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1.483 ! ian 19: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
! 23: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
! 24: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
! 26: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
! 27: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
! 28: to sites with more information on most topics.
! 29: <p>
! 30:
! 31: </ul>
! 32:
! 33:
1.479 grunk 34: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
35: <ul>
36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.482 ian 37: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
38: Goes to Venice</a>,
39: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
40: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
41: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
42: <br/>
43: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
44: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
45: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
46: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
47: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
48: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
49: Contains a link to
50: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
51: pval's summary slides</a>.
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 55: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
56: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
57: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
58: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
59: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
60: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
61: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
62: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
63: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
64: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
65: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
66: the packages and ports system"</i>.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
70: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
71: Return of The BSDs</a>,
72: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
73: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
74: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
75: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
76: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
77: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
78: quotes from Bob Beck.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 82: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
83: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
84: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 85: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
86: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 87: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
88: and Linux.<br>
89: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
90: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
91: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
92: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
93: of the release
94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
95: <p>
96: </ul>
97:
1.476 ian 98: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
99: <ul>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
102: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
103: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
104: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
105: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
106: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
107: and too unreliable.
108: This quote will rattle some cages:
109: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
110: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
111: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
112: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
113: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
114: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
115: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
116: costs without any commercial lock-in."
117: <p>
118:
1.477 saad 119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
120: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
121: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
122: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
123: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
124: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
125: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
126: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
127: discussion about future plans.
128: <p>
129:
1.478 grunk 130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
131: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
132: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
133: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
134: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
135: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
136: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
137: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
138: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
139: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
140: <p>
141:
1.476 ian 142: </ul>
143:
1.470 saad 144: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
145: <ul>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 148: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
149: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
150: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
151: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
152: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
153: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
154: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
155: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
156: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
157: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 161: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
162: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
163: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
164: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
165: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
166: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
167: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
168: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
169: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
170: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 174: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
175: Big debate over small packets</a>,
176: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
177: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
178: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
179: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
180: draft.
181: <p>
182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 184: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
185: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
186: ordinateur ?"</a>,
187: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
188: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
189: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
190: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
191: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
192: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
193: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
194: <p>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 197: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
198: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
199: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
200: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
201: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
202: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
203: performance data with pfstat.
204: <p>
205:
206: </ul>
207:
1.461 grunk 208: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
209: <ul>
210:
211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 212: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
213: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 214: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 215: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
216: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
217: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 218: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 219: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 220: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
221: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
222: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 223: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
224: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 225: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 226: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
227: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 228: <p>
229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 231: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
232: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 233: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 234: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
235: poor security:
1.467 grunk 236: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 237: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 238: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 239: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
240: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 244: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
245: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 246: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 247: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
248: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 249: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
250: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
251: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
252: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
253: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
254: commercial vendors.
255: <p>
256:
257: </ul>
258:
1.454 ian 259: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
260: <ul>
1.468 grunk 261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
263: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
264: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
265: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
266: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
267: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
268: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 269: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 270: <br>
271: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
272: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
273: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
274: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
275: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 276: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 277: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
278: <p>
279:
1.454 ian 280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 281: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
282: Free Bird</a>,
283: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
284: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
285: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
286: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
287: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
288: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
289: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
290: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
291: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
292: room will only be available in the print edition.
293: <p>
1.459 deraadt 294:
1.458 niallo 295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 296: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
297: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
298: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
299: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
300: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
301: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
302: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
303: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
304: <p>
1.457 deraadt 305:
1.456 niallo 306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 307: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 308: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
309: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
310: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
311: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
312: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
313: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 314: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 315: interview.</a>
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 319: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
320: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
321: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
322: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
323: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
324: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
325: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
326: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
327: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
328: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
329: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
330: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
331: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
332: "I have never used it."
333: <p>
334:
335: </ul>
336:
1.441 deraadt 337: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
338: <ul>
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 340: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
341: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
342: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
343: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
344: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
345: future enhancements.
346: <p>
347:
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 349: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 350: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
351: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
352: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
353: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
354: North America mirror:
355: <ul>
1.452 marco 356: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 357: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
358: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 359: </ul>
360: European mirror:
361: <ul>
1.452 marco 362: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 363: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
364: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
365: </ul>
366: <p>
367:
368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 369: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
370: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
371: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
372: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
373: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
374: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 378: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
379: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
380: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
381: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
382: first-hand account.
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 386: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
387: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
388: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
389: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
390: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
391: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
392: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
393: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
394: <p>
395:
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 397: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
398: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
399: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
400: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
401: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
402: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
403: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
404: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 408: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 409: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 410: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
411: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
412: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
413: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
414: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
415: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
419: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 420: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 421: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
422: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
423: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
424: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
425: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 429: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
430: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
431: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 432: </strong></font><br>
433: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
434: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
435: with OpenBSD.
436: </ul>
437:
1.436 henning 438: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
439: <ul>
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 441: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
442: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
443: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
444: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
445: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
446: than closed source, as we have long contended.
447: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
448: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
449: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
450: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
451: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
452: <p>
453: This article can also be found online as
454: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
455: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
456: <p>
457:
458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 459: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
460: </strong></font><br>
461: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
462: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
463: <p>
464:
465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 466: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
467: </strong></font><br>
468: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
469: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 470: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 471: the issues we had with IETF.
472: </ul>
473:
1.431 ian 474: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
475: <ul>
476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 477: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
478: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
479: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
480: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
481: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
482: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
483: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 487: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
488: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
489: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
490: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
491: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
492: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 493: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 494: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
495: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
496: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
497: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
498: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
499: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
500: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
501: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
502:
503: </ul>
504:
1.427 matthieu 505: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
506: <ul>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 509: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
510: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
511: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
512: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
513: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
514: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
515: firmware.
1.434 ian 516: Similar articles can be found online at:
517: <ul>
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
519: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
520: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
521: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
523: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
524: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
525: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
527: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
528: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
529: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 531: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 532: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
533: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
534: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 535: </ul>
536:
1.426 ian 537: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
538: <ul>
539:
540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
541: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
542: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
543: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
544: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 545: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 546: mechanism: what it is and why and
547: how to use it, with examples.
548: Another excerpt from the book
549: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
550: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
551: <p>
552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
554: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
555: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
556: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
557: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
558: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
559: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
560: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
561: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
562: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
563: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
564: This article is a sample chapter from
565: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
566: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
567: <p>
1.443 ian 568:
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 570: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 571: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
572: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
573: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
574: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
575: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
576: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
577: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
578: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
579: ends with a sidebar on security.
580: <p>
1.426 ian 581: </ul>
582:
1.424 ian 583: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
584: <ul>
585:
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 587: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
588: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
589: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
590: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
591: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
592: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
593: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
594: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
595: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
596: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
597: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
598: <p>
599: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
600: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
601: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
602: <p>
603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 605: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
606: Closed Source Hardware</a>
607: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
608: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
609: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
610: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
611: operating systems.
612: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
613: OpenBSD on his firewall.
614: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
615: systems, he writes:
616: <blockquote>
617: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
618: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
619: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
620: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
621: to the operating system...
622: <br/>
623: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
624: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
625: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
626: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
627: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
628: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
629: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
630: in a closed source operating system).
631: <br/>
632: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
633: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
634: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
635: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
636: </blockquote>
637: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
638: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
639: their hardware and software operates.
640: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
641: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 642: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 643: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
644: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
645: <p>
646: </ul>
647:
1.417 pvalchev 648: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
649: <ul>
1.421 ian 650:
1.417 pvalchev 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 652: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
653: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
654: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
655: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
656: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
657: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
658: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
659: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
660: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
661: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
662: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 663: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 664: <p>
665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 666: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
667: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
668: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
669: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
670: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
671: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
672: it claims to do".
673: <p>
674:
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 676: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 677: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
678: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
679: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
680: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 681: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 682: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
683: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
684: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
685: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
686: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
687: (yes, this is a hint).
688: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
689: picked up on the
690: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
691: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 692: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 693: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
694: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 698: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
699: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
700: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
701: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
702: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
703: questions about the significance and rationale behind
704: the current efforts.
705: <p>
706: </ul>
707:
1.407 henning 708: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
709: <ul>
710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 711: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
712: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
713: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
714: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
715: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
716: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
717: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
718: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 722: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
723: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
724: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
725: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
726: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
727: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
728: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
729: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
730: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 731: <p>
1.415 ian 732:
733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 734: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 735: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
736: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
737: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
738: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
739: overflow attacks... because
740: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
741: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
742: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
743: and propolice.
