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1.485 ! ian 19: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
! 23: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
! 24: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
! 25: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
! 26: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
! 27: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
! 28: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
! 29: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
! 30: happening in real life.
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: </ul>
! 34:
1.483 ian 35: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
36: <ul>
37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 38: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
39: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
40: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
41: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
42: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.483 ian 46: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
47: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
48: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
49: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
50: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
51: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
52: to sites with more information on most topics.
53: <p>
54:
55: </ul>
56:
57:
1.479 grunk 58: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
59: <ul>
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.482 ian 61: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
62: Goes to Venice</a>,
63: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
64: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
65: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
66: <br/>
67: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
68: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
69: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
70: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
71: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
72: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
73: Contains a link to
74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
75: pval's summary slides</a>.
76: <p>
77:
78: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 79: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
80: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
81: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
82: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
83: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
84: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
85: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
86: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
87: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
88: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
89: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
90: the packages and ports system"</i>.
91: <p>
92:
93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
94: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
95: Return of The BSDs</a>,
96: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
97: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
98: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
99: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
100: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
101: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
102: quotes from Bob Beck.
103: <p>
104:
105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 106: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
107: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
108: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 109: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
110: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 111: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
112: and Linux.<br>
113: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
114: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
115: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
116: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
117: of the release
118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
119: <p>
120: </ul>
121:
1.476 ian 122: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
123: <ul>
124:
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
126: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
127: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
128: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
129: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
130: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
131: and too unreliable.
132: This quote will rattle some cages:
133: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
134: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
135: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
136: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
137: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
138: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
139: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
140: costs without any commercial lock-in."
141: <p>
142:
1.477 saad 143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
144: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
145: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
146: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
147: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
148: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
149: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
150: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
151: discussion about future plans.
152: <p>
153:
1.478 grunk 154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
155: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
156: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
157: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
158: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
159: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
160: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
161: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
162: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
163: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
164: <p>
165:
1.476 ian 166: </ul>
167:
1.470 saad 168: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
169: <ul>
170:
171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 172: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
173: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
174: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
175: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
176: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
177: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
178: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
179: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
180: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
181: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 185: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
186: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
187: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
188: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
189: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
190: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
191: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
192: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
193: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
194: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 198: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
199: Big debate over small packets</a>,
200: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
201: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
202: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
203: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
204: draft.
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 208: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
209: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
210: ordinateur ?"</a>,
211: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
212: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
213: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
214: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
215: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
216: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
217: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 221: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
222: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
223: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
224: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
225: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
226: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
227: performance data with pfstat.
228: <p>
229:
230: </ul>
231:
1.461 grunk 232: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
233: <ul>
234:
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 236: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
237: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 238: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 239: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
240: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
241: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 242: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 243: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 244: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
245: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
246: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 247: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
248: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 249: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 250: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
251: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 255: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
256: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 257: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 258: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
259: poor security:
1.467 grunk 260: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 261: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 262: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 263: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
264: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 268: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
269: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 270: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 271: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
272: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 273: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
274: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
275: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
276: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
277: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
278: commercial vendors.
279: <p>
280:
281: </ul>
282:
1.454 ian 283: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
284: <ul>
1.468 grunk 285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
287: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
288: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
289: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
290: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
291: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
292: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 293: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 294: <br>
295: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
296: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
297: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
298: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
299: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 300: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 301: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
302: <p>
303:
1.454 ian 304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 305: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
306: Free Bird</a>,
307: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
308: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
309: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
310: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
311: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
312: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
313: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
314: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
315: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
316: room will only be available in the print edition.
317: <p>
1.459 deraadt 318:
1.458 niallo 319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 320: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
321: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
322: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
323: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
324: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
325: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
326: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
327: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
328: <p>
1.457 deraadt 329:
1.456 niallo 330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 331: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 332: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
333: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
334: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
335: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
336: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
337: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 338: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 339: interview.</a>
340: <p>
341:
342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 343: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
344: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
345: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
346: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
347: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
348: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
349: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
350: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
351: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
352: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
353: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
354: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
355: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
356: "I have never used it."
357: <p>
358:
359: </ul>
360:
1.441 deraadt 361: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
362: <ul>
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 364: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
365: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
366: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
367: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
368: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
369: future enhancements.
370: <p>
371:
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 373: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 374: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
375: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
376: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
377: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
378: North America mirror:
379: <ul>
1.452 marco 380: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 381: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
382: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 383: </ul>
384: European mirror:
385: <ul>
1.452 marco 386: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 387: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
388: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
389: </ul>
390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 393: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
394: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
395: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
396: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
397: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
398: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 402: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
403: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
404: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
405: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
406: first-hand account.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 410: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
411: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
412: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
413: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
414: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
415: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
416: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
417: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 421: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
422: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
423: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
424: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
425: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
426: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
427: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
428: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 432: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 433: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 434: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
435: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
436: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
437: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
438: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
439: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
440: <p>
441:
442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
443: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 444: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 445: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
446: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
447: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
448: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
449: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 453: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
454: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
455: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 456: </strong></font><br>
457: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
458: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
459: with OpenBSD.
460: </ul>
461:
1.436 henning 462: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
463: <ul>
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 465: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
466: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
467: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
468: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
469: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
470: than closed source, as we have long contended.
471: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
472: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
473: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
474: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
475: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
476: <p>
477: This article can also be found online as
478: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
479: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 483: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
484: </strong></font><br>
485: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
486: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
487: <p>
488:
489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 490: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
491: </strong></font><br>
492: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
493: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 494: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 495: the issues we had with IETF.
496: </ul>
497:
1.431 ian 498: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
499: <ul>
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 501: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
502: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
503: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
504: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
505: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
506: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
507: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 511: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
512: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
513: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
514: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
515: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
516: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 517: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 518: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
519: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
520: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
521: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
522: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
523: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
524: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
525: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
526:
527: </ul>
528:
1.427 matthieu 529: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
530: <ul>
531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 533: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
534: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
535: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
536: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
537: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
538: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
539: firmware.
1.434 ian 540: Similar articles can be found online at:
541: <ul>
542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
543: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
544: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
545: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
547: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
548: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
549: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
551: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
552: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
553: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 555: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 556: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
557: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
558: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 559: </ul>
560:
1.426 ian 561: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
562: <ul>
563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
565: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
566: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
567: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
568: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 569: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 570: mechanism: what it is and why and
571: how to use it, with examples.
572: Another excerpt from the book
573: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
574: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
575: <p>
576:
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
578: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
579: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
580: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
581: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
582: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
583: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
584: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
585: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
586: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
587: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
588: This article is a sample chapter from
589: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
590: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
591: <p>
1.443 ian 592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 594: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 595: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
596: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
597: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
598: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
599: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
600: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
601: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
602: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
603: ends with a sidebar on security.
604: <p>
1.426 ian 605: </ul>
606:
1.424 ian 607: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
608: <ul>
609:
610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 611: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
612: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
613: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
614: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
615: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
616: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
617: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
618: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
619: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
620: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
621: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
622: <p>
623: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
624: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
625: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
626: <p>
627:
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 629: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
630: Closed Source Hardware</a>
631: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
632: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
633: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
634: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
635: operating systems.
636: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
637: OpenBSD on his firewall.
638: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
639: systems, he writes:
640: <blockquote>
641: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
642: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
643: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
644: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
645: to the operating system...
646: <br/>
647: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
648: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
649: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
650: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
651: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
652: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
653: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
654: in a closed source operating system).
655: <br/>
656: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
657: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
658: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
659: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
660: </blockquote>
661: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
662: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
663: their hardware and software operates.
664: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
665: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 666: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 667: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
668: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
669: <p>
670: </ul>
671:
1.417 pvalchev 672: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
673: <ul>
1.421 ian 674:
1.417 pvalchev 675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 676: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
677: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
678: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
679: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
680: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
681: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
682: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
683: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
684: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
685: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
686: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 687: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 688: <p>
689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 690: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
691: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
692: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
693: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
694: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
695: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
696: it claims to do".
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 700: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 701: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
702: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
703: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
704: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 705: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 706: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
707: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
708: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
709: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
710: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
711: (yes, this is a hint).
712: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
713: picked up on the
714: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
715: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 716: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 717: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
718: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 722: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
723: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
724: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
725: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
726: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
727: questions about the significance and rationale behind
728: the current efforts.
