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3125: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3126: <p>
1.247 jufi 3127: </ul>
1.175 louis 3128:
1.176 louis 3129:
1.172 mickey 3130: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3131: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3134: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3135: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3136: </strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3139: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3140: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3141: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3142: <p>
3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3145: <a
1.269 deraadt 3146: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3147: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3148: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3149: </strong></font><br>
3150:
3151: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3152: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3153: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3154: <p>
3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3157: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3158: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3159: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3160: </strong></font><br>
3161:
3162: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3163: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3164: <p>
3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3167: <a
1.269 deraadt 3168: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3169: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3170: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3171: </strong></font><br>
3172:
3173: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3174: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3175: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3176: our own Theo de Raadt.
3177: <p>
3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3180: <a
1.269 deraadt 3181: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3182: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3183: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3184: </strong></font><br>
3185:
3186: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3187: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3188: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3189: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3190: shut down.]
3191: <p>
3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3194: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3195: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3196: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3197: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3198: </strong></font><br>
3199:
3200: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3201: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3202: <p>
1.247 jufi 3203: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3204:
1.161 louis 3205: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3206: <ul>
1.161 louis 3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3209: <a
1.269 deraadt 3210: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3211: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3212: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3216: by John Wolley
3217: <p>
3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3220: <a
1.269 deraadt 3221: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3222: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3223: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3224: </strong></font><br>
3225:
3226: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3227: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3228: OpenBSD).
3229: <p>
3230:
1.247 jufi 3231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3232: <a
1.247 jufi 3233: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3234: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3235: </strong></font><br>
3236:
3237: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3238: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3239: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3240: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3241: and hindsight.
3242: <p>
3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3245: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3246: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3247: </strong></font><br>
3248:
3249: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3250: <p>
3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3253: <a
1.168 provos 3254: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3255: December 7, 2000
3256: </strong></font><br>
3257:
3258: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3259: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3260: us explain.
3261: <p>
3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3264: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3265: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3266: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3267: December 6, 2000
3268: </strong></font><br>
3269:
3270: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3271: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3272: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3273: <p>
3274:
1.247 jufi 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3276: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3277: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3278: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3279: </strong></font><br>
3280:
3281: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3282: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3283: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3284: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3285: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3286: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3287: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3288: <p>
3289:
3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3291: <a
1.226 horacio 3292: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3293: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3294: </strong></font><br>
3295:
3296: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3297: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3298: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3299: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3300: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3301: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3302: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3303: <p>
1.162 millert 3304:
1.247 jufi 3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3306: <a
1.161 louis 3307: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3308: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3309: </strong></font><br>
3310:
3311: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3312: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3313: <p>
3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3316: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3317: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3321: <p>
3322:
3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3325: <a
1.226 horacio 3326: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3327: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3328: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3329: </strong></font><br>
3330:
3331: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3332: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3333: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3334: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3335: <p>
1.247 jufi 3336: </ul>
1.169 louis 3337:
1.158 louis 3338: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3339: <ul>
1.147 louis 3340:
1.247 jufi 3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3342: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3343: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3347: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3348: <p>
3349:
1.247 jufi 3350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3351: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3352: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3353: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3354: </strong></font><br>
3355: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3356: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3357: <p>
3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3360: <a
3361: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3362: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3363: </strong></font><br>
3364:
3365: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3366: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3367: <p>
3368:
1.247 jufi 3369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3370: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3371: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3372: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3373:
1.213 horacio 3374: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3375: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3376: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3377: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3378: <p>
1.215 horacio 3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3381: <a
3382: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3383: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
3386: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3387: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3388: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3389: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3390: much of the attitude too).
3391: <p>
1.161 louis 3392:
1.247 jufi 3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3394: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3395: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3396: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3397:
1.157 louis 3398: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3399: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3400: <p>
1.247 jufi 3401: </ul>
1.157 louis 3402:
3403: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3404: <ul>
1.157 louis 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3407: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3408: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3409: </strong></font><br>
3410:
3411: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3412: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3413: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3414: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3415: <p>
3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3418: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3419: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3420: </strong></font><br>
3421:
3422: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3423: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3424: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3425: it because they love coding...
3426: <p>
3427:
1.247 jufi 3428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3429: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3430: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3431: </strong></font><br>
3432:
3433: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3434: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3435: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3436: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3437: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3438: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3439: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3440: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3441: <p>
3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3444: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3445: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3446: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3447: </strong></font><br>
3448:
3449: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3450: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3451: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3452: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3453: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3454: the pizza.