744: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
745: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
746: and that's when the science falls apart."
747: <p>
748:
749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 750: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
751: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
752: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
753: Starts with the question:
754: <blockquote>
755: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
756: <br/>
757: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
758: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
759: <br/>
760: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
761: Should we believe them?"
762: </blockquote>
763: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
764: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
765: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
766: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
767: for your mail, web and other online activities.
768: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 772: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
773: Simple Simon</a>,
774: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
775: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
776: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
777: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
778: routing/firewall, and more.
779: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
780: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
781: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
782: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
783: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
784: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
785: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
786: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
787: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
788: </blockquote>
789: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
790: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
791: <p>
792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 794: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
795: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 796: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 797: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 798: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
799: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
800: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 801: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 802: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
803: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
804: in spite of it
805: (registration required, but worth it).
806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
809: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
810: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
811: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
812: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
813: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
814: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
815: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 816: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 817: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
818: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
819: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
820: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
821: <p>
822:
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 824: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
825: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
826: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
827: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
828: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
829: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
830: <blockquote>
831: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
832: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
833: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
834: a lot of analysis.
835: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
836: </blockquote>
837: <p>
838: </ul>
839:
1.400 marco 840: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
841: <ul>
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 843: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
844: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
845: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
846: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
847: UNIX-like systems.
848: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
849: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
850: <p>
851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 852: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
853: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 854: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
855: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
856: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
857: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
858: At one point, the article states:
859: <blockquote>
860: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
861: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
862: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
863: </blockquote>
864: And then quotes Theo as saying:
865: <blockquote>
866: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
867: fewer are reading or auditing code."
868: </blockquote>
869: <p>
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
871: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
872: marks its fifth birthday</a>
873: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
874: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
875: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
876: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
877: required).
878: <p>
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 880: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
881: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
882: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
883: </strong></font><br>
884: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
885: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
886: <p>
887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 888: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
889: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 890: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 891: </strong></font><br>
892: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
893: <p>
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 895: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
896: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 897: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 898: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 899: 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 900: <p>
901: </ul>
902:
1.396 henning 903: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
904: <ul>
905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 906: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
907: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
908: Unix Review, July, 2004
909: </strong></font><br>
910: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
911: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 912: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 913: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
914: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
915: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
916: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
917: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
918: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
919: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
920: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
921: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
922: and even spelling/wording errors.
923: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
924: <p>
925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 926: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 927: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
928: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
929: </strong></font><br>
930: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
931: <p>
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 933: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 934: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
935: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
936: </strong></font><br>
937: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
938: <p>
939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 940: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
941: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
942: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
943: </strong></font><br>
944: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
945: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
946: <p>
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 948: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
949: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
950: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
951: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
952: <p>
953: </ul>
954:
1.405 jolan 955: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
956: <ul>
957: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
958: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 959: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 960: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
961: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
962: details on how funds are dispersed.
963: <p>
964: </ul>
965:
1.393 david 966: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
967: <ul>
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 969: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
970: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
971: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
972: </strong></font><br>
973: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
974: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
975: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
976: on inserting large number of SQL records.
977: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
978: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
979: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 983: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
984: Secure by Default</a>,
985: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
986: </strong></font><br>
987: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
988: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
989: <p>
990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
992: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
993: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
994: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
995: </strong></font><br>
996: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
997: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
998: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
999: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1000: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1001: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1005: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1006: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1007: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1010: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1011: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1012: <p>
1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1015: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1016: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1017: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1018: </strong></font><br>
1019: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1020: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1021: <p>
1022: </ul>
1023:
1.388 mcbride 1024: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1025: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1026:
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1028: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1029: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1030: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1033: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1034: available for sparc64.
1035: <p>
1036:
1.390 beck 1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1038: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1039: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1040: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1041: </strong></font><br>
1042: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1043: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1044: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1045: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1046: <p>
1047:
1048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1049: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1050: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1051: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1052: </strong></font><br>
1053: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1054: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1055: it does: CARP provides sharing
1056: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1057: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1058: detail to get you started using it.
1059: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1060: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1061: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1062: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1063: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1064: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1065: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1066: <p>
1.391 ian 1067:
1068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1069: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1070: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1071: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1072: </strong></font><br>
1073: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1074: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1075: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1076: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1077:
1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1079: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1080: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1081: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1082: </strong></font><br>
1083: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1084: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1085: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1086: unencumbered by patents.
1087: <p>
1088: </ul>
1089:
1.378 henning 1090: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1091: <ul>
1.384 jose 1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1094: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1095: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1096: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1097: </strong></font><br>
1098: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1099: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1100: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1101: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1102: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1103: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1104: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1105: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1106: in the page tables."
1107: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1108: <p>
1109:
1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1111: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1112: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1113: </strong></font><br>
1114: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1115: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1116: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1117: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1118: <p>
1.384 jose 1119:
1.378 henning 1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1121: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1122: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1123: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1124: </strong></font><br>
1125: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1126: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1127: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1128: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1129: (quote:
1130: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1131: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1132: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1133: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1134: the other developers for their work on the system.
1135: <p>
1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1138: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1139: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1140: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1141: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1142: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1143: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1144: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1145: too.
1146: <p>
1147:
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1149: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1150: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1151: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1152: OpenBSD source code using
1153: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1154: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1155: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1156: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1157: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1158: <p>
1159: </ul>
1160:
1.374 jose 1161: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1162: <ul>
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1164: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1165: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1166: </strong></font><br>
1167: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1168: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1169: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1170: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1171: it."
1172: <p>
1173:
1174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1175: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1176: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1177: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1178: </strong></font><br/>
1179: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1180: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1181: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1182: <p>
1183: </ul>
1184:
1.369 ian 1185: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1186: <ul>
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1188: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1189: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1190: </strong></font><br/>
1191: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1192: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1193: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1194: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1195: <p>
1196:
1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1198: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1199: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1200: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1201: </strong></font><br/>
1202: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1203: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1204: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1205: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1206: form factor.
1207: <p>
1208:
1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1210: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1211: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1212: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1213: Features</a>,
1214: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1215: </strong></font><br/>
1216: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1217: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1218: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1219: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1220: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1221: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1222: <p>
1223: This article can also be found online at:
1224: <ul>
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1226: <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 1227: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1228: </strong></font>
1229: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1230: </ul>
1231: <p>
1.392 david 1232:
1.371 jose 1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1234: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1235: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1236: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1237: </strong></font><br/>
1238: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1239: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1240: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1241: <p>
1.371 jose 1242:
1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1244: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1245: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1246: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1247: </strong></font><br/>
1248: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1249: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1250: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1251: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1252: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1253: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1254: and its history with OpenBSD.
1255: </ul>
1256:
1.368 henning 1257: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1258: <ul>
1259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1260: [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 1261: </strong></font><br>
1262: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1263: </ul>
1264:
1.364 jose 1265: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1266: <ul>
1267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1268: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1269: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1270: UNIX Review,
1271: July, 2003.
1272: </strong></font><br>
1273: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1274: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1275: who want more information.
1276: <p>
1277:
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1279: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1280: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1281: Government Computer News,
1282: July 22, 2003.
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1285: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1286: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1287: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1291: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1292: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1293: SANS Institute,
1294: July 22, 2003.
1295: </strong></font><br>
1296: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1297: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1298: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1299: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1300: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1301: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1302: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1303: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1304: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1305: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1306: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1310: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1311: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1312: OnLamp.com,
1313: July 17, 2003.
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1316: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1317: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1318: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1319: have been working on.
1320:
1321: </ul>
1322:
1.356 jose 1323: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1324: <ul>
1325:
1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1327: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1328: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1329: UNIX Review,
1330: June, 2003.
1331: </strong></font><br>
1332: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1333: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1334: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1335: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1336: <p>
1337:
1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1339: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1340: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1341: eWeek,
1342: June 23, 2003.
1343: </strong></font><br>
1344: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1345: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1346: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1347: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1348: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1349: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1350: <p>
1351:
1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1353: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1354: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1355: Software Development Online,
1356: June, 2003.
1357: </strong></font><br>
1358: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1359: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1360: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1361: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1362: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1363: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1364: current activities.