729: <p>
730: </ul>
731:
1.407 henning 732: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
733: <ul>
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 735: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
736: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
737: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
738: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
739: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
740: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
741: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
742: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 746: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
747: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
748: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
749: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
750: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
751: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
752: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
753: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
754: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 755: <p>
1.415 ian 756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 758: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 759: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
760: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
761: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
762: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
763: overflow attacks... because
764: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
765: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
766: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
767: and propolice.
768: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
769: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
770: and that's when the science falls apart."
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 774: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
775: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
776: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
777: Starts with the question:
778: <blockquote>
779: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
780: <br/>
781: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
782: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
783: <br/>
784: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
785: Should we believe them?"
786: </blockquote>
787: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
788: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
789: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
790: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
791: for your mail, web and other online activities.
792: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
793: <p>
794:
795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 796: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
797: Simple Simon</a>,
798: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
799: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
800: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
801: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
802: routing/firewall, and more.
803: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
804: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
805: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
806: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
807: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
808: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
809: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
810: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
811: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
812: </blockquote>
813: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
814: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 818: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
819: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 820: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 821: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 822: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
823: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
824: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 825: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 826: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
827: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
828: in spite of it
829: (registration required, but worth it).
830: <p>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
833: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
834: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
835: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
836: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
837: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
838: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
839: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 840: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 841: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
842: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
843: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
844: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
845: <p>
846:
847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 848: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
849: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
850: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
851: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
852: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
853: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
854: <blockquote>
855: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
856: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
857: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
858: a lot of analysis.
859: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
860: </blockquote>
861: <p>
862: </ul>
863:
1.400 marco 864: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
865: <ul>
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 867: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
868: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
869: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
870: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
871: UNIX-like systems.
872: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
873: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
874: <p>
875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 876: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
877: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 878: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
879: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
880: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
881: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
882: At one point, the article states:
883: <blockquote>
884: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
885: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
886: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
887: </blockquote>
888: And then quotes Theo as saying:
889: <blockquote>
890: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
891: fewer are reading or auditing code."
892: </blockquote>
893: <p>
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
895: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
896: marks its fifth birthday</a>
897: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
898: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
899: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
900: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
901: required).
902: <p>
903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 904: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
905: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
906: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
907: </strong></font><br>
908: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
909: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
910: <p>
911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 912: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
913: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 914: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 915: </strong></font><br>
916: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
917: <p>
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 919: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
920: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 921: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 922: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 923: 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 924: <p>
925: </ul>
926:
1.396 henning 927: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
928: <ul>
929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 930: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
931: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
932: Unix Review, July, 2004
933: </strong></font><br>
934: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
935: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 936: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 937: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
938: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
939: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
940: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
941: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
942: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
943: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
944: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
945: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
946: and even spelling/wording errors.
947: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
948: <p>
949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 950: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 951: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
952: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
953: </strong></font><br>
954: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
955: <p>
956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 957: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 958: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
959: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
960: </strong></font><br>
961: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
962: <p>
963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 964: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
965: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
966: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
967: </strong></font><br>
968: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
969: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
970: <p>
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 972: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
973: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
974: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
975: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
976: <p>
977: </ul>
978:
1.405 jolan 979: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
980: <ul>
981: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
982: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 983: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 984: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
985: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
986: details on how funds are dispersed.
987: <p>
988: </ul>
989:
1.393 david 990: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
991: <ul>
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 993: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
994: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
995: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
996: </strong></font><br>
997: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
998: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
999: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1000: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1001: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1002: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1003: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1004: <p>
1005:
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1007: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1008: Secure by Default</a>,
1009: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1010: </strong></font><br>
1011: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1012: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1016: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1017: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1018: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1019: </strong></font><br>
1020: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1021: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1022: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1023: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1024: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1025: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1029: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1030: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1031: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1032: </strong></font><br>
1033: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1034: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1035: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1036: <p>
1037:
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1039: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1040: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1041: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1042: </strong></font><br>
1043: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1044: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1045: <p>
1046: </ul>
1047:
1.388 mcbride 1048: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1049: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1050:
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1052: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1053: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1054: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1055: </strong></font><br>
1056: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1057: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1058: available for sparc64.
1059: <p>
1060:
1.390 beck 1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1062: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1063: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1064: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1065: </strong></font><br>
1066: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1067: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1068: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1069: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1070: <p>
1071:
1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1073: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1074: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1075: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1078: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1079: it does: CARP provides sharing
1080: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1081: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1082: detail to get you started using it.
1083: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1084: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1085: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1086: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1087: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1088: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1089: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1090: <p>
1.391 ian 1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1093: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1094: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1095: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1096: </strong></font><br>
1097: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1098: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1099: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1100: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1101:
1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1103: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1104: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1105: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1106: </strong></font><br>
1107: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1108: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1109: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1110: unencumbered by patents.
1111: <p>
1112: </ul>
1113:
1.378 henning 1114: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1115: <ul>
1.384 jose 1116:
1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1118: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1119: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1120: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1121: </strong></font><br>
1122: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1123: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1124: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1125: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1126: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1127: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1128: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1129: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1130: in the page tables."
1131: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1132: <p>
1133:
1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1135: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1136: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1137: </strong></font><br>
1138: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1139: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1140: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1141: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1142: <p>
1.384 jose 1143:
1.378 henning 1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1145: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1146: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1147: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1148: </strong></font><br>
1149: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1150: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1151: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1152: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1153: (quote:
1154: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1155: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1156: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1157: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1158: the other developers for their work on the system.
1159: <p>
1160:
1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1162: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1163: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1164: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1165: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1166: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1167: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1168: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1169: too.
1170: <p>
1171:
1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1173: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1174: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1175: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1176: OpenBSD source code using
1177: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1178: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1179: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1180: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1181: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1182: <p>
1183: </ul>
1184:
1.374 jose 1185: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1186: <ul>
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1188: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1189: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1190: </strong></font><br>
1191: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1192: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1193: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1194: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1195: it."
1196: <p>
1197:
1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1199: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1200: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1201: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1202: </strong></font><br/>
1203: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1204: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1205: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1206: <p>
1207: </ul>
1208:
1.369 ian 1209: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1210: <ul>
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1212: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1213: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1214: </strong></font><br/>
1215: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1216: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1217: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1218: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1222: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1223: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1224: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1225: </strong></font><br/>
1226: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1227: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1228: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1229: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1230: form factor.
1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1234: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1235: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1236: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1237: Features</a>,
1238: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1239: </strong></font><br/>
1240: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1241: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1242: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1243: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1244: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1245: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1246: <p>
1247: This article can also be found online at:
1248: <ul>
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1250: <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 1251: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1252: </strong></font>
1253: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1254: </ul>
1255: <p>
1.392 david 1256:
1.371 jose 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1258: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1259: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1260: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1261: </strong></font><br/>
1262: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1263: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1264: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1265: <p>
1.371 jose 1266:
1267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1268: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1269: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1270: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1271: </strong></font><br/>
1272: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1273: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1274: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1275: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1276: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1277: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1278: and its history with OpenBSD.
1279: </ul>
1280:
1.368 henning 1281: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1282: <ul>
1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1284: [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 1285: </strong></font><br>
1286: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1287: </ul>
1288:
1.364 jose 1289: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1290: <ul>
1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1292: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1293: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1294: UNIX Review,
1295: July, 2003.
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1298: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1299: who want more information.
1300: <p>
1301:
1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1303: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1304: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1305: Government Computer News,
1306: July 22, 2003.
1307: </strong></font><br>
1308: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1309: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1310: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1311: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1312: <p>
1313:
1314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1315: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1316: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1317: SANS Institute,
1318: July 22, 2003.
1319: </strong></font><br>
1320: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1321: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1322: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1323: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1324: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1325: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1326: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1327: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1328: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1329: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1330: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1331: <p>
1332:
1333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1334: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1335: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1336: OnLamp.com,
1337: July 17, 2003.
1338: </strong></font><br>
1339: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1340: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1341: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1342: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1343: have been working on.
1344:
1345: </ul>
1346:
1.356 jose 1347: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1348: <ul>
1349:
1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1351: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1352: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1353: UNIX Review,
1354: June, 2003.
1355: </strong></font><br>
1356: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1357: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1358: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1359: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1360: <p>
1361:
1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1363: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1364: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1365: eWeek,
1366: June 23, 2003.