3455: <p>
3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3458: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3459: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3460: </strong></font><br>
3461:
3462: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3463: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3464: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3465: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3466: problems.
3467: <p>
3468:
1.247 jufi 3469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3470: <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 3471: </strong></font><br>
3472:
1.222 miod 3473: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3474: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3475: - whether they like it or not.
3476: <p>
3477:
1.247 jufi 3478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3479: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3480: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3481: </strong></font><br>
3482:
3483: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3484: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3485: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3486: <p>
1.148 aaron 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3489: <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 3490: </strong></font><br>
3491:
3492: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3493: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3494: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3495: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3496: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3497: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3498: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3499: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3500: <p>
3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3503: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3504: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3505: </strong></font><br>
3506:
3507: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3508: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3509: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3510: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3511: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3512: <p>
1.247 jufi 3513: </ul>
1.147 louis 3514:
1.138 louis 3515: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3516: <ul>
1.138 louis 3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3519: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3520: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3521: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3522: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3523: </strong></font><br>
3524:
1.227 horacio 3525: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3526: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3527: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3528: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3529: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3530: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3531: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3532: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3533: <p>
3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3536: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3537: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3538: </strong></font><br>
3539:
3540: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3541: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3542: groups, and even Linux.
3543: <p>
3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3546: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3547: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3548: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3549: </strong></font><br>
3550:
3551: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3552: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3553: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3554: library after installing the OS.
3555: <p>
3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3558: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3559: Sys Admin, September 2000
3560: </strong></font><br>
3561:
3562: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3563: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3564: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3565: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3566: (<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>,
3567: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3568: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3569: <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 3570: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3571: out of the system.
3572: <p>
3573:
1.247 jufi 3574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3575: <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
3576: </strong></font><br>
3577:
3578: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3579: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3580: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3581: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3582: the IP filtering and address translation.
3583: <p>
1.301 jose 3584:
3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3586: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3587: </strong></font><br>
3588:
3589: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3590: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3591: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3592: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3593: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3594: <p>
1.247 jufi 3595: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3596:
1.131 louis 3597: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3598: <ul>
1.131 louis 3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3601: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3602: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3603: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3604: </strong></font><br>
3605:
3606: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3607: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3608: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3609: <p>
3610:
1.247 jufi 3611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3612: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3613: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3614: </strong></font><br>
3615:
3616: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3617: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3618: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3619: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3620: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3621: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3622: note of"</i>.
3623: <p>
3624:
1.247 jufi 3625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3626: <a
1.247 jufi 3627: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3628: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3629: </strong></font><br>
3630:
3631: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3632: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3633: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3634: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3635: <p>
3636:
1.247 jufi 3637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3638: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3639: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3640: </strong></font><br>
3641:
3642: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3643: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3644: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3645: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3646: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3647: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3648: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3649: <p>
3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3652: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3653: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3654: 2000
3655: </strong></font><br>
3656:
3657: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3658: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3659: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3660: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3661: against current industry practices.
3662: <p>
3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3665: <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
3666: </strong></font><br>
3667:
3668: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3669: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3670: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3671: <p>
3672:
1.247 jufi 3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3674: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3675: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3676: </strong></font><br>
3677:
3678: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3679: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3680: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3681: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3682: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3683: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3684: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3685: <p>
3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3688: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3689: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3690: </strong></font><br>
3691:
3692: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3693: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3694: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3695: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3696: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3697: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3698: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3699: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3700: <p>
1.247 jufi 3701: </ul>
1.131 louis 3702:
1.118 louis 3703: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3704: <ul>
1.118 louis 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3707: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3708: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3709: </strong></font><br>
3710:
3711: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3712: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3713: about time. The article mentions that
3714: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3715: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3716: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3717: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3718: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3719: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3720: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3721: <p>
3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3724: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3725: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3726: </strong></font><br>
3727:
3728: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3729: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3730: of OpenSSH.
3731: <p>
3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3734: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3735: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3736: </strong></font><br>
3737:
3738: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3739: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3740: bridging.
3741: <p>
3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3744: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3745: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3746: </strong></font><br>
3747:
1.121 deraadt 3748: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3749: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3750: <p>
3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3753: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3754: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3755: </strong></font><br>
3756:
3757: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3758: <p>
3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3761: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3762: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3763: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3764: </strong></font><br>
3765:
1.120 deraadt 3766: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3767: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3768: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3769: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3770: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3771: <p>
3772:
1.247 jufi 3773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3774: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3775: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3776: </strong></font><br>
3777:
1.222 miod 3778: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3779: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3780: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3781: protocols and their quirks.