1365: <p>
1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1368: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1369: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1370: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1371: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1372: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1373: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1374: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1375: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1376: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1377: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1378: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1379: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1380: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1381: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1382: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1383: decisions.
1384: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1385: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1386: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1387: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1388: <p>
1389:
1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1391: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1392: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1393: Page 58, eWeek,
1394: June 2, 2003.
1395: </strong></font><br>
1396: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1397: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1398: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1399: been addressed in -current.
1400: <p>
1401:
1.356 jose 1402: </ul>
1403:
1404: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1405: <ul>
1406:
1.355 jose 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1408: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1409: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1410: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1411: </strong></font><br>
1412: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1413: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1414: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1415: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1416: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1417: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1418: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1422: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1423: Beyond Linux</a>,
1424: InfoWorld,
1425: May 23, 2003.
1426: </strong></font><br>
1427: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1428: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1429: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1430: compared to the GPL.
1431: <p>
1432:
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1434: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1435: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1436: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1437: May 17, 2003.
1438: </strong></font><br>
1439: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1440: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1441: the business section and half of another page inside
1442: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1443: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1444: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1445: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1446: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1447: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1448: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1449: <br>
1450: This article can also be found online at:
1451: <ul>
1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1453: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1454: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1455: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1456: May 17, 2003
1457: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1458: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1460: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1461: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1462: Montreal Gazette,
1463: May 21, 2003
1464: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1465: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1466: <p>
1.346 ian 1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1469: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1470: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1471: May 7, 2003.
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1474: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1475: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1476: <p>
1477:
1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1479: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1480: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1481: OsOpinion,
1482: May 6, 2003.
1483: </strong></font><br>
1484: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1485: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1486: <br>
1487: This article can also be found online at:
1488: <ul>
1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1490: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1491: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1492: NewsFactor Network.
1493: </strong></font>
1494: </ul>
1495: <p>
1496:
1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1498: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1499: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1500: ITBusiness,
1501: May 2, 2003.
1502: </strong></font><br>
1503: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1504: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1505: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1506: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1507: <p>
1508:
1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1510: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1511: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1512: InfoWorld,
1513: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1514: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1515: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1516: <br>
1517: This article can also be found online at:
1518: <ul>
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1520: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1521: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1522: IDG Singapore.
1523: </strong></font>
1524: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1525: <p>
1526:
1.339 jose 1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1528: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1529: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1530: ZDNet,
1531: May 1, 2003.
1532: </strong></font><br>
1533: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1534: someone using parts from previous articles.
1535: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1536: This article can also be found online at:
1537: <ul>
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1539: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1540: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1541: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1542: </strong></font>
1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1544: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1545: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1546: CNET News.com.
1547: </strong></font>
1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1549: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1550: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1551: ZDNet UK.
1552: </strong></font>
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1554: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1555: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1556: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1557: </strong></font>
1558: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1559: <p>
1.339 jose 1560:
1.341 deraadt 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1562: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1563: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1564: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1565: May 1, 2003.
1566: </strong></font><br>
1567: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1568: that have been added
1569: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1570: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1571: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1572: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1573: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1574: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1575: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1576: <p>
1577:
1578: </ul>
1579:
1.253 ian 1580: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1581: <ul>
1.255 ian 1582:
1.260 ian 1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1584: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1585: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1586: TechRepublic,
1587: April 28, 2003.
1588: </strong></font><br>
1589: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1590: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1591: work.<br>
1592: Can also be found online at:
1593: <ul>
1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1595: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1596: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1597: ZDNet UK.
1598: </strong></font>
1599: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1600: <p>
1601:
1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1603: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1604: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1605: IDG,
1606: April 24, 2003.
1607: </strong></font><br>
1608: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1609: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1610: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1611: Can also be found online at:
1612: <ul>
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1614: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1615: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1616: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1617: </strong></font>
1618: </ul>
1619: <p>
1620:
1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1622: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1623: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1624: Slate,
1625: April 24, 2003.
1626: </strong></font><br>
1627: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1628: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1629: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1630: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1631: <p>
1632:
1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1634: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1635: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1636: April 24, 2003.
1637: </strong></font><br>
1638: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1639: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1640: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1641: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1642: <p>
1643:
1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1645: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1646: April 24, 2003.
1647: </strong></font><br>
1648: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1649: the free software community".
1650: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1651: other articles.
1652: <p>
1653:
1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1655: <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 1656: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1657: </strong></font><br>
1658: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1659: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1660: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1661: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1662: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1663: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1664: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1665: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1666: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1667: <br/>
1668: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1669: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1670: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1671: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1672: <br>
1673: Can also be found online at:
1674: <ul>
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1676: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1677: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1678: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1679: </strong></font>
1680: </ul>
1.324 ian 1681: <p>
1682:
1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1684: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1685: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1688: article above.
1689: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1690: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1691: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1692: <br>
1693: Can also be found online at:
1694: <ul>
1695: <li>
1696: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1697: </strong></font>
1698: </ul>
1.324 ian 1699: <p>
1700:
1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1702: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1703: </strong></font><br>
1704: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1708: <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.
1709: </strong></font><br>
1710: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1711: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1712: <p>
1713:
1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1715: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1716: April 23, 2003.
1717: </strong></font><br>
1718: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1719: <p>
1720:
1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1722: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1723: April 22, 2003.
1724: </strong></font><br>
1725: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1726: <p>
1727:
1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1729: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1730: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1731: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1732: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1733: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1734: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1735: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1736: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1737: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1738: Can also be found online at:
1739: <ul>
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1741: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1742: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1743: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1744: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1746: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1747: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1748: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1749: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1750: </ul>
1751: <p>
1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1754: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1755: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1756: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1757: </strong></font><br>
1758: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1759: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1760: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1761: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1762: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1763: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1764: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1765: <p>
1766:
1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1768: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1769: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1770: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1771: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1772: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1773: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1774: at UPenn and DARPA.
1775: <p>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1778: [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,
1779: France
1.315 deraadt 1780: April 18, 2003.
1781: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1782: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1783: <p>
1784:
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1786: [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 1787: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1788: </strong></font><br>
1789: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1790: <p>
1791:
1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1793: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1794: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1795: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1796: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1797: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1798: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1799: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1800: <p>
1801:
1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1803: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1804: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1805: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1806: </strong></font><br>
1807: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1808: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1809: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1810: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1811: <p>
1812:
1813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1814: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1815: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1816: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1817: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1818: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1819: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1820: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1821: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1822: Can also be found online at:
1823: <ul>
1824: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1825: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1826: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1827: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1828: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1829: <p>
1830:
1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1832: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1833: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1834: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1835: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1836: </strong></font><br>
1837: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1838: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1839: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1840: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1841: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1842:
1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1844: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1845: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1846: New York Times.
1847: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1848:
1.273 deraadt 1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1850: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1851: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1852: ABC News.
1853: </strong></font>
1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1856: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1857: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1858: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1859: </strong></font>
1860:
1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1862: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1863: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1864: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1865: </strong></font>
1866:
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1868: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1869: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1870: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1871: </strong></font>
1872:
1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1874: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1875: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1876: Times Daily, AL.
1877: </strong></font>
1878:
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1880: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1881: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1882: Boston.com, MA.
1883: </strong></font>
1884:
1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1886: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1887: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1888: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1889: </strong></font>
1890:
1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1892: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1893: [Article was pulled]</a>
1894: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1895: </strong></font>
1896:
1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1898: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1899: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1900: Infoshop News.
1901: </strong></font>
1902:
1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1904: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1905: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1906: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1907: </strong></font>
1908:
1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1910: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1911: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1912: Raleigh News, NC.
1913: </strong></font>
1914:
1915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1916: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1917: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1918: Napa News, CA.
1919: </strong></font>
1920:
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1922: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1923: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1924: NEPA News, PA.
1925: </strong></font>
1926:
1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1928: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1929: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1930: Wired News.
1931: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1932: <br>
1933: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1934: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1935: [JAPANESE]
1936: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1937: Wired News Japan</a>
1938: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1939:
1.271 deraadt 1940: </ul>
1941: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1942: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1943: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1944: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1945: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1946: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1947: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1948: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1949: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1950: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1951: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1952: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1953: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1954: <p>
1955: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1956:
1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1958: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1959: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1960: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1961: </strong></font>
1962:
1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1964: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1965: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1966: Miami Herald, FL.