1367: </strong></font><br>
1368: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1369: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1370: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1371: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1372: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1373: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1374: <p>
1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1377: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1378: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1379: Software Development Online,
1380: June, 2003.
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1383: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1384: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1385: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1386: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1387: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1388: current activities.
1389: <p>
1390:
1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1392: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1393: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1394: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1395: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1396: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1397: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1398: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1399: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1400: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1401: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1402: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1403: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1404: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1405: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1406: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1407: decisions.
1408: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1409: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1410: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1411: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1412: <p>
1413:
1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1415: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1416: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1417: Page 58, eWeek,
1418: June 2, 2003.
1419: </strong></font><br>
1420: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1421: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1422: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1423: been addressed in -current.
1424: <p>
1425:
1.356 jose 1426: </ul>
1427:
1428: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1429: <ul>
1430:
1.355 jose 1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1432: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1433: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1434: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1435: </strong></font><br>
1436: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1437: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1438: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1439: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1440: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1441: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1442: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1443: <p>
1444:
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1446: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1447: Beyond Linux</a>,
1448: InfoWorld,
1449: May 23, 2003.
1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1452: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1453: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1454: compared to the GPL.
1455: <p>
1456:
1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1458: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1459: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1460: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1461: May 17, 2003.
1462: </strong></font><br>
1463: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1464: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1465: the business section and half of another page inside
1466: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1467: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1468: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1469: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1470: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1471: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1472: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1473: <br>
1474: This article can also be found online at:
1475: <ul>
1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1477: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1478: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1479: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1480: May 17, 2003
1481: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1482: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1484: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1485: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1486: Montreal Gazette,
1487: May 21, 2003
1488: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1489: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1490: <p>
1.346 ian 1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1493: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1494: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1495: May 7, 2003.
1496: </strong></font><br>
1497: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1498: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1499: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1500: <p>
1501:
1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1503: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1504: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1505: OsOpinion,
1506: May 6, 2003.
1507: </strong></font><br>
1508: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1509: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1510: <br>
1511: This article can also be found online at:
1512: <ul>
1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1514: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1515: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1516: NewsFactor Network.
1517: </strong></font>
1518: </ul>
1519: <p>
1520:
1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1522: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1523: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1524: ITBusiness,
1525: May 2, 2003.
1526: </strong></font><br>
1527: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1528: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1529: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1530: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1531: <p>
1532:
1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1534: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1535: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1536: InfoWorld,
1537: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1538: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1539: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1540: <br>
1541: This article can also be found online at:
1542: <ul>
1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1544: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1545: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1546: IDG Singapore.
1547: </strong></font>
1548: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1549: <p>
1550:
1.339 jose 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1552: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1553: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1554: ZDNet,
1555: May 1, 2003.
1556: </strong></font><br>
1557: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1558: someone using parts from previous articles.
1559: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1560: This article can also be found online at:
1561: <ul>
1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1563: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1564: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1565: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1566: </strong></font>
1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1568: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1569: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1570: CNET News.com.
1571: </strong></font>
1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1573: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1574: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1575: ZDNet UK.
1576: </strong></font>
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1578: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1579: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1580: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1581: </strong></font>
1582: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1583: <p>
1.339 jose 1584:
1.341 deraadt 1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1586: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1587: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1588: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1589: May 1, 2003.
1590: </strong></font><br>
1591: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1592: that have been added
1593: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1594: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1595: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1596: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1597: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1598: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1599: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1600: <p>
1601:
1602: </ul>
1603:
1.253 ian 1604: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1605: <ul>
1.255 ian 1606:
1.260 ian 1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1608: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1609: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1610: TechRepublic,
1611: April 28, 2003.
1612: </strong></font><br>
1613: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1614: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1615: work.<br>
1616: Can also be found online at:
1617: <ul>
1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1619: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1620: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1621: ZDNet UK.
1622: </strong></font>
1623: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1624: <p>
1625:
1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1627: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1628: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1629: IDG,
1630: April 24, 2003.
1631: </strong></font><br>
1632: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1633: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1634: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1635: Can also be found online at:
1636: <ul>
1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1638: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1639: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1640: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1641: </strong></font>
1642: </ul>
1643: <p>
1644:
1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1646: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1647: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1648: Slate,
1649: April 24, 2003.
1650: </strong></font><br>
1651: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1652: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1653: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1654: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1655: <p>
1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1658: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1659: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1660: April 24, 2003.
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1663: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1664: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1665: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1666: <p>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1669: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1670: April 24, 2003.
1671: </strong></font><br>
1672: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1673: the free software community".
1674: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1675: other articles.
1676: <p>
1677:
1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1679: <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 1680: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1681: </strong></font><br>
1682: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1683: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1684: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1685: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1686: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1687: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1688: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1689: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1690: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1691: <br/>
1692: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1693: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1694: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1695: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1696: <br>
1697: Can also be found online at:
1698: <ul>
1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1700: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1701: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1702: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1703: </strong></font>
1704: </ul>
1.324 ian 1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1708: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1709: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1710: </strong></font><br>
1711: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1712: article above.
1713: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1714: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1715: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1716: <br>
1717: Can also be found online at:
1718: <ul>
1719: <li>
1720: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1721: </strong></font>
1722: </ul>
1.324 ian 1723: <p>
1724:
1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1726: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1727: </strong></font><br>
1728: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1729: <p>
1730:
1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1732: <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.
1733: </strong></font><br>
1734: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1735: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1736: <p>
1737:
1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1739: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1740: April 23, 2003.
1741: </strong></font><br>
1742: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1743: <p>
1744:
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1746: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1747: April 22, 2003.
1748: </strong></font><br>
1749: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1753: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1754: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1755: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1756: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1757: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1758: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1759: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1760: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1761: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1762: Can also be found online at:
1763: <ul>
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1765: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1766: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1767: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1768: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1770: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1771: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1772: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1773: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1774: </ul>
1775: <p>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1778: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1779: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1780: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1781: </strong></font><br>
1782: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1783: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1784: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1785: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1786: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1787: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1788: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1789: <p>
1790:
1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1792: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1793: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1794: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1795: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1796: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1797: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1798: at UPenn and DARPA.
1799: <p>
1800:
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1802: [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,
1803: France
1.315 deraadt 1804: April 18, 2003.
1805: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1806: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1807: <p>
1808:
1809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1810: [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 1811: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1812: </strong></font><br>
1813: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1814: <p>
1815:
1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1817: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1818: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1819: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1820: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1821: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1822: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1823: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1824: <p>
1825:
1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1827: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1828: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1829: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1830: </strong></font><br>
1831: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1832: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1833: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1834: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1835: <p>
1836:
1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1838: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1839: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1840: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1841: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1842: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1843: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1844: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1845: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1846: Can also be found online at:
1847: <ul>
1848: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1849: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1850: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1851: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1852: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1853: <p>
1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1856: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1857: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1858: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1859: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1860: </strong></font><br>
1861: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1862: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1863: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1864: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1865: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1866:
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1868: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1869: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1870: New York Times.
1871: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1872:
1.273 deraadt 1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1874: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1875: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1876: ABC News.
1877: </strong></font>
1878:
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1880: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1881: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1882: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1883: </strong></font>
1884:
1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1886: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1887: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1888: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1889: </strong></font>
1890:
1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1892: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1893: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1894: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1895: </strong></font>
1896:
1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1898: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1899: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1900: Times Daily, AL.
1901: </strong></font>
1902:
1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1904: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1905: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1906: Boston.com, MA.
1907: </strong></font>
1908:
1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1910: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1911: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1912: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1913: </strong></font>
1914:
1915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1916: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1917: [Article was pulled]</a>
1918: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1919: </strong></font>
1920:
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1922: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1923: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1924: Infoshop News.
1925: </strong></font>
1926:
1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1928: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1929: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1930: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1931: </strong></font>
1932:
1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1934: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1935: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1936: Raleigh News, NC.
1937: </strong></font>
1938:
1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1940: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1941: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1942: Napa News, CA.
1943: </strong></font>
1944:
1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1946: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1947: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1948: NEPA News, PA.
1949: </strong></font>
1950:
1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1952: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1953: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1954: Wired News.
1955: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1956: <br>
1957: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1958: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1959: [JAPANESE]
1960: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1961: Wired News Japan</a>
1962: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1963:
1.271 deraadt 1964: </ul>
1965: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1966: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1967: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1968: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1969: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1970: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1971: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1972: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1973: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1974: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1975: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1976: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1977: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1978: <p>
1979: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1982: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1983: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1984: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1985: </strong></font>
1986:
1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1988: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1989: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1990: Miami Herald, FL.