3782: <p>
3783:
1.247 jufi 3784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3785: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3786: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3787: </strong></font><br>
3788:
3789: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3790: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3791: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3792: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3793: <p>
3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3796: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3797: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3798: </strong></font><br>
3799:
3800: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3801: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3802: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3803: <p>
3804:
1.247 jufi 3805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3806: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3807: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3808: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3809: </strong></font><br>
3810:
3811: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3812: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3813: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3814: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3815: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3816: <p>
1.247 jufi 3817: </ul>
1.118 louis 3818:
1.104 louis 3819: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3820: <ul>
1.104 louis 3821:
1.247 jufi 3822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3823: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3824: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3825: </strong></font><br>
3826:
3827: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3828: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3829: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3830: be a bit dry.
3831: <p>
3832:
1.247 jufi 3833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3834: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3835: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3836: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3837: </strong></font><br>
3838: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3839: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3840: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3841: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3842: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3843: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3844: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3845: <p>
3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3848: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3849: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3850: 2000
1.128 louis 3851: </strong></font><br>
3852:
3853: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3854: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3855: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3856: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3857: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3858: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3859: <p>
3860:
1.247 jufi 3861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3862: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3863: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3864: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3865:
3866: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3867: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3868: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3869: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3870: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3871: <p>
1.110 louis 3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3874: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3875: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3876: </strong></font><br>
3877:
3878: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3879: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3880: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3881: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3882: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3883: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3884: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3885: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3886: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3887: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3888: <p>
3889:
1.247 jufi 3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3891: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3892: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3893:
3894: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3895: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3896: <p>
1.108 louis 3897:
1.247 jufi 3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3899: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3900: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3901: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3902:
3903: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3904: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3905: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3906: <p>
1.106 louis 3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3909: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3910: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3911: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3912:
3913: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3914: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3915: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3916: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3917: <p>
1.107 louis 3918:
1.247 jufi 3919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3920: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3921: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3922: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3923:
3924: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3925: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3926: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3927: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3928: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3929: <p>
1.105 louis 3930:
1.247 jufi 3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3932: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3933: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3934: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3935:
1.113 naddy 3936: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3937: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3938: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3939: <p>
1.104 louis 3940:
1.247 jufi 3941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3942: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3943: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3944: </strong></font><br>
3945:
3946: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3947: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3948: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3949: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3950: <p>
1.301 jose 3951:
3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3953: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3954: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3955: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3956:
3957: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3958: hardware-supported cryptography.
3959: <p>
1.247 jufi 3960: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3961:
1.85 louis 3962: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3963: <ul>
1.85 louis 3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3966: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3967: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3968: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3969:
3970: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3971: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3972: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3973: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3974: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3975: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3976: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3977: <p>
1.99 louis 3978:
1.247 jufi 3979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3980: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3981: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3982: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3983:
3984: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3985: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3986: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3987: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3988: <p>
1.100 louis 3989:
1.247 jufi 3990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3991: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3992: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3993: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3994:
3995: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3996: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3997: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3998: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3999: <p>
1.95 louis 4000:
1.247 jufi 4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4002: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4003: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4004: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4005:
4006: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4007: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4008: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4009: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4010: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4011: <p>
1.92 louis 4012:
1.247 jufi 4013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4014: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4015: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4016: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4017:
4018: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4019: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4020: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4021: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4022: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4023: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4024: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4025: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4026: <p>
1.91 louis 4027:
1.247 jufi 4028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4029: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4030: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4031: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4032:
4033: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4034: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4035: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4036: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4037: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4038: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4039: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4040: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4041: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4042: <p>
1.90 louis 4043:
1.247 jufi 4044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4045: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4046: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4047: </strong></font><br>
4048: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4049: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4050: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4051: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4052: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4053: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4054: <p>
4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4057: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4058: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4059: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4060:
1.113 naddy 4061: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4062: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4063: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4064: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4065: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4066: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4067: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4068: <p>
1.87 louis 4069:
1.247 jufi 4070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4071: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4072: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4073: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4074:
4075: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4076: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4077: <p>
1.85 louis 4078:
1.247 jufi 4079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4080: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4081: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4082: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4083:
4084: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4085: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4086: <p>
4087:
4088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4089: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4090: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4091: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4092:
4093: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4094: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4095: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4096: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4097: <p>
1.89 louis 4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4100: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4101: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4102: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4103:
4104: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4105: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4106: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4107: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4108: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4109: </ul>
1.85 louis 4110:
1.78 deraadt 4111: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4112: <ul>
1.74 louis 4113:
1.247 jufi 4114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4115: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4116: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4117: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4118: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4119:
4120: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4121: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4122: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4123: <p>
1.83 louis 4124:
1.247 jufi 4125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4126: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4127: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4128: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4129:
4130: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4131: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4132: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4133: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4134: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4135: <p>
1.93 louis 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4138: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4139: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4140: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4141: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4142:
1.83 louis 4143: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4144: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4145: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4146: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4147: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4148: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4149: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4150: <p>
1.82 aaron 4151:
1.247 jufi 4152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4153: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4154: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4155: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4156:
1.83 louis 4157: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4158: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4159: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4160: <p>
1.80 louis 4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4163: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4164: Bad Press</a>,
4165: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4166: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4167:
4168: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4169: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4170: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4171: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4172: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4173: <p>
1.247 jufi 4174: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4175:
4176: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4177: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4180: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4181: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4182: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4184:
4185: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4186: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4187: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4188: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4189: <p>
1.74 louis 4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4192: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4193: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4194: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4195:
1.219 horacio 4196: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4197: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4198: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4199: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4200: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4201: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4202: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4203: <p>
1.88 louis 4204:
1.247 jufi 4205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4206: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4207: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4208: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4209:
4210: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4211: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4212: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4213: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4214: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4215: <p>
1.81 louis 4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4218: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4219: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4220: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4221:
4222: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4223: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4224: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4225: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4226: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4227: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4228: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4229: <p>
1.90 louis 4230:
1.247 jufi 4231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4232: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4233: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4234: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4235:
4236: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4237: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4238: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4239: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4240: <p>
1.247 jufi 4241: </ul>
1.71 louis 4242:
1.69 deraadt 4243: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4244: <ul>
1.70 louis 4245:
1.247 jufi 4246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4247: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4248: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4250:
4251: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4252: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4253: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4254: <p>
1.70 louis 4255:
1.247 jufi 4256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4257: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4258: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4259: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4260:
4261: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4262: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4263: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4264: <p>
1.68 louis 4265:
1.247 jufi 4266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4267: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4268: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4269: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4270: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4271:
1.111 jufi 4272: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4273: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4274: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4275: "secure by default" installation.
4276: <p>
1.64 louis 4277:
1.247 jufi 4278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4279: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4280: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4281: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4282:
1.113 naddy 4283: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4284: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4285: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4286: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4287: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4288: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4289: <p>
1.66 louis 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4292: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4293: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4295:
4296: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4297: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4298: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4299: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4300: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4301: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4302: <p>
1.83 louis 4303:
1.247 jufi 4304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4305: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4306: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4307: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4308:
4309: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4310: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4311: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4312: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4313: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4314: <p>
1.64 louis 4315:
1.247 jufi 4316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4317: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4318: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4319: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4320:
4321: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4322: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4323: <p>
1.301 jose 4324:
4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4326: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4327: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4328: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4329: </strong></font><br>
4330:
4331: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4332: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4333: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4334: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4335: Giving way to
4336: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4337: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4338: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4339: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4340: <p>
1.247 jufi 4341: </ul>
1.65 louis 4342:
1.69 deraadt 4343: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4344: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4345:
1.247 jufi 4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4347: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4348: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4349: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4350:
4351: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4352: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4353: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4354: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4355: <p>
1.88 louis 4356:
1.247 jufi 4357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4358: <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 4359: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4360:
4361: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4362: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4363: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4364: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4365: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4366: <p>
1.60 louis 4367:
1.247 jufi 4368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4369: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4370: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4371: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4372: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4373:
4374: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4375: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4376: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4377: <p>
1.58 louis 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4380: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4381: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4382:
4383: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4384: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4385: <p>
1.53 louis 4386:
1.247 jufi 4387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4388: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4389: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4390: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4391:
4392: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4393: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4394: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4395: <p>
1.99 louis 4396:
1.247 jufi 4397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4398: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4399: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4400:
4401: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4402: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4403: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4404: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4405: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4406:
1.247 jufi 4407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4408: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4409: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4410: </strong></font><br>
4411:
4412: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4413: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4414: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4415: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4416: <p>
4417:
1.247 jufi 4418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4419: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4420: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4421: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4422:
4423: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4424: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4425: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4426:
1.247 jufi 4427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4428: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4429: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4430:
4431: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4432: in
1.247 jufi 4433: <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 4434: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4435: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4436: <p>
1.53 louis 4437:
1.247 jufi 4438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4439: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4440: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4441: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4442: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4443:
1.58 louis 4444: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4445: <p>
1.301 jose 4446:
4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4448: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4449: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4450: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4451: Informacyjny, January 2000
4452: </strong></font><br>
4453:
4454: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4455: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4456: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4457: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4458: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4459: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4460: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4461: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4462: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4463: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4464: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4465: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4466: <p>
4467:
4468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4469: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4470: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4471: </strong></font><br>
4472:
4473: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4474: <p>
4475: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4476:
1.69 deraadt 4477: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4478: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4481: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4482: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4483: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4484: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4485:
1.58 louis 4486: Kurt Seifried
4487: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4488: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4489: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4490: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4491:
1.247 jufi 4492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4493: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4494: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4495: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4496:
4497: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4498: <p>
1.96 louis 4499:
1.247 jufi 4500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4501: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4502: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4503: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4504: </strong></font><br>
4505:
4506: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4507: <p>
4508:
4509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4510: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4511: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4512: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4513:
4514: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4515: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4516: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4517: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4518: <p>
1.247 jufi 4519: </ul>
1.86 louis 4520:
1.69 deraadt 4521: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4522: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4523:
1.247 jufi 4524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4525: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4526: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4527: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4528:
4529: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4530: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4531: <p>
1.61 louis 4532:
1.247 jufi 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4534: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4535: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4536: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4537: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4538:
4539: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4540: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4541: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4542: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4543: right -- or at least strives to".
4544: <p>
1.48 louis 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4547: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4548: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4550: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4551: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4552: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4553: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4554: <p>
1.61 louis 4555:
1.247 jufi 4556: <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 4557: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4558: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4559:
4560: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4561: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4562: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4563: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4564: <p>
1.46 louis 4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4567: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4568: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4569: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4570:
4571: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4572: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4573: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4574:
1.247 jufi 4575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4576: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4577: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4578: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4579:
4580: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4581: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4582: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4583: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4584: <p>
1.247 jufi 4585: </ul>
1.70 louis 4586:
1.69 deraadt 4587: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4588: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4589:
1.247 jufi 4590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4591: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4592: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4593: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4594: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4595:
4596: Kurt Seifried
4597: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4598: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4599: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4600: <p>
1.44 philen 4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <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 4603: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4604: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4605:
4606: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4607: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4608:
1.247 jufi 4609: <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 4610: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4611: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4612:
4613: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4614: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4615:
1.247 jufi 4616: <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 4617: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4618: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4619:
4620: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4621: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4622: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4623: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4624: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4625:
1.247 jufi 4626: <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 4627: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4628: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4629:
1.36 louis 4630: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4631: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4632:
1.247 jufi 4633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4634: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4635: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4636: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4637:
4638: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4639: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4640: </ul>
1.38 louis 4641:
1.69 deraadt 4642: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4643: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <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 4646: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4647: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4648:
4649: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4650: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4651: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4652:
1.113 naddy 4653: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4654: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4655: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4656: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4657:
4658: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4659: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4660: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4661: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4662: <blockquote>
4663: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4664: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4665: <br>
4666: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4667: </code>
4668: </blockquote>
4669: <p>
4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4672: <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 4673: <p>
4674:
4675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4676: <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 4677: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4678:
4679: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4680: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4681: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4682: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4685: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4686: Sept. 28, 1999
4687: </strong></font><br>
4688:
4689: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4690: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4691: translating and reprinting articles from
4692: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4693: <p>
4694:
4695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4696: <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 4697: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4698:
4699: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4700: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4701: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4702: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4703: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4704: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4705: <p>
1.19 louis 4706:
1.113 naddy 4707: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4708: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4709: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4710:
4711: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4712: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4713: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4714: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4715: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4716: <p>
1.16 louis 4717:
1.247 jufi 4718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4719: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4720: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4721: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4722:
1.57 louis 4723: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4724: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4725: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4726: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4727:
1.247 jufi 4728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4729: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4730: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4731: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4732:
1.113 naddy 4733: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4734:
1.247 jufi 4735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4736: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4737: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4738: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4739:
1.23 louis 4740: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4741: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4742: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4743: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4744: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4745: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4746:
1.247 jufi 4747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4748: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4749: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4750: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4751:
1.199 pvalchev 4752: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4753: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4754: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4755: installation.