1967: </strong></font>
1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1970: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1971: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1972: </strong></font>
1973:
1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1975: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1976: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1977: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1978: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1979:
1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1981: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1982: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1983: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1984: ABC News.
1985: </strong></font>
1986:
1.276 deraadt 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1988: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1989: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1990: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1991: </strong></font>
1992:
1.286 dhartmei 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1994: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1995: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1996: Wilmington Star, NC.
1997: </strong></font>
1998:
1.300 jose 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2000: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2001: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2002: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2003: </strong></font>
2004:
1.309 jose 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2006: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2007: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2008: Globe Technology.
2009: </strong></font>
2010:
1.263 deraadt 2011: </ul>
1.262 beck 2012: <p>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2015: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2016: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2017: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2018: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2019: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2020: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2021: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2022: <p>
2023:
2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2025: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2026: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2027: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2028: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2029: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2030: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2031: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2032: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2033: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2034: and simply restates other press reports.
2035: <p>
2036:
2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2038: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2039: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2040: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2041: </strong></font><br>
2042: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2043: <p>
2044:
2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2046: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2047: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2048: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2049: </strong></font><br>
2050: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2051: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2052: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2053: <p>
2054:
2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2056: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2057: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2058: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2059: April 17, 2003.
2060: </strong></font><br>
2061: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2062: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2063: Tech Anthems</a>
2064: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2065: 4 so far.
2066: <p>
2067:
2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2069: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2070: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2071: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2072: </strong></font><br>
2073: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2074: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2075: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2076: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2077: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2078: Goes on to say:
2079: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2080: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2081: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2082: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2083: This article is also found online at:
2084: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2086: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2087: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2088: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2089: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2091: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2092: ZDnet</a>,
2093: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2094: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2096: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2097: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2098: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2099: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2100: </ul>
1.260 ian 2101: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2102:
1.260 ian 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2104: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2105: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2106: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2107: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2108: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2109: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2110: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2111: without notice or justification.
2112: <p>
2113:
2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2115: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2116: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2117: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2118: </strong></font><br>
2119: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2120: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2121: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2122: effective today, without any warning..."
2123: <p>
1.257 ian 2124:
2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2126: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2127: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2128: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2129: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2130: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2131: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2132: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2133: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2134: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2135: <p>
2136:
2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2138: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2139: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2140: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2141: </strong></font><br>
2142: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2143: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2144: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2145: quoting two of them:
2146: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2147: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2148: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2149: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2150: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2151: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2152: <p>
2153:
1.255 ian 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2155: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2156: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2157: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2159: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2160: <p>
2161:
2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2163: [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 2164: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2165: </strong></font><br>
2166: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2167: <p>
2168:
2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2170: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2171: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2172: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2173: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2174: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2175: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2176: security experts for more than three decades."
2177: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2178: <p>
1.261 ian 2179:
1.254 drahn 2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2181: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2182: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2183: </strong></font><br>
2184: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2185: <p>
2186:
2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2188: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2189: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2190: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2191: </strong></font><br>
2192: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2193: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2194: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2195: <p>
2196:
2197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2198: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2199: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2200: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2201: </strong></font><br>
2202: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2203: from US DARPA.
2204: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2205: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2206: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2207: the BSD license.
2208: <p>
2209: </ul>
2210:
1.251 ian 2211: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2212: <ul>
2213:
2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2215: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2216: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2217: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2218: </strong></font><br>
2219:
2220: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2221: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2222: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2223: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2224: <p>
2225:
2226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2227: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2228: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2229: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2230: </strong></font><br>
2231: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2232: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2233: Mentions
2234: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2235: and
2236: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2237: programs.
2238: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2239: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2240: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2241: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2242: <p>
1.325 ian 2243: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2244: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2245:
2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2247: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2248: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2249: </strong></font><br>
2250: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2251: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2252: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2253: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2254: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2255: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2256: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2257: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2258: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2259: put into service."
2260: <p>
2261: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2262: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2263: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2264: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2265: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2266: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2267: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2268: computers with security features."
2269: <p>
1.329 ian 2270:
2271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2272: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2273: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2274: Slate,
2275: March 3, 2003.
2276: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2277: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2278: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2279: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2280: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2281: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2282: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2283: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2284: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2285: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2286: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2287: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2288: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2289: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2290: of more secure open-source solutions like
2291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2292: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2293: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2294: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2295: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2296: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2297: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2298: the Beltway."
2299: <p>
1.251 ian 2300: </ul>
2301:
1.249 jufi 2302: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2303: <ul>
2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2305: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2306: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2307: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2308: </strong></font><br>
2309: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2310: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2311: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2312: <p>
1.334 ian 2313:
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2315: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2316: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2317: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2318: </strong></font><br>
2319: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2320: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2321: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2322: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2323: "... the hypothetical question ...
2324: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2325: <br>
2326: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2327: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2328: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2329: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2330: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2331: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2332: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2333: support network security.
2334: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2335: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2336: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2337: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2338: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2339: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2340: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2341: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2342: <br>
2343: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2344: <p>
2345:
1.249 jufi 2346: </ul>
2347:
1.246 jufi 2348: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2349: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2352: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2353: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2354: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2355: </strong></font><br>
2356: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2357: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2358: <p>
2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2361: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2362: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2363: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2364: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2365: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2366: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2367: <p>
2368:
2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2370: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2371: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2372: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2373: </strong></font><br>
2374: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2375: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2376: <p>
1.247 jufi 2377: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2378:
1.244 jufi 2379: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2380: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2383: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2384: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2385: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2386: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2387: </strong></font><br>
2388: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2389: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2390: md5 digests.
2391: <p>
2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2394: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2395: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2396: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2397: </strong></font><br>
2398: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2399: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2400: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2401: right the first time."
2402: <p>
1.247 jufi 2403: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2404:
2405:
2406: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2407: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2410: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2411: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2412: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2413: </strong></font><br>
2414: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2415: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2416: part 6</a>.
2417: <p>
2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2420: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2421: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2422: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2423: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2424: </strong></font><br>
2425: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2426: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2427: <p>
1.301 jose 2428:
2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2430: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2431: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2432: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2433: </strong></font><br>
2434:
2435: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2436: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2437: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2438: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2439: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2440: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2441: <i>Here's the
2442: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2443: <p>
1.247 jufi 2444: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2445:
2446: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2447: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2450: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2451: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2452: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2453: </strong></font><br>
2454: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2455: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2456: <p>
2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2459: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2460: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2461: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2464: this time using pf.
2465: <p>
1.247 jufi 2466: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2467:
2468: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2469: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2472: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2473: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2474: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2475: </strong></font><br>
2476: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2477: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2478: their rotation.
2479: <p>
2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2482: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2483: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2484: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2485: </strong></font><br>
2486: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2487: <p>
1.247 jufi 2488: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2489:
1.239 jufi 2490: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2491: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2494: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2495: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2496: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2497: </strong></font><br>
2498: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2499: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2500: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2501: <p>
2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2504: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2505: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2506: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2508: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2509: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2510: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2513:
1.235 lebel 2514: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2516:
1.239 jufi 2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2519: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2520: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2521: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2522: </strong></font><br>
2523: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2524: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2525: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2526: <p>
1.301 jose 2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2529:
1.228 horacio 2530: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2531: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2532:
1.247 jufi 2533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2534: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2535: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2536: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2537: </strong></font><br>
2538: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2539: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2540: <p>
2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2543: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2544: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2545: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2546: </strong></font><br>
2547: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2548: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2549: <p>
2550:
1.247 jufi 2551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2552: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2553: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2554: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2555: </strong></font><br>
2556: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2557: on the desktop of his parents.
2558: <p>
2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2561: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2562: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2563: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2564: </strong></font><br>
2565: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2566: using IPFilter.
2567:
2568: <p>
2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2571: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2572: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2573: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2574: </strong></font><br>
2575: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2576: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2577: perspectives of the four OS.
2578: <br>
2579: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2580: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2581: <p>
2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2584: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2585: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2586: software and security</a>,
2587: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2588: </strong></font><br>
2589:
2590: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2591: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2592: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2593: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2594: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2595: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2596: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2597: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2598: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2599: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2600: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2601: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2602: <p>
1.247 jufi 2603: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2604:
1.225 horacio 2605: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2606: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2609: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2610: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2611: Interview</a>,
2612: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
2615: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2616: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2617: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2618: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2619: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2620: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2621: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2622: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2623: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2624: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2625: of choice.