1991: </strong></font>
1992:
1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1994: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1995: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1996: </strong></font>
1997:
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1999: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2000: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2001: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2002: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2003:
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2005: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2006: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2007: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2008: ABC News.
2009: </strong></font>
2010:
1.276 deraadt 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2012: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2013: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2014: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2015: </strong></font>
2016:
1.286 dhartmei 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2018: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2019: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2020: Wilmington Star, NC.
2021: </strong></font>
2022:
1.300 jose 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2024: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2025: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2026: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2027: </strong></font>
2028:
1.309 jose 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2030: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2031: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2032: Globe Technology.
2033: </strong></font>
2034:
1.263 deraadt 2035: </ul>
1.262 beck 2036: <p>
2037:
2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2039: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2040: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2041: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2042: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2043: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2044: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2045: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2046: <p>
2047:
2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2049: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2050: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2051: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2052: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2053: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2054: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2055: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2056: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2057: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2058: and simply restates other press reports.
2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2062: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2063: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2064: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2065: </strong></font><br>
2066: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2067: <p>
2068:
2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2070: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2071: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2072: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2073: </strong></font><br>
2074: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2075: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2076: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2077: <p>
2078:
2079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2080: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2081: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2082: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2083: April 17, 2003.
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2086: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2087: Tech Anthems</a>
2088: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2089: 4 so far.
2090: <p>
2091:
2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2093: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2094: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2095: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2098: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2099: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2100: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2101: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2102: Goes on to say:
2103: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2104: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2105: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2106: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2107: This article is also found online at:
2108: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2110: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2111: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2112: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2115: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2116: ZDnet</a>,
2117: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2118: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2120: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2121: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2122: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2123: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2124: </ul>
1.260 ian 2125: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2126:
1.260 ian 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2128: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2129: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2130: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2131: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2132: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2133: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2134: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2135: without notice or justification.
2136: <p>
2137:
2138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2139: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2140: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2141: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2142: </strong></font><br>
2143: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2144: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2145: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2146: effective today, without any warning..."
2147: <p>
1.257 ian 2148:
2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2150: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2151: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2152: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2153: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2154: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2155: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2156: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2157: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2158: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2159: <p>
2160:
2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2162: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2163: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2164: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2165: </strong></font><br>
2166: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2167: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2168: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2169: quoting two of them:
2170: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2171: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2172: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2173: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2174: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2175: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2176: <p>
2177:
1.255 ian 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2179: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2180: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2181: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2183: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2184: <p>
2185:
2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2187: [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 2188: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2189: </strong></font><br>
2190: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2191: <p>
2192:
2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2194: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2195: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2196: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2198: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2199: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2200: security experts for more than three decades."
2201: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2202: <p>
1.261 ian 2203:
1.254 drahn 2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2205: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2206: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2207: </strong></font><br>
2208: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2209: <p>
2210:
2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2212: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2213: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2214: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2215: </strong></font><br>
2216: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2217: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2218: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2219: <p>
2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2222: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2223: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2224: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2225: </strong></font><br>
2226: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2227: from US DARPA.
2228: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2229: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2230: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2231: the BSD license.
2232: <p>
2233: </ul>
2234:
1.251 ian 2235: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2236: <ul>
2237:
2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2239: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2240: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2241: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2242: </strong></font><br>
2243:
2244: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2245: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2246: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2247: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2248: <p>
2249:
2250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2251: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2252: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2253: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2254: </strong></font><br>
2255: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2256: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2257: Mentions
2258: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2259: and
2260: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2261: programs.
2262: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2263: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2264: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2265: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2266: <p>
1.325 ian 2267: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2268: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2269:
2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2271: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2272: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2273: </strong></font><br>
2274: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2275: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2276: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2277: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2278: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2279: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2280: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2281: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2282: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2283: put into service."
2284: <p>
2285: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2286: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2287: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2288: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2289: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2290: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2291: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2292: computers with security features."
2293: <p>
1.329 ian 2294:
2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2296: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2297: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2298: Slate,
2299: March 3, 2003.
2300: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2301: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2302: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2303: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2304: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2305: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2306: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2307: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2308: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2309: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2310: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2311: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2312: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2313: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2314: of more secure open-source solutions like
2315: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2316: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2317: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2318: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2319: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2320: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2321: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2322: the Beltway."
2323: <p>
1.251 ian 2324: </ul>
2325:
1.249 jufi 2326: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2327: <ul>
2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2329: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2330: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2331: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2332: </strong></font><br>
2333: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2334: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2335: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2336: <p>
1.334 ian 2337:
2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2339: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2340: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2341: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2342: </strong></font><br>
2343: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2344: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2345: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2346: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2347: "... the hypothetical question ...
2348: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2349: <br>
2350: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2351: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2352: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2353: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2354: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2355: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2356: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2357: support network security.
2358: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2359: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2360: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2361: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2362: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2363: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2364: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2365: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2366: <br>
2367: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2368: <p>
2369:
1.249 jufi 2370: </ul>
2371:
1.246 jufi 2372: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2373: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2374:
1.247 jufi 2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2376: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2377: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2378: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2379: </strong></font><br>
2380: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2381: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2382: <p>
2383:
1.247 jufi 2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2385: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2386: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2387: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2388: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2389: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2390: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2391: <p>
2392:
2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2394: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2395: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2396: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2397: </strong></font><br>
2398: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2399: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2400: <p>
1.247 jufi 2401: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2402:
1.244 jufi 2403: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2404: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2407: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2408: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2409: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2410: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2411: </strong></font><br>
2412: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2413: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2414: md5 digests.
2415: <p>
2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2418: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2419: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2420: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2421: </strong></font><br>
2422: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2423: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2424: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2425: right the first time."
2426: <p>
1.247 jufi 2427: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2428:
2429:
2430: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2431: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2434: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2435: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2436: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2437: </strong></font><br>
2438: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2439: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2440: part 6</a>.
2441: <p>
2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2444: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2445: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2446: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2447: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2448: </strong></font><br>
2449: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2450: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2451: <p>
1.301 jose 2452:
2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2454: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2455: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2456: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2457: </strong></font><br>
2458:
2459: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2460: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2461: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2462: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2463: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2464: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2465: <i>Here's the
2466: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2467: <p>
1.247 jufi 2468: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2469:
2470: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2471: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2474: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2475: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2476: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2477: </strong></font><br>
2478: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2479: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2480: <p>
2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2483: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2484: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2485: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2486: </strong></font><br>
2487: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2488: this time using pf.
2489: <p>
1.247 jufi 2490: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2491:
2492: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2493: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2496: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2497: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2498: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2499: </strong></font><br>
2500: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2501: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2502: their rotation.
2503: <p>
2504:
1.247 jufi 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2506: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2507: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2508: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2509: </strong></font><br>
2510: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2513:
1.239 jufi 2514: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2518: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2519: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2520: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2521: </strong></font><br>
2522: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2523: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2524: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2525: <p>
2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2528: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2529: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2530: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2532: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2533: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2534: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2535: <p>
1.247 jufi 2536: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2537:
1.235 lebel 2538: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2539: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2540:
1.239 jufi 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2543: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2544: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2545: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2546: </strong></font><br>
2547: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2548: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2549: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2550: <p>
1.301 jose 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2553:
1.228 horacio 2554: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2555: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2559: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2560: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2561: </strong></font><br>
2562: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2563: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2564: <p>
2565:
1.247 jufi 2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2567: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2568: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2569: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2570: </strong></font><br>
2571: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2572: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2573: <p>
2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2576: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2577: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2578: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2579: </strong></font><br>
2580: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2581: on the desktop of his parents.
2582: <p>
2583:
1.247 jufi 2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2585: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2586: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2587: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2588: </strong></font><br>
2589: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2590: using IPFilter.
2591:
2592: <p>
2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2595: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2596: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2597: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2598: </strong></font><br>
2599: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2600: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2601: perspectives of the four OS.