1.113 naddy 4756: <p>
1.47 louis 4757:
1.247 jufi 4758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4759: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4760: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4761: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4762:
1.301 jose 4763: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4764: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4765: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4766: </ul>
1.57 louis 4767:
1.69 deraadt 4768: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4769: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4770:
1.247 jufi 4771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4772: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4773: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4774: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4775:
4776: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4777: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4778: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4779: <p>
1.12 louis 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4782: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4783: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4784: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4785:
4786: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4787: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4788: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4789: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4790: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4791: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4792: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4793: <p>
1.247 jufi 4794: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4795:
1.69 deraadt 4796: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4797: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4798:
1.247 jufi 4799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4800: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4801: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4802:
4803: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4804: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4805: available."
1.113 naddy 4806: <p>
1.301 jose 4807:
4808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4809: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4810: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4811: </strong></font><br>
4812:
4813: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4814: <p>
1.247 jufi 4815: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4816:
1.69 deraadt 4817: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4818: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4821: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4822: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4823:
4824: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4825: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4826: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4827: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4828: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4829: <p>
1.33 louis 4830:
1.247 jufi 4831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4832: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4833: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4834: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4835:
1.113 naddy 4836: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4837: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4838: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4839: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4840: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4841: <p>
1.247 jufi 4842: </ul>
1.57 louis 4843:
1.69 deraadt 4844: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4845: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4846:
1.247 jufi 4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4848: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4849: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4850: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4851:
4852: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4853: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4854: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4855:
1.247 jufi 4856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4857: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4858: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4859: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4860: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4861:
4862: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4863: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4864:
1.247 jufi 4865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4866: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4867:
1.113 naddy 4868: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4869:
1.247 jufi 4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4871: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4872: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4873: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4874:
4875: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4876: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4877: </ul>
1.23 louis 4878:
1.69 deraadt 4879: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4880: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4881:
1.247 jufi 4882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4883: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4884: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4885:
4886: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4887: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4888: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4889:
1.247 jufi 4890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4891: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4892: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4893: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4894:
4895: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4896: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4897: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4898: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4899: </ul>
1.57 louis 4900:
1.69 deraadt 4901: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4902: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4903:
1.247 jufi 4904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4905: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4906: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4907: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4908:
4909: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4910: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4911: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4912: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4913: <p>
1.15 louis 4914:
1.247 jufi 4915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4916: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4917: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4918: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4919:
4920: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4921: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4922: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4923: columns."
1.113 naddy 4924: <p>
1.247 jufi 4925: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4926:
1.69 deraadt 4927: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4928: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4929:
1.247 jufi 4930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4931: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4932: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4933: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4934:
4935: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4936: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4937:
1.113 naddy 4938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4939: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4940: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4941:
4942: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4943: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4944: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4945: </ul>
1.57 louis 4946:
1.69 deraadt 4947: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4948: <ul>
1.301 jose 4949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4950: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4951: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4952: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4953:
4954: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4955: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4956: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4957: <p>
4958:
4959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4960: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4961: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4962: Nov 13, 1998 and
4963: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4964: Datateknik</a>,
4965: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4966:
1.380 saad 4967: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4968: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4969: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4970: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4971: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4972:
1.113 naddy 4973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4974: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4975: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4976: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4977:
1.222 miod 4978: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4979: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4980: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4981: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4982: <p>
1.247 jufi 4983: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4984:
1.69 deraadt 4985: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4986: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4987:
1.247 jufi 4988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4989: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4990: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4991:
1.69 deraadt 4992: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4993: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4994: <p>
1.247 jufi 4995: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4996:
1.69 deraadt 4997: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4998: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4999:
1.247 jufi 5000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5001: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5002: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5003: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5004:
1.383 jcs 5005: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5006: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5007: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5008:
1.247 jufi 5009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5010: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5011: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5012: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5013: <p>
1.247 jufi 5014: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5015:
1.69 deraadt 5016: <h2>June, 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://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5021: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5022: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5023: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5024: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5025:
5026: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5027: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5028: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5029: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5030: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5031: <p>
1.247 jufi 5032: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5033:
5034: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5035: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5036:
1.247 jufi 5037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5038: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5039: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5040:
1.69 deraadt 5041: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5042: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5043: <p>
1.112 naddy 5044:
1.247 jufi 5045: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5046: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5047:
1.292 camield 5048: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5049: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5050: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.482 ! ian 5051: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.481 2005/11/11 17:22:42 niallo Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5052:
5053: </body>
5054: </html>