2626: <p>
1.247 jufi 2627: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2628:
2629: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2630: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2633: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2634: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2635: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2636: </strong></font><br>
2637:
2638: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2639: <p>
2640:
1.247 jufi 2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2642: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2643: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2644: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2645: </strong></font><br>
2646:
2647: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2648: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2649: <p>
1.247 jufi 2650: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2651:
1.218 horacio 2652: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2653: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2656: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2657: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2658: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2662: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2663: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2664: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2665: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2666: subjects. Worth a read.
2667: <p>
2668:
2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2671: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2672: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2673: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2674: </strong></font><br>
2675:
2676: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2677: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2678: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2679: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2680: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2681: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2682: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2683: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2684: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2685: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2686: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2687: on other operating systems.<br>
2688: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2689: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2690: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2691: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2692: <p>
2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2695: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2696: Operating System 2010</a>,
2697: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2701: covering the level of software integration into the core
2702: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2703: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2704: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2705: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2706: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2707: <p>
2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2710: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2711: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2712: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2713: </strong></font><br>
2714:
2715: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2716: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2717: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2718: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2719: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2720: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2721: <p>
1.247 jufi 2722: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2723:
1.210 jufi 2724: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2725: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2728: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2729: Already a Contender</a>,
2730: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2731: </strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2734: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2735: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2736: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2737: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2738: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2739: <p>
2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2742: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2743: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2744: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2745: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2746:
1.224 horacio 2747: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2748: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2749: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2750: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2751: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2752: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2753: <p>
1.247 jufi 2754: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2755:
2756: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2757: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2760: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2761: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2762: Division</a>,
2763: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2764: </strong></font><br>
2765:
2766: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2767: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2768: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2769: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2770: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2771: investment</em>.<br>
2772: The implementation details can be seen on their
2773: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2774: <p>
2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2777: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2778: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2779: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2780: </strong></font><br>
2781:
2782: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2783: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2784: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2785: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2786: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2787: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2788: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2789: <p>
2790:
2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2792: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2793: Thinking about Security</a>,
2794: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2795: </strong></font><br>
2796:
2797: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2798: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2799: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2800: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2801: to time.<br>
2802: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2803: system and just the most secure system.
2804: <p>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2807: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2808: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2809: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2810: </strong></font><br>
2811:
2812: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2813: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2814: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2815: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2816: choice:<br>
2817: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2818: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2819: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2820: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2821: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2822: network security devices and as such must be well
2823: armored."</em><br>
2824: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2825: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2826: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2827: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2828: <br>
2829: Bravo!
2830: <p>
1.247 jufi 2831: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2832:
1.207 ian 2833: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2834: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2837: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2838: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2839: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2840:
1.207 ian 2841: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2842: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2843: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2844: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2845: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2846: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2847: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2848: <p>
1.247 jufi 2849: </ul>
1.207 ian 2850:
1.194 jufi 2851: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2852: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2855: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2856: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2857: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2858: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2859:
1.240 miod 2860: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2861: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2862: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2863: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2864: <p>
2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2867: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2868: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2869: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2872: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2873: <p>
2874:
2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2876: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2877: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2878: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2879:
2880: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2881: <p>
2882:
2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2884: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2885: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2886: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2887: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2888:
1.240 miod 2889: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2890: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2891: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2892: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2893: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2894: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2895: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2896: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2897: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2898: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2899: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2900: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2901: <p>
2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2904: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2905: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2906: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2907: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2908:
1.194 jufi 2909: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2910: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2911: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2912: <br>
2913: The new
2914: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2915: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2916: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2917: <p>
1.247 jufi 2918: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2919:
1.190 horacio 2920: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2921: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2924:
2925: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2926: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2927:
1.301 jose 2928:
1.191 jufi 2929: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2930: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2931:
2932: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2933: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2934:
1.212 horacio 2935: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2936: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2937: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2938:
1.211 horacio 2939: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2940: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2941: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2944: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2947: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2948:
1.212 horacio 2949: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2950: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2951: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2952:
2953: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2954: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2955:
2956: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2957: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2958:
1.301 jose 2959: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2960: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2961:
1.191 jufi 2962: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2963: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2964:
2965: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2966: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2967:
1.192 jufi 2968: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2969: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2970: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2971:
1.193 deraadt 2972: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2973: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2974: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2977: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2978:
1.247 jufi 2979: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2980: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2981: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2982:
1.213 horacio 2983: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2984: 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 2985: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2986:
1.190 horacio 2987: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2988: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2989: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2990: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2991: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2992: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2993: <p>
1.190 horacio 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2996: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2997: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2998: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2999: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3000:
1.195 jufi 3001: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3002: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3003: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3004: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3005: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3006: <p>
3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3009: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3010: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3011: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3012: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3013:
1.191 jufi 3014: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3015: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3016: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3017: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3018: <p>
3019:
3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3021: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3022: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3023: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3024:
3025: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3026: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3027: <p>
1.247 jufi 3028: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3029:
1.191 jufi 3030:
1.186 jufi 3031: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3032: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3035: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3036: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3037: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3038: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3039:
1.188 jufi 3040: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3041: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3042: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3043: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3044: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3045: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3046: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3047: <p>
3048:
1.301 jose 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3050: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3051: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3052: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3053:
3054: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3055: <p>
1.191 jufi 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3058: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3059: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3060: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3064: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3065: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3066: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3067: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3068: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3069: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3070: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3071: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3072: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3073: familiar?
3074: <p>
1.247 jufi 3075: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3076:
1.178 louis 3077: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3078: <ul>
1.178 louis 3079:
1.247 jufi 3080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3081: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3082: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3083: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3084: </strong></font><br>
3085:
3086: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3087: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3088: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3089: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3090: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3091: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3092: <p>
3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3095: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3096: Open source under the hood</a>,
3097: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3101: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3102: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3103: <p>
3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3106: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3107: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3108: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3109: </strong></font><br>
3110:
3111: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3112: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3113: <p>
1.247 jufi 3114: </ul>
1.179 louis 3115:
1.174 louis 3116:
1.175 louis 3117: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3118: <ul>
1.175 louis 3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3121: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3122: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3123: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3124: </strong></font><br>
3125:
3126: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3127: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3128: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3129: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3130: <p>
3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3133: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3134: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3135: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3136: </strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3139: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3140: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3141: <p>
1.247 jufi 3142: </ul>
1.175 louis 3143:
1.176 louis 3144:
1.172 mickey 3145: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3146: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3147:
1.247 jufi 3148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3149: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3150: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3151: </strong></font><br>
3152:
3153: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3154: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3155: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3156: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3157: <p>
3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3160: <a
1.269 deraadt 3161: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3162: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3163: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3164: </strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3167: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3168: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3169: <p>
3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3172: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3173: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3174: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3175: </strong></font><br>
3176:
3177: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3178: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3179: <p>
3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3182: <a
1.269 deraadt 3183: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3184: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3185: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3186: </strong></font><br>
3187:
3188: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3189: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3190: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3191: our own Theo de Raadt.
3192: <p>
3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3195: <a
1.269 deraadt 3196: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3197: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3198: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3199: </strong></font><br>
3200:
3201: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3202: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3203: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3204: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3205: shut down.]
3206: <p>
3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3209: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3210: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3211: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3212: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3216: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3217: <p>
1.247 jufi 3218: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3219:
1.161 louis 3220: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3221: <ul>
1.161 louis 3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3224: <a
1.269 deraadt 3225: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3226: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3227: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3228: </strong></font><br>
3229:
3230: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3231: by John Wolley
3232: <p>
3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3235: <a
1.269 deraadt 3236: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3237: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3238: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3239: </strong></font><br>
3240:
3241: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3242: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3243: OpenBSD).
3244: <p>
3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3247: <a
1.247 jufi 3248: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3249: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3250: </strong></font><br>
3251:
3252: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3253: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3254: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3255: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3256: and hindsight.
3257: <p>
3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3260: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3261: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3262: </strong></font><br>
3263:
3264: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3265: <p>
3266:
1.247 jufi 3267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3268: <a
1.168 provos 3269: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3270: December 7, 2000
3271: </strong></font><br>
3272:
3273: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3274: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3275: us explain.