2602: <br>
2603: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2604: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2605: <p>
2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2608: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2609: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2610: software and security</a>,
2611: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2612: </strong></font><br>
2613:
2614: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2615: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2616: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2617: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2618: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2619: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2620: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2621: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2622: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2623: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2624: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2625: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2626: <p>
1.247 jufi 2627: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2628:
1.225 horacio 2629: <h2>January, 2002</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/2002/January/Features617.html">
2634: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2635: Interview</a>,
2636: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2637: </strong></font><br>
2638:
2639: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2640: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2641: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2642: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2643: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2644: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2645: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2646: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2647: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2648: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2649: of choice.
2650: <p>
1.247 jufi 2651: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2652:
2653: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2654: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2657: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2658: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2659: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2660: </strong></font><br>
2661:
2662: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2663: <p>
2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2666: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2667: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2668: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2669: </strong></font><br>
2670:
2671: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2672: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2673: <p>
1.247 jufi 2674: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2675:
1.218 horacio 2676: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2677: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2680: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2681: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2682: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2686: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2687: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2688: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2689: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2690: subjects. Worth a read.
2691: <p>
2692:
2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2695: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2696: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2697: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2701: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2702: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2703: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2704: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2705: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2706: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2707: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2708: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2709: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2710: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2711: on other operating systems.<br>
2712: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2713: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2714: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2715: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2716: <p>
2717:
1.247 jufi 2718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2719: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2720: Operating System 2010</a>,
2721: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2722: </strong></font><br>
2723:
2724: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2725: covering the level of software integration into the core
2726: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2727: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2728: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2729: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2730: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2731: <p>
2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2734: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2735: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2736: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2737: </strong></font><br>
2738:
2739: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2740: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2741: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2742: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2743: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2744: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2745: <p>
1.247 jufi 2746: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2747:
1.210 jufi 2748: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2749: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2752: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2753: Already a Contender</a>,
2754: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2755: </strong></font><br>
2756:
2757: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2758: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2759: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2760: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2761: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2762: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2763: <p>
2764:
1.247 jufi 2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2766: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2767: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2768: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2770:
1.224 horacio 2771: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2772: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2773: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2774: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2775: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2776: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2777: <p>
1.247 jufi 2778: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2779:
2780: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2781: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2784: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2785: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2786: Division</a>,
2787: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2788: </strong></font><br>
2789:
2790: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2791: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2792: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2793: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2794: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2795: investment</em>.<br>
2796: The implementation details can be seen on their
2797: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2798: <p>
2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2801: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2802: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2803: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2804: </strong></font><br>
2805:
2806: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2807: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2808: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2809: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2810: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2811: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2812: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2813: <p>
2814:
2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2816: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2817: Thinking about Security</a>,
2818: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2819: </strong></font><br>
2820:
2821: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2822: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2823: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2824: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2825: to time.<br>
2826: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2827: system and just the most secure system.
2828: <p>
2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2831: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2832: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2833: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2834: </strong></font><br>
2835:
2836: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2837: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2838: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2839: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2840: choice:<br>
2841: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2842: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2843: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2844: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2845: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2846: network security devices and as such must be well
2847: armored."</em><br>
2848: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2849: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2850: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2851: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2852: <br>
2853: Bravo!
2854: <p>
1.247 jufi 2855: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2856:
1.207 ian 2857: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2858: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2861: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2862: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2863: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2864:
1.207 ian 2865: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2866: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2867: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2868: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2869: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2870: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2871: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2872: <p>
1.247 jufi 2873: </ul>
1.207 ian 2874:
1.194 jufi 2875: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2876: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2879: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2880: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2881: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2882: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2883:
1.240 miod 2884: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2885: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2886: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2887: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2888: <p>
2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2891: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2892: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2893: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2894:
2895: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2896: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2897: <p>
2898:
2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2900: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2901: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2902: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2903:
2904: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2905: <p>
2906:
2907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2908: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2909: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2910: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2911: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2912:
1.240 miod 2913: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2914: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2915: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2916: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2917: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2918: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2919: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2920: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2921: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2922: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2923: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2924: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2925: <p>
2926:
1.247 jufi 2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2928: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2929: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2930: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2932:
1.194 jufi 2933: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2934: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2935: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2936: <br>
2937: The new
2938: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2939: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2940: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2941: <p>
1.247 jufi 2942: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2943:
1.190 horacio 2944: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2945: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2948:
2949: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2950: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2951:
1.301 jose 2952:
1.191 jufi 2953: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2954: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2955:
2956: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2957: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2958:
1.212 horacio 2959: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2960: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2961: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2962:
1.211 horacio 2963: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2964: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2965: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2968: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2971: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2972:
1.212 horacio 2973: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2974: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2975: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2976:
2977: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2978: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2979:
2980: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2981: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2982:
1.301 jose 2983: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2984: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2985:
1.191 jufi 2986: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2987: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2988:
2989: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2990: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2991:
1.192 jufi 2992: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2993: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2994: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2995:
1.193 deraadt 2996: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2997: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2998: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2999:
1.247 jufi 3000: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3001: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3004: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3005: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3006:
1.213 horacio 3007: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3008: 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 3009: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3010:
1.190 horacio 3011: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3012: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3013: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3014: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3015: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3016: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3017: <p>
1.190 horacio 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3020: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3021: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3022: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3023: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3024:
1.195 jufi 3025: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3026: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3027: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3028: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3029: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3030: <p>
3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3033: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3034: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3035: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3036: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3037:
1.191 jufi 3038: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3039: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3040: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3041: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3042: <p>
3043:
3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3045: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3046: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3047: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3048:
3049: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3050: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3051: <p>
1.247 jufi 3052: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3053:
1.191 jufi 3054:
1.186 jufi 3055: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3056: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3059: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3060: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3061: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3062: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3063:
1.188 jufi 3064: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3065: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3066: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3067: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3068: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3069: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3070: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3071: <p>
3072:
1.301 jose 3073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3074: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3075: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3076: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3077:
3078: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3079: <p>
1.191 jufi 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3082: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3083: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3084: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3088: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3089: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3090: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3091: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3092: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3093: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3094: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3095: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3096: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3097: familiar?
3098: <p>
1.247 jufi 3099: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3100:
1.178 louis 3101: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3102: <ul>
1.178 louis 3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3105: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3106: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3107: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3108: </strong></font><br>
3109:
3110: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3111: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3112: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3113: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3114: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3115: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3116: <p>
3117:
1.247 jufi 3118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3119: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3120: Open source under the hood</a>,
3121: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3122: </strong></font><br>
3123:
3124: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3125: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3126: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3127: <p>
3128:
1.247 jufi 3129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3130: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3131: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3132: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3133: </strong></font><br>
3134:
3135: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3136: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3137: <p>
1.247 jufi 3138: </ul>
1.179 louis 3139:
1.174 louis 3140:
1.175 louis 3141: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3142: <ul>
1.175 louis 3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3145: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3146: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3147: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3148: </strong></font><br>
3149:
3150: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3151: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3152: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3153: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3154: <p>
3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3157: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3158: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3159: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3160: </strong></font><br>
3161:
3162: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3163: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3164: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3165: <p>
1.247 jufi 3166: </ul>
1.175 louis 3167:
1.176 louis 3168:
1.172 mickey 3169: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3170: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3171:
1.247 jufi 3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3173: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3174: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3175: </strong></font><br>
3176:
3177: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3178: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3179: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3180: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3181: <p>
3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3184: <a
1.269 deraadt 3185: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3186: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3187: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3188: </strong></font><br>
3189:
3190: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3191: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3192: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3193: <p>
3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3196: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3197: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3198: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3199: </strong></font><br>
3200:
3201: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3202: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3203: <p>
3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3206: <a
1.269 deraadt 3207: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3208: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3209: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3210: </strong></font><br>
3211:
3212: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3213: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3214: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3215: our own Theo de Raadt.
3216: <p>
3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3219: <a
1.269 deraadt 3220: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3221: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3222: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3223: </strong></font><br>
3224:
3225: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3226: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3227: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3228: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3229: shut down.]
3230: <p>
3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3233: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3234: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3235: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3236: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3237: </strong></font><br>
3238:
3239: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3240: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3241: <p>
1.247 jufi 3242: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3243:
1.161 louis 3244: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3245: <ul>
1.161 louis 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3248: <a
1.269 deraadt 3249: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3250: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3251: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3252: </strong></font><br>
3253:
3254: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3255: by John Wolley
3256: <p>
3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3259: <a
1.269 deraadt 3260: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3261: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3262: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3263: </strong></font><br>
3264:
3265: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3266: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3267: OpenBSD).
3268: <p>
3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3271: <a
1.247 jufi 3272: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3273: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3274: </strong></font><br>
3275:
3276: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3277: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3278: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3279: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3280: and hindsight.
3281: <p>
3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3284: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3285: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3286: </strong></font><br>
3287:
3288: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3289: <p>
3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3292: <a
1.168 provos 3293: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3294: December 7, 2000
3295: </strong></font><br>
3296:
3297: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3298: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3299: us explain.
3300: <p>
3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3303: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3304: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3305: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3306: December 6, 2000
3307: </strong></font><br>
3308:
3309: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3310: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3311: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3312: <p>
3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3315: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3316: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3317: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3321: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3322: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3323: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3324: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3325: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3326: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3327: <p>
3328:
3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3330: <a
1.226 horacio 3331: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3332: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3333: </strong></font><br>
3334:
3335: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3336: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3337: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3338: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3339: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3340: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3341: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3342: <p>
1.162 millert 3343:
1.247 jufi 3344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3345: <a
1.161 louis 3346: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3347: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3348: </strong></font><br>
3349:
3350: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3351: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3352: <p>
3353:
1.247 jufi 3354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3355: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3356: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3357: </strong></font><br>
3358:
3359: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3360: <p>
3361:
3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3364: <a
1.226 horacio 3365: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3366: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3367: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3368: </strong></font><br>
3369:
3370: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3371: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3372: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3373: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3374: <p>
1.247 jufi 3375: </ul>
1.169 louis 3376:
1.158 louis 3377: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3378: <ul>
1.147 louis 3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3381: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3382: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3383: </strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3386: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3387: <p>
3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3390: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3391: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3392: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3393: </strong></font><br>
3394: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3395: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3396: <p>
3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3399: <a
3400: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3401: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3402: </strong></font><br>
3403:
3404: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3405: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3406: <p>
3407:
1.247 jufi 3408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3409: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3410: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3411: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3412:
1.213 horacio 3413: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3414: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3415: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3416: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3417: <p>
1.215 horacio 3418:
1.247 jufi 3419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3420: <a
3421: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3422: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3423: </strong></font><br>
3424:
3425: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3426: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3427: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3428: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3429: much of the attitude too).
3430: <p>
1.161 louis 3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3433: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3434: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3435: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3436:
1.157 louis 3437: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3438: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3439: <p>
1.247 jufi 3440: </ul>
1.157 louis 3441:
3442: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3443: <ul>
1.157 louis 3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3446: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3447: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3448: </strong></font><br>
3449:
3450: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3451: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3452: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3453: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3454: <p>
3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3457: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3458: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3459: </strong></font><br>
3460:
3461: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3462: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3463: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3464: it because they love coding...
3465: <p>
3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3468: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3469: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3470: </strong></font><br>
3471:
3472: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3473: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3474: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3475: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3476: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3477: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3478: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3479: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3480: <p>
3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3483: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3484: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3485: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3486: </strong></font><br>
3487:
3488: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3489: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3490: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3491: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3492: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3493: the pizza.
3494: <p>
3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3497: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3498: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3499: </strong></font><br>
3500:
3501: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3502: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3503: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3504: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3505: problems.
3506: <p>
3507:
1.247 jufi 3508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3509: <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 3510: </strong></font><br>
3511:
1.222 miod 3512: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3513: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3514: - whether they like it or not.
3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3518: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3519: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3520: </strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3523: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3524: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3525: <p>
1.148 aaron 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3528: <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 3529: </strong></font><br>
3530:
3531: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3532: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3533: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3534: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3535: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3536: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3537: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3538: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3539: <p>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3542: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3543: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3544: </strong></font><br>
3545:
3546: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3547: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3548: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3549: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3550: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3551: <p>
1.247 jufi 3552: </ul>
1.147 louis 3553:
1.138 louis 3554: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3555: <ul>
1.138 louis 3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3558: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3559: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3560: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3561: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3562: </strong></font><br>
3563:
1.227 horacio 3564: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3565: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3566: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3567: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3568: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3569: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3570: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3571: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3572: <p>
3573:
1.247 jufi 3574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3575: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3576: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3577: </strong></font><br>
3578:
3579: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3580: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3581: groups, and even Linux.
3582: <p>
3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3585: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3586: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3587: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3588: </strong></font><br>
3589:
3590: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3591: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3592: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3593: library after installing the OS.
3594: <p>
3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3597: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3598: Sys Admin, September 2000
3599: </strong></font><br>
3600:
3601: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3602: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3603: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3604: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3605: (<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>,
3606: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3607: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3608: <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 3609: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3610: out of the system.
3611: <p>
3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3614: <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
3615: </strong></font><br>
3616:
3617: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3618: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3619: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3620: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3621: the IP filtering and address translation.
3622: <p>
1.301 jose 3623:
3624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3625: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3626: </strong></font><br>
3627:
3628: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3629: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3630: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3631: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3632: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3633: <p>
1.247 jufi 3634: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3635:
1.131 louis 3636: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3637: <ul>
1.131 louis 3638:
1.247 jufi 3639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3640: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3641: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3642: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3643: </strong></font><br>
3644:
3645: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3646: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3647: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3648: <p>
3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3651: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3652: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3653: </strong></font><br>
3654:
3655: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3656: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3657: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3658: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3659: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3660: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3661: note of"</i>.
3662: <p>
3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3665: <a
1.247 jufi 3666: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3667: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3668: </strong></font><br>
3669:
3670: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3671: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3672: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3673: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3674: <p>
3675:
1.247 jufi 3676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3677: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3678: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3679: </strong></font><br>
3680:
3681: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3682: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3683: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3684: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3685: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3686: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3687: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3688: <p>
3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3691: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3692: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3693: 2000
3694: </strong></font><br>
3695:
3696: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3697: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3698: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3699: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3700: against current industry practices.
3701: <p>
3702:
1.247 jufi 3703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3704: <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
3705: </strong></font><br>
3706:
3707: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3708: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3709: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3710: <p>
3711:
1.247 jufi 3712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3713: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3714: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3715: </strong></font><br>
3716:
3717: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3718: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3719: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3720: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3721: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3722: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3723: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3724: <p>
3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3727: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3728: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3729: </strong></font><br>
3730:
3731: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3732: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3733: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3734: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3735: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3736: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3737: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3738: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3739: <p>
1.247 jufi 3740: </ul>
1.131 louis 3741:
1.118 louis 3742: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3743: <ul>
1.118 louis 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3746: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3747: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3748: </strong></font><br>
3749:
3750: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3751: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3752: about time. The article mentions that
3753: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3754: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3755: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3756: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3757: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3758: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3759: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3760: <p>
3761:
1.247 jufi 3762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3763: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3764: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3765: </strong></font><br>
3766:
3767: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3768: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3769: of OpenSSH.
3770: <p>
3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3773: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3774: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3775: </strong></font><br>
3776:
3777: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3778: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3779: bridging.
3780: <p>
3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3783: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3784: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3785: </strong></font><br>
3786:
1.121 deraadt 3787: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3788: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3789: <p>
3790:
1.247 jufi 3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3792: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3793: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3794: </strong></font><br>
3795:
3796: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3797: <p>
3798:
1.247 jufi 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3800: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3801: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3802: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3803: </strong></font><br>
3804:
1.120 deraadt 3805: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3806: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3807: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3808: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3809: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3810: <p>
3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3813: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3814: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3815: </strong></font><br>
3816:
1.222 miod 3817: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3818: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3819: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3820: protocols and their quirks.
3821: <p>
3822:
1.247 jufi 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3824: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3825: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3826: </strong></font><br>
3827:
3828: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3829: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3830: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3831: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3832: <p>
3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3835: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3836: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3837: </strong></font><br>
3838:
3839: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3840: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3841: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3842: <p>
3843:
1.247 jufi 3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3845: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3846: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3847: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3848: </strong></font><br>
3849:
3850: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3851: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3852: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3853: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3854: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3855: <p>
1.247 jufi 3856: </ul>
1.118 louis 3857:
1.104 louis 3858: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3859: <ul>
1.104 louis 3860:
1.247 jufi 3861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3862: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3863: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3864: </strong></font><br>
3865:
3866: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3867: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3868: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3869: be a bit dry.