3276: <p>
3277:
1.247 jufi 3278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3279: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3280: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3281: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3282: December 6, 2000
3283: </strong></font><br>
3284:
3285: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3286: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3287: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3288: <p>
3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3291: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3292: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3293: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3294: </strong></font><br>
3295:
3296: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3297: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3298: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
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
3302: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3303: <p>
3304:
3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3306: <a
1.226 horacio 3307: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3308: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3309: </strong></font><br>
3310:
3311: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3312: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3313: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3314: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3315: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3316: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3317: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3318: <p>
1.162 millert 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3321: <a
1.161 louis 3322: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3323: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3324: </strong></font><br>
3325:
3326: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3327: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3328: <p>
3329:
1.247 jufi 3330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3331: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3332: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3333: </strong></font><br>
3334:
3335: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3336: <p>
3337:
3338:
1.247 jufi 3339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3340: <a
1.226 horacio 3341: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3342: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3343: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3347: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3348: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3349: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3350: <p>
1.247 jufi 3351: </ul>
1.169 louis 3352:
1.158 louis 3353: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3354: <ul>
1.147 louis 3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3357: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3358: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3359: </strong></font><br>
3360:
3361: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3362: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3363: <p>
3364:
1.247 jufi 3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3366: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3367: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3368: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3369: </strong></font><br>
3370: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3371: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3372: <p>
3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3375: <a
3376: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3377: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3378: </strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3381: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3382: <p>
3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3385: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3386: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3387: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3388:
1.213 horacio 3389: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3390: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3391: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3392: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3393: <p>
1.215 horacio 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3396: <a
3397: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3398: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3399: </strong></font><br>
3400:
3401: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3402: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3403: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3404: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3405: much of the attitude too).
3406: <p>
1.161 louis 3407:
1.247 jufi 3408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3409: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3410: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3411: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3412:
1.157 louis 3413: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3414: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3415: <p>
1.247 jufi 3416: </ul>
1.157 louis 3417:
3418: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3419: <ul>
1.157 louis 3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3422: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3423: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3424: </strong></font><br>
3425:
3426: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3427: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3428: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3429: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3430: <p>
3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3433: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3434: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3435: </strong></font><br>
3436:
3437: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3438: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3439: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3440: it because they love coding...
3441: <p>
3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3444: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3445: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3446: </strong></font><br>
3447:
3448: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3449: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3450: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3451: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3452: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3453: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3454: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3455: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3456: <p>
3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3459: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3460: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3461: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3462: </strong></font><br>
3463:
3464: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3465: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3466: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3467: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3468: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3469: the pizza.
3470: <p>
3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3473: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3474: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3475: </strong></font><br>
3476:
3477: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3478: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3479: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3480: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3481: problems.
3482: <p>
3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3485: <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 3486: </strong></font><br>
3487:
1.222 miod 3488: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3489: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3490: - whether they like it or not.
3491: <p>
3492:
1.247 jufi 3493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3494: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3495: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3496: </strong></font><br>
3497:
3498: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3499: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3500: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3501: <p>
1.148 aaron 3502:
1.247 jufi 3503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3504: <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 3505: </strong></font><br>
3506:
3507: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3508: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3509: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3510: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3511: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3512: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3513: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3514: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3518: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3519: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3520: </strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3523: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3524: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3525: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3526: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3527: <p>
1.247 jufi 3528: </ul>
1.147 louis 3529:
1.138 louis 3530: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3531: <ul>
1.138 louis 3532:
1.247 jufi 3533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3534: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3535: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3536: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3537: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3538: </strong></font><br>
3539:
1.227 horacio 3540: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3541: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3542: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3543: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3544: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3545: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3546: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3547: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3548: <p>
3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3551: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3552: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3553: </strong></font><br>
3554:
3555: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3556: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3557: groups, and even Linux.
3558: <p>
3559:
1.247 jufi 3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3561: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3562: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3563: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3564: </strong></font><br>
3565:
3566: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3567: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3568: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3569: library after installing the OS.
3570: <p>
3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3573: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3574: Sys Admin, September 2000
3575: </strong></font><br>
3576:
3577: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3578: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3579: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3580: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3581: (<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>,
3582: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3583: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3584: <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 3585: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3586: out of the system.
3587: <p>
3588:
1.247 jufi 3589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3590: <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
3591: </strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3594: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3595: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3596: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3597: the IP filtering and address translation.
3598: <p>
1.301 jose 3599:
3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3601: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3602: </strong></font><br>
3603:
3604: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3605: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3606: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3607: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3608: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3609: <p>
1.247 jufi 3610: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3611:
1.131 louis 3612: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3613: <ul>
1.131 louis 3614:
1.247 jufi 3615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3616: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3617: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3618: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3619: </strong></font><br>
3620:
3621: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3622: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3623: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3624: <p>
3625:
1.247 jufi 3626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3627: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3628: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3629: </strong></font><br>
3630:
3631: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3632: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3633: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3634: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3635: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3636: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3637: note of"</i>.
3638: <p>
3639:
1.247 jufi 3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3641: <a
1.247 jufi 3642: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3643: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3644: </strong></font><br>
3645:
3646: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3647: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3648: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3649: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3650: <p>
3651:
1.247 jufi 3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3653: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3654: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3655: </strong></font><br>
3656:
3657: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3658: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3659: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3660: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3661: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3662: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3663: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3664: <p>
3665:
1.247 jufi 3666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3667: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3668: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3669: 2000
3670: </strong></font><br>
3671:
3672: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3673: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3674: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3675: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3676: against current industry practices.
3677: <p>
3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3680: <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
3681: </strong></font><br>
3682:
3683: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3684: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3685: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3686: <p>
3687:
1.247 jufi 3688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3689: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3690: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3691: </strong></font><br>
3692:
3693: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3694: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3695: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3696: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3697: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3698: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3699: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3700: <p>
3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3703: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3704: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3705: </strong></font><br>
3706:
3707: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3708: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3709: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3710: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3711: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3712: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3713: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3714: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3715: <p>
1.247 jufi 3716: </ul>
1.131 louis 3717:
1.118 louis 3718: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3719: <ul>
1.118 louis 3720:
1.247 jufi 3721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3722: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3723: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3724: </strong></font><br>
3725:
3726: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3727: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3728: about time. The article mentions that
3729: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3730: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3731: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3732: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3733: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3734: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3735: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3736: <p>
3737:
1.247 jufi 3738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3739: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3740: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3741: </strong></font><br>
3742:
3743: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3744: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3745: of OpenSSH.
3746: <p>
3747:
1.247 jufi 3748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3749: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3750: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3751: </strong></font><br>
3752:
3753: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3754: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3755: bridging.
3756: <p>
3757:
1.247 jufi 3758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3759: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3760: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3761: </strong></font><br>
3762:
1.121 deraadt 3763: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3764: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3765: <p>
3766:
1.247 jufi 3767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3768: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3769: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3770: </strong></font><br>
3771:
3772: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3773: <p>
3774:
1.247 jufi 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3776: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3777: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3778: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3779: </strong></font><br>
3780:
1.120 deraadt 3781: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3782: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3783: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3784: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3785: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3786: <p>
3787:
1.247 jufi 3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3789: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3790: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3791: </strong></font><br>
3792:
1.222 miod 3793: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3794: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3795: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3796: protocols and their quirks.
3797: <p>
3798:
1.247 jufi 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3800: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3801: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3802: </strong></font><br>
3803:
3804: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3805: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3806: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3807: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3808: <p>
3809:
1.247 jufi 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3811: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3812: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3813: </strong></font><br>
3814:
3815: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3816: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3817: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3818: <p>
3819:
1.247 jufi 3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3821: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3822: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3823: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3824: </strong></font><br>
3825:
3826: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3827: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3828: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3829: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3830: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3831: <p>
1.247 jufi 3832: </ul>
1.118 louis 3833:
1.104 louis 3834: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3835: <ul>
1.104 louis 3836:
1.247 jufi 3837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3838: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3839: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3840: </strong></font><br>
3841:
3842: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3843: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3844: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3845: be a bit dry.