3870: <p>
3871:
1.247 jufi 3872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3873: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3874: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3875: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3876: </strong></font><br>
3877: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3878: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3879: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3880: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3881: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3882: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3883: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3884: <p>
3885:
1.247 jufi 3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3887: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3888: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3889: 2000
1.128 louis 3890: </strong></font><br>
3891:
3892: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3893: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3894: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3895: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3896: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3897: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3898: <p>
3899:
1.247 jufi 3900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3901: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3902: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3903: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3904:
3905: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3906: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3907: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3908: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3909: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3910: <p>
1.110 louis 3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3913: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3914: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3915: </strong></font><br>
3916:
3917: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3918: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3919: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3920: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3921: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3922: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3923: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3924: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3925: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3926: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3927: <p>
3928:
1.247 jufi 3929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3930: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3931: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3932:
3933: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3934: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3935: <p>
1.108 louis 3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3938: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3939: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3940: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3941:
3942: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3943: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3944: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3945: <p>
1.106 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3948: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3949: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3950: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3951:
3952: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3953: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3954: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3955: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3956: <p>
1.107 louis 3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3959: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3960: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3961: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3962:
3963: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3964: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3965: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3966: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3967: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3968: <p>
1.105 louis 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3971: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3972: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3973: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3974:
1.113 naddy 3975: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3976: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3977: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3978: <p>
1.104 louis 3979:
1.247 jufi 3980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3981: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3982: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3983: </strong></font><br>
3984:
3985: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3986: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3987: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3988: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3989: <p>
1.301 jose 3990:
3991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3992: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3993: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3994: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3995:
3996: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3997: hardware-supported cryptography.
3998: <p>
1.247 jufi 3999: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4000:
1.85 louis 4001: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4002: <ul>
1.85 louis 4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4005: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4006: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4007: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4008:
4009: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4010: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4011: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4012: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4013: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4014: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4015: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4016: <p>
1.99 louis 4017:
1.247 jufi 4018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4019: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4020: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4021: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4022:
4023: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4024: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4025: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4026: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4027: <p>
1.100 louis 4028:
1.247 jufi 4029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4030: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4031: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4032: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4033:
4034: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4035: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4036: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4037: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4038: <p>
1.95 louis 4039:
1.247 jufi 4040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4041: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4042: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4043: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4044:
4045: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4046: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4047: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4048: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4049: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4050: <p>
1.92 louis 4051:
1.247 jufi 4052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4053: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4054: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4055: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4056:
4057: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4058: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4059: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4060: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4061: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4062: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4063: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4064: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4065: <p>
1.91 louis 4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4068: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4069: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4070: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4071:
4072: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4073: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4074: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4075: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4076: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4077: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4078: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4079: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4080: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4081: <p>
1.90 louis 4082:
1.247 jufi 4083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4084: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4085: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4086: </strong></font><br>
4087: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4088: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4089: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4090: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4091: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4092: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4093: <p>
4094:
1.247 jufi 4095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4096: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4097: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4098: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4099:
1.113 naddy 4100: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4101: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4102: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4103: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4104: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4105: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4106: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4107: <p>
1.87 louis 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4110: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4111: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4112: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4113:
4114: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4115: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4116: <p>
1.85 louis 4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4119: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4120: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4121: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4122:
4123: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4124: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4125: <p>
4126:
4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4128: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4129: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4130: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4131:
4132: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4133: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4134: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4135: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4136: <p>
1.89 louis 4137:
1.247 jufi 4138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4139: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4140: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4141: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4142:
4143: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4144: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4145: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4146: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4147: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4148: </ul>
1.85 louis 4149:
1.78 deraadt 4150: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4151: <ul>
1.74 louis 4152:
1.247 jufi 4153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4154: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4155: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4156: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4157: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4158:
4159: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4160: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4161: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4162: <p>
1.83 louis 4163:
1.247 jufi 4164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4165: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4166: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4167: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4168:
4169: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4170: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4171: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4172: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4173: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4174: <p>
1.93 louis 4175:
1.247 jufi 4176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4177: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4178: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4179: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4180: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4181:
1.83 louis 4182: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4183: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4184: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4185: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4186: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4187: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4188: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4189: <p>
1.82 aaron 4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4192: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4193: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4194: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4195:
1.83 louis 4196: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4197: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4198: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4199: <p>
1.80 louis 4200:
1.247 jufi 4201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4202: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4203: Bad Press</a>,
4204: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4205: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4206:
4207: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4208: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4209: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4210: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4211: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4212: <p>
1.247 jufi 4213: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4214:
4215: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4216: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4217:
1.247 jufi 4218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4219: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4220: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4221: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4222: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4223:
4224: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4225: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4226: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4227: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4228: <p>
1.74 louis 4229:
1.247 jufi 4230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4231: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4232: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4233: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4234:
1.219 horacio 4235: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4236: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4237: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4238: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4239: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4240: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4241: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4242: <p>
1.88 louis 4243:
1.247 jufi 4244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4245: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4246: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4248:
4249: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4250: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4251: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4252: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4253: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4254: <p>
1.81 louis 4255:
1.247 jufi 4256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4257: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4258: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4259: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4260:
4261: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4262: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4263: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4264: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4265: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4266: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4267: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4268: <p>
1.90 louis 4269:
1.247 jufi 4270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4271: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4272: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4273: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4274:
4275: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4276: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4277: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4278: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4279: <p>
1.247 jufi 4280: </ul>
1.71 louis 4281:
1.69 deraadt 4282: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4283: <ul>
1.70 louis 4284:
1.247 jufi 4285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4286: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4287: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4288: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4289:
4290: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4291: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4292: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4293: <p>
1.70 louis 4294:
1.247 jufi 4295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4296: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4297: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4298: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4299:
4300: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4301: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4302: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4303: <p>
1.68 louis 4304:
1.247 jufi 4305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4306: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4307: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4308: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4309: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4310:
1.111 jufi 4311: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4312: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4313: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4314: "secure by default" installation.
4315: <p>
1.64 louis 4316:
1.247 jufi 4317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4318: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4319: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4320: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4321:
1.113 naddy 4322: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4323: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4324: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4325: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4326: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4327: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4328: <p>
1.66 louis 4329:
1.247 jufi 4330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4331: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4332: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4333: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4334:
4335: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4336: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4337: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4338: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4339: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4340: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4341: <p>
1.83 louis 4342:
1.247 jufi 4343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4344: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4345: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4346: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4347:
4348: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4349: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4350: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4351: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4352: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4353: <p>
1.64 louis 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4356: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4357: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4358: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4359:
4360: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4361: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4362: <p>
1.301 jose 4363:
4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4365: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4366: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4367: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4368: </strong></font><br>
4369:
4370: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4371: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4372: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4373: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4374: Giving way to
4375: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4376: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4377: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4378: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4379: <p>
1.247 jufi 4380: </ul>
1.65 louis 4381:
1.69 deraadt 4382: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4383: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4384:
1.247 jufi 4385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4386: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4387: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4388: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4389:
4390: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4391: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4392: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4393: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4394: <p>
1.88 louis 4395:
1.247 jufi 4396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4397: <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 4398: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4399:
4400: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4401: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4402: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4403: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4404: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4405: <p>
1.60 louis 4406:
1.247 jufi 4407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4408: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4409: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4410: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4411: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4412:
4413: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4414: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4415: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4416: <p>
1.58 louis 4417:
1.247 jufi 4418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4419: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4420: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4421:
4422: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4423: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4424: <p>
1.53 louis 4425:
1.247 jufi 4426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4427: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4428: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4429: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4430:
4431: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4432: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4433: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4434: <p>
1.99 louis 4435:
1.247 jufi 4436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4437: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4438: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4439:
4440: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4441: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4442: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4443: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4444: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4447: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4448: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4449: </strong></font><br>
4450:
4451: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4452: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4453: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4454: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4455: <p>
4456:
1.247 jufi 4457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4458: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4459: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4460: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4461:
4462: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4463: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4464: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4465:
1.247 jufi 4466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4467: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4468: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4469:
4470: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4471: in
1.247 jufi 4472: <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 4473: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4474: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4475: <p>
1.53 louis 4476:
1.247 jufi 4477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4478: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4479: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4480: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4481: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4482:
1.58 louis 4483: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4484: <p>
1.301 jose 4485:
4486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4487: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4488: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4489: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4490: Informacyjny, January 2000
4491: </strong></font><br>
4492:
4493: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4494: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4495: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4496: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4497: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4498: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4499: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4500: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4501: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4502: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4503: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4504: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4505: <p>
4506:
4507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4508: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4509: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4510: </strong></font><br>
4511:
4512: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4513: <p>
4514: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4515:
1.69 deraadt 4516: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4517: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4520: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4521: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4522: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4523: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4524:
1.58 louis 4525: Kurt Seifried
4526: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4527: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4528: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4529: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4530:
1.247 jufi 4531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4532: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4533: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4534: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4535:
4536: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4537: <p>
1.96 louis 4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4540: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4541: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4542: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4543: </strong></font><br>
4544:
4545: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4546: <p>
4547:
4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4549: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4550: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4551: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4552:
4553: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4554: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4555: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4556: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4557: <p>
1.247 jufi 4558: </ul>
1.86 louis 4559:
1.69 deraadt 4560: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4561: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4564: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4565: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4566: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4567:
4568: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4569: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4570: <p>
1.61 louis 4571:
1.247 jufi 4572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4573: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4574: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4575: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4576: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4577:
4578: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4579: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4580: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4581: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4582: right -- or at least strives to".
4583: <p>
1.48 louis 4584:
1.247 jufi 4585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4586: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4587: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4588: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4589: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4590: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4591: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4592: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4593: <p>
1.61 louis 4594:
1.247 jufi 4595: <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 4596: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4597: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4598:
4599: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4600: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4601: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4602: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4603: <p>
1.46 louis 4604:
1.247 jufi 4605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4606: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4607: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4608: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4609:
4610: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4611: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4612: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4615: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4616: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4617: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4618:
4619: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4620: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4621: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4622: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4623: <p>
1.247 jufi 4624: </ul>
1.70 louis 4625:
1.69 deraadt 4626: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4627: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4628:
1.247 jufi 4629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4630: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4631: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4632: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4633: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4634:
4635: Kurt Seifried
4636: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4637: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4638: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.44 philen 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <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 4642: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4643: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4644:
4645: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4646: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <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 4649: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4650: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4651:
4652: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4653: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4654:
1.247 jufi 4655: <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 4656: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4657: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4658:
4659: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4660: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4661: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4662: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4663: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4664:
1.247 jufi 4665: <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 4666: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4667: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4668:
1.36 louis 4669: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4670: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4671:
1.247 jufi 4672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4673: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4674: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4675: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4676:
4677: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4678: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4679: </ul>
1.38 louis 4680:
1.69 deraadt 4681: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4682: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <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 4685: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4686: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4687:
4688: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4689: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4690: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4691:
1.113 naddy 4692: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4693: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4694: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4695: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4696:
4697: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4698: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4699: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4700: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4701: <blockquote>
4702: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4703: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4704: <br>
4705: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4706: </code>
4707: </blockquote>
4708: <p>
4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4711: <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 4712: <p>
4713:
4714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4715: <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 4716: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4717:
4718: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4719: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4720: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4721: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4722:
1.247 jufi 4723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4724: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4725: Sept. 28, 1999
4726: </strong></font><br>
4727:
4728: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4729: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4730: translating and reprinting articles from
4731: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4732: <p>
4733:
4734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4735: <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 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4737:
4738: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4739: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4740: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4741: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4742: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4743: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4744: <p>
1.19 louis 4745:
1.113 naddy 4746: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4747: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4748: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4749:
4750: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4751: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4752: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4753: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4754: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4755: <p>
1.16 louis 4756:
1.247 jufi 4757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4758: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4759: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4760: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4761:
1.57 louis 4762: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4763: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4764: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4765: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4766:
1.247 jufi 4767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4768: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4769: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4770: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4771:
1.113 naddy 4772: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4773:
1.247 jufi 4774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4775: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4776: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4777: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4778:
1.23 louis 4779: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4780: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4781: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4782: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4783: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4784: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4785:
1.247 jufi 4786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4787: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4788: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4789: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4790:
1.199 pvalchev 4791: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4792: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4793: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4794: installation.
1.113 naddy 4795: <p>
1.47 louis 4796:
1.247 jufi 4797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4798: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4799: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4800: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4801:
1.301 jose 4802: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4803: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4804: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4805: </ul>
1.57 louis 4806:
1.69 deraadt 4807: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4808: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4809:
1.247 jufi 4810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4811: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4812: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4813: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4814:
4815: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4816: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4817: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4818: <p>
1.12 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4821: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4822: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4823: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4824:
4825: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4826: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4827: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4828: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4829: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4830: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4831: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4832: <p>
1.247 jufi 4833: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4834:
1.69 deraadt 4835: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4836: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4837:
1.247 jufi 4838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4839: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4840: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4841:
4842: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4843: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4844: available."
1.113 naddy 4845: <p>
1.301 jose 4846:
4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4848: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4849: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4850: </strong></font><br>
4851:
4852: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4853: <p>
1.247 jufi 4854: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4855:
1.69 deraadt 4856: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4857: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4858:
1.247 jufi 4859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4860: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4861: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4862:
4863: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4864: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4865: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4866: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4867: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4868: <p>
1.33 louis 4869:
1.247 jufi 4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4871: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4872: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4873: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4874:
1.113 naddy 4875: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4876: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4877: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4878: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4879: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4880: <p>
1.247 jufi 4881: </ul>
1.57 louis 4882:
1.69 deraadt 4883: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4884: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4885:
1.247 jufi 4886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4887: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4888: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4889: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4890:
4891: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4892: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4893: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4894:
1.247 jufi 4895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4896: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4897: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4898: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4899: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4900:
4901: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4902: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4903:
1.247 jufi 4904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4905: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4906:
1.113 naddy 4907: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4908:
1.247 jufi 4909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4910: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4911: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4912: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4913:
4914: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4915: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4916: </ul>
1.23 louis 4917:
1.69 deraadt 4918: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4919: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4920:
1.247 jufi 4921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4922: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4923: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4924:
4925: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4926: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4927: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4928:
1.247 jufi 4929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4930: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4931: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4932: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4933:
4934: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4935: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4936: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4937: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4938: </ul>
1.57 louis 4939:
1.69 deraadt 4940: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4941: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4942:
1.247 jufi 4943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4944: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4945: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4946: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4947:
4948: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4949: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4950: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4951: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4952: <p>
1.15 louis 4953:
1.247 jufi 4954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4955: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4956: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4957: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4958:
4959: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4960: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4961: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4962: columns."
1.113 naddy 4963: <p>
1.247 jufi 4964: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4965:
1.69 deraadt 4966: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4967: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4968:
1.247 jufi 4969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4970: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4971: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4972: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4973:
4974: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4975: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4976:
1.113 naddy 4977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4978: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4979: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4980:
4981: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4982: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4983: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4984: </ul>
1.57 louis 4985:
1.69 deraadt 4986: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4987: <ul>
1.301 jose 4988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4989: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4990: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4991: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4992:
4993: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4994: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4995: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4996: <p>
4997:
4998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4999: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5000: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5001: Nov 13, 1998 and
5002: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5003: Datateknik</a>,
5004: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5005:
1.380 saad 5006: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5007: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5008: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5009: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5010: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5011:
1.113 naddy 5012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 5013: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5014: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5015: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5016:
1.222 miod 5017: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5018: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5019: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5020: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5021: <p>
1.247 jufi 5022: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5023:
1.69 deraadt 5024: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5025: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5026:
1.247 jufi 5027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5028: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5029: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5030:
1.69 deraadt 5031: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5032: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5033: <p>
1.247 jufi 5034: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5035:
1.69 deraadt 5036: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5037: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5038:
1.247 jufi 5039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5040: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5041: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5042: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5043:
1.383 jcs 5044: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5045: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5046: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5047:
1.247 jufi 5048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5049: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5050: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5051: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5052: <p>
1.247 jufi 5053: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5054:
1.69 deraadt 5055: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5056: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5057:
1.247 jufi 5058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5059: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5060: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5061: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5062: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5063: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5064:
5065: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5066: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5067: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5068: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5069: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5070: <p>
1.247 jufi 5071: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5072:
5073: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5074: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5075:
1.247 jufi 5076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5077: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5078: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5079:
1.69 deraadt 5080: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5081: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5082: <p>
1.112 naddy 5083:
1.247 jufi 5084: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5085: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5086:
1.292 camield 5087: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5088: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5089: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.485 ! ian 5090: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.484 2005/12/20 08:55:48 djm Exp $</small>
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