3846: <p>
3847:
1.247 jufi 3848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3849: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3850: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3851: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3852: </strong></font><br>
3853: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3854: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3855: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3856: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3857: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3858: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3859: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3860: <p>
3861:
1.247 jufi 3862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3863: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3864: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3865: 2000
1.128 louis 3866: </strong></font><br>
3867:
3868: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3869: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3870: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3871: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3872: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3873: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3874: <p>
3875:
1.247 jufi 3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3877: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3878: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3879: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3880:
3881: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3882: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3883: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3884: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3885: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3886: <p>
1.110 louis 3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3889: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3890: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3891: </strong></font><br>
3892:
3893: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3894: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3895: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3896: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3897: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3898: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3899: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3900: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3901: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3902: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3903: <p>
3904:
1.247 jufi 3905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3906: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3907: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3908:
3909: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3910: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3911: <p>
1.108 louis 3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3914: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3915: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3916: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3917:
3918: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3919: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3920: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3921: <p>
1.106 louis 3922:
1.247 jufi 3923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3924: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3925: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3926: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3927:
3928: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3929: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3930: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3931: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3932: <p>
1.107 louis 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3935: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3936: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3938:
3939: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3940: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3941: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3942: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3943: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3944: <p>
1.105 louis 3945:
1.247 jufi 3946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3947: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3948: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3949: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3950:
1.113 naddy 3951: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3952: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3953: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3954: <p>
1.104 louis 3955:
1.247 jufi 3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3957: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3958: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3959: </strong></font><br>
3960:
3961: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3962: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3963: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3964: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3965: <p>
1.301 jose 3966:
3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3968: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3969: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3970: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3971:
3972: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3973: hardware-supported cryptography.
3974: <p>
1.247 jufi 3975: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3976:
1.85 louis 3977: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3978: <ul>
1.85 louis 3979:
1.247 jufi 3980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3981: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3982: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3983: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3984:
3985: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3986: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3987: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3988: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3989: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3990: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3991: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3992: <p>
1.99 louis 3993:
1.247 jufi 3994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3995: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3996: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3997: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3998:
3999: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4000: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4001: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4002: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4003: <p>
1.100 louis 4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4006: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4007: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4008: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4009:
4010: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4011: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4012: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4013: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4014: <p>
1.95 louis 4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4017: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4018: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4019: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4020:
4021: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4022: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4023: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4024: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4025: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4026: <p>
1.92 louis 4027:
1.247 jufi 4028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4029: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4030: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4031: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4032:
4033: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4034: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4035: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4036: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4037: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4038: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4039: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4040: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4041: <p>
1.91 louis 4042:
1.247 jufi 4043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4044: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4045: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4046: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4047:
4048: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4049: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4050: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4051: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4052: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4053: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4054: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4055: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4056: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4057: <p>
1.90 louis 4058:
1.247 jufi 4059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4060: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4061: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4062: </strong></font><br>
4063: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4064: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4065: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4066: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4067: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4068: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4069: <p>
4070:
1.247 jufi 4071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4072: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4073: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4074: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4075:
1.113 naddy 4076: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4077: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4078: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4079: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4080: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4081: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4082: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4083: <p>
1.87 louis 4084:
1.247 jufi 4085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4086: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4087: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4088: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4089:
4090: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4091: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4092: <p>
1.85 louis 4093:
1.247 jufi 4094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4095: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4096: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4097: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4098:
4099: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4100: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4101: <p>
4102:
4103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4104: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4105: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4106: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4107:
4108: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4109: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4110: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4111: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4112: <p>
1.89 louis 4113:
1.247 jufi 4114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4115: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4116: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4117: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4118:
4119: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4120: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4121: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4122: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4123: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4124: </ul>
1.85 louis 4125:
1.78 deraadt 4126: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4127: <ul>
1.74 louis 4128:
1.247 jufi 4129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4130: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4131: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4132: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4133: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4134:
4135: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4136: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4137: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4138: <p>
1.83 louis 4139:
1.247 jufi 4140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4141: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4142: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4143: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4144:
4145: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4146: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4147: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4148: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4149: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4150: <p>
1.93 louis 4151:
1.247 jufi 4152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4153: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4154: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4155: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4156: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4157:
1.83 louis 4158: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4159: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4160: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4161: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4162: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4163: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4164: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4165: <p>
1.82 aaron 4166:
1.247 jufi 4167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4168: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4169: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4170: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4171:
1.83 louis 4172: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4173: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4174: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4175: <p>
1.80 louis 4176:
1.247 jufi 4177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4178: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4179: Bad Press</a>,
4180: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4181: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4182:
4183: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4184: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4185: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4186: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4187: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4188: <p>
1.247 jufi 4189: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4190:
4191: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4192: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4193:
1.247 jufi 4194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4195: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4196: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4197: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4198: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4199:
4200: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4201: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4202: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4203: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4204: <p>
1.74 louis 4205:
1.247 jufi 4206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4207: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4208: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4209: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4210:
1.219 horacio 4211: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4212: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4213: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4214: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4215: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4216: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4217: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4218: <p>
1.88 louis 4219:
1.247 jufi 4220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4221: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4222: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4223: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4224:
4225: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4226: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4227: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4228: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4229: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4230: <p>
1.81 louis 4231:
1.247 jufi 4232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4233: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4234: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4235: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4236:
4237: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4238: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4239: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4240: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4241: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4242: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4243: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4244: <p>
1.90 louis 4245:
1.247 jufi 4246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4247: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4248: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4250:
4251: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4252: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4253: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4254: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4255: <p>
1.247 jufi 4256: </ul>
1.71 louis 4257:
1.69 deraadt 4258: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4259: <ul>
1.70 louis 4260:
1.247 jufi 4261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4262: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4263: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4264: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4265:
4266: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4267: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4268: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4269: <p>
1.70 louis 4270:
1.247 jufi 4271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4272: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4273: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4274: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4275:
4276: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4277: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4278: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4279: <p>
1.68 louis 4280:
1.247 jufi 4281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4282: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4283: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4284: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4285: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4286:
1.111 jufi 4287: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4288: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4289: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4290: "secure by default" installation.
4291: <p>
1.64 louis 4292:
1.247 jufi 4293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4294: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4295: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4296: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4297:
1.113 naddy 4298: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4299: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4300: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4301: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4302: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4303: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4304: <p>
1.66 louis 4305:
1.247 jufi 4306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4307: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4308: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4309: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4310:
4311: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4312: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4313: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4314: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4315: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4316: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4317: <p>
1.83 louis 4318:
1.247 jufi 4319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4320: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4321: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4322: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4323:
4324: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4325: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4326: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4327: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4328: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4329: <p>
1.64 louis 4330:
1.247 jufi 4331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4332: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4333: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4334: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4335:
4336: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4337: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4338: <p>
1.301 jose 4339:
4340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4341: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4342: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4343: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4344: </strong></font><br>
4345:
4346: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4347: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4348: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4349: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4350: Giving way to
4351: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4352: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4353: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4354: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4355: <p>
1.247 jufi 4356: </ul>
1.65 louis 4357:
1.69 deraadt 4358: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4359: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4360:
1.247 jufi 4361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4362: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4363: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4364: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4365:
4366: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4367: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4368: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4369: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4370: <p>
1.88 louis 4371:
1.247 jufi 4372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4373: <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 4374: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4375:
4376: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4377: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4378: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4379: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4380: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4381: <p>
1.60 louis 4382:
1.247 jufi 4383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4384: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4385: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4386: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4387: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4388:
4389: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4390: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4391: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4392: <p>
1.58 louis 4393:
1.247 jufi 4394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4395: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4396: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4397:
4398: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4399: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4400: <p>
1.53 louis 4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4403: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4404: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4405: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4406:
4407: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4408: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4409: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4410: <p>
1.99 louis 4411:
1.247 jufi 4412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4413: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4414: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4415:
4416: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4417: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4418: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4419: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4420: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4421:
1.247 jufi 4422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4423: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4424: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4425: </strong></font><br>
4426:
4427: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4428: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4429: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4430: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4431: <p>
4432:
1.247 jufi 4433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4434: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4435: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4436: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4437:
4438: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4439: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4440: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4441:
1.247 jufi 4442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4443: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4444: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4445:
4446: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4447: in
1.247 jufi 4448: <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 4449: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4450: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4451: <p>
1.53 louis 4452:
1.247 jufi 4453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4454: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4455: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4456: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4458:
1.58 louis 4459: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4460: <p>
1.301 jose 4461:
4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4463: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4464: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4465: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4466: Informacyjny, January 2000
4467: </strong></font><br>
4468:
4469: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4470: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4471: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4472: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4473: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4474: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4475: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4476: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4477: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4478: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4479: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4480: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4481: <p>
4482:
4483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4484: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4485: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4486: </strong></font><br>
4487:
4488: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4489: <p>
4490: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4491:
1.69 deraadt 4492: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4493: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4494:
1.247 jufi 4495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4496: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4497: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4498: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4499: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4500:
1.58 louis 4501: Kurt Seifried
4502: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4503: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4504: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4505: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4506:
1.247 jufi 4507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4508: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4509: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4510: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4511:
4512: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4513: <p>
1.96 louis 4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4516: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4517: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4518: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4519: </strong></font><br>
4520:
4521: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4522: <p>
4523:
4524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4525: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4526: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4527: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4528:
4529: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4530: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4531: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4532: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4533: <p>
1.247 jufi 4534: </ul>
1.86 louis 4535:
1.69 deraadt 4536: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4537: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4540: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4541: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4542: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4543:
4544: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4545: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4546: <p>
1.61 louis 4547:
1.247 jufi 4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4549: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4550: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4551: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4552: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4553:
4554: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4555: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4556: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4557: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4558: right -- or at least strives to".
4559: <p>
1.48 louis 4560:
1.247 jufi 4561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4562: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4563: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4564: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4565: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4566: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4567: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4568: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4569: <p>
1.61 louis 4570:
1.247 jufi 4571: <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 4572: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4573: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4574:
4575: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4576: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4577: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4578: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4579: <p>
1.46 louis 4580:
1.247 jufi 4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4582: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4583: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4584: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4585:
4586: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4587: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4588: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4589:
1.247 jufi 4590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4591: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4592: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4593: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4594:
4595: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4596: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4597: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4598: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4599: <p>
1.247 jufi 4600: </ul>
1.70 louis 4601:
1.69 deraadt 4602: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4603: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4604:
1.247 jufi 4605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4606: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4607: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4608: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4609: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4610:
4611: Kurt Seifried
4612: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4613: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4614: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4615: <p>
1.44 philen 4616:
1.247 jufi 4617: <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 4618: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4619: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4620:
4621: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4622: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4623:
1.247 jufi 4624: <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 4625: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4626: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4627:
4628: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4629: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4630:
1.247 jufi 4631: <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 4632: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4633: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4634:
4635: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4636: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4637: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4638: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4639: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <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 4642: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4643: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4644:
1.36 louis 4645: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4646: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4649: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4650: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4651: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4652:
4653: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4654: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4655: </ul>
1.38 louis 4656:
1.69 deraadt 4657: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4658: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <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 4661: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4662: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4663:
4664: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4665: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4666: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4667:
1.113 naddy 4668: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4669: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4670: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4671: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4672:
4673: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4674: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4675: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4676: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4677: <blockquote>
4678: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4679: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4680: <br>
4681: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4682: </code>
4683: </blockquote>
4684: <p>
4685:
1.247 jufi 4686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4687: <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 4688: <p>
4689:
4690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4691: <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 4692: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4693:
4694: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4695: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4696: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4697: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4698:
1.247 jufi 4699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4700: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4701: Sept. 28, 1999
4702: </strong></font><br>
4703:
4704: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4705: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4706: translating and reprinting articles from
4707: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4708: <p>
4709:
4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4711: <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 4712: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4713:
4714: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4715: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4716: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4717: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4718: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4719: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4720: <p>
1.19 louis 4721:
1.113 naddy 4722: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4723: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4724: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4725:
4726: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4727: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4728: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4729: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4730: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4731: <p>
1.16 louis 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4734: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4735: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4737:
1.57 louis 4738: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4739: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4740: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4741: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4742:
1.247 jufi 4743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4744: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4745: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4746: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4747:
1.113 naddy 4748: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4751: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4752: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4753: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4754:
1.23 louis 4755: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4756: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4757: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4758: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4759: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4760: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4761:
1.247 jufi 4762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4763: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4764: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4765: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4766:
1.199 pvalchev 4767: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4768: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4769: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4770: installation.
1.113 naddy 4771: <p>
1.47 louis 4772:
1.247 jufi 4773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4774: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4775: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4776: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4777:
1.301 jose 4778: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4779: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4780: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4781: </ul>
1.57 louis 4782:
1.69 deraadt 4783: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4784: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4785:
1.247 jufi 4786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4787: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4788: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4789: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4790:
4791: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4792: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4793: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4794: <p>
1.12 louis 4795:
1.247 jufi 4796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4797: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4798: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4799: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4800:
4801: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4802: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4803: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4804: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4805: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4806: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4807: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4808: <p>
1.247 jufi 4809: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4810:
1.69 deraadt 4811: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4812: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4813:
1.247 jufi 4814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4815: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4816: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4817:
4818: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4819: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4820: available."
1.113 naddy 4821: <p>
1.301 jose 4822:
4823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4824: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4825: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4826: </strong></font><br>
4827:
4828: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4829: <p>
1.247 jufi 4830: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4831:
1.69 deraadt 4832: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4833: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4834:
1.247 jufi 4835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4836: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4837: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4838:
4839: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4840: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4841: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4842: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4843: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4844: <p>
1.33 louis 4845:
1.247 jufi 4846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4847: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4848: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4849: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4850:
1.113 naddy 4851: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4852: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4853: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4854: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4855: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4856: <p>
1.247 jufi 4857: </ul>
1.57 louis 4858:
1.69 deraadt 4859: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4860: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4861:
1.247 jufi 4862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4863: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4864: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4865: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4866:
4867: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4868: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4869: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4870:
1.247 jufi 4871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4872: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4873: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4874: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4875: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4876:
4877: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4878: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4879:
1.247 jufi 4880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4881: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4882:
1.113 naddy 4883: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4884:
1.247 jufi 4885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4886: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4887: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4888: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4889:
4890: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4891: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4892: </ul>
1.23 louis 4893:
1.69 deraadt 4894: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4895: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4896:
1.247 jufi 4897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4898: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4899: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4900:
4901: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4902: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4903: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4904:
1.247 jufi 4905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4906: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4907: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4908: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4909:
4910: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4911: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4912: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4913: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4914: </ul>
1.57 louis 4915:
1.69 deraadt 4916: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4917: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4918:
1.247 jufi 4919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4920: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4921: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4922: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4923:
4924: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4925: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4926: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4927: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4928: <p>
1.15 louis 4929:
1.247 jufi 4930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4931: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4932: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4933: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4934:
4935: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4936: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4937: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4938: columns."
1.113 naddy 4939: <p>
1.247 jufi 4940: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4941:
1.69 deraadt 4942: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4943: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4944:
1.247 jufi 4945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4946: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4947: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4948: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4949:
4950: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4951: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4952:
1.113 naddy 4953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4954: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4955: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4956:
4957: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4958: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4959: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4960: </ul>
1.57 louis 4961:
1.69 deraadt 4962: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4963: <ul>
1.301 jose 4964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4965: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4966: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4967: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4968:
4969: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4970: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4971: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4972: <p>
4973:
4974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4975: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4976: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4977: Nov 13, 1998 and
4978: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4979: Datateknik</a>,
4980: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4981:
1.380 saad 4982: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4983: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4984: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4985: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4986: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4987:
1.113 naddy 4988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4989: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4990: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4991: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4992:
1.222 miod 4993: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4994: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4995: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4996: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4997: <p>
1.247 jufi 4998: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4999:
1.69 deraadt 5000: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5001: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5002:
1.247 jufi 5003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5004: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5005: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5006:
1.69 deraadt 5007: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5008: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5009: <p>
1.247 jufi 5010: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5011:
1.69 deraadt 5012: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5013: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5014:
1.247 jufi 5015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5016: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5017: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5018: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5019:
1.383 jcs 5020: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5021: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5022: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5023:
1.247 jufi 5024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5025: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5026: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5027: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5028: <p>
1.247 jufi 5029: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5030:
1.69 deraadt 5031: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5032: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5033:
1.247 jufi 5034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5035: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5036: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5037: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5038: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5039: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5040:
5041: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5042: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5043: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5044: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5045: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5046: <p>
1.247 jufi 5047: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5048:
5049: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5050: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5051:
1.247 jufi 5052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5053: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5054: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5055:
1.69 deraadt 5056: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5057: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5058: <p>
1.112 naddy 5059:
1.247 jufi 5060: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5061: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5062:
1.292 camield 5063: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5064: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5065: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.483 ! ian 5066: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.482 2005/11/16 17:29:37 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5067:
5068: </body>
5069: </html>