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1.487 ! ian 19: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
! 23: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
! 24: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
! 25: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
! 26: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
! 27: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
! 28: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
! 29: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
! 30: designed to provide reliability and security.
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: </ul>
! 34:
1.485 ian 35: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
36: <ul>
37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 38: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
39: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
40: This article, as its lead-in says,
41: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
42: installations in about four minutes flat".
43: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
44: now is the time to reconsider.
45: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
46: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
47: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
48: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
49: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
50: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
51: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
52: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
53: the steps in the article.
54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 57: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
58: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
59: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
60: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
61: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
62: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
63: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
64: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
65: happening in real life.
66: <p>
67:
68: </ul>
69:
1.483 ian 70: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
71: <ul>
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 73: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
74: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
75: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
76: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
77: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
78: <p>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.483 ian 81: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
82: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
83: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
84: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
85: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
86: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
87: to sites with more information on most topics.
88: <p>
89:
90: </ul>
91:
92:
1.479 grunk 93: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
94: <ul>
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.482 ian 96: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
97: Goes to Venice</a>,
98: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
99: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
100: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
101: <br/>
102: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
103: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
104: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
105: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
106: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
107: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
108: Contains a link to
109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
110: pval's summary slides</a>.
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 114: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
115: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
116: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
117: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
118: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
119: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
120: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
121: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
122: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
123: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
124: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
125: the packages and ports system"</i>.
126: <p>
127:
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
129: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
130: Return of The BSDs</a>,
131: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
132: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
133: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
134: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
135: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
136: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
137: quotes from Bob Beck.
138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 141: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
142: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
143: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 144: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
145: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 146: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
147: and Linux.<br>
148: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
149: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
150: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
151: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
152: of the release
153: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
154: <p>
155: </ul>
156:
1.476 ian 157: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
158: <ul>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
161: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
162: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
163: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
164: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
165: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
166: and too unreliable.
167: This quote will rattle some cages:
168: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
169: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
170: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
171: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
172: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
173: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
174: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
175: costs without any commercial lock-in."
176: <p>
177:
1.477 saad 178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
179: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
180: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
181: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
182: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
183: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
184: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
185: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
186: discussion about future plans.
187: <p>
188:
1.478 grunk 189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
190: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
191: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
192: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
193: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
194: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
195: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
196: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
197: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
198: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
199: <p>
200:
1.476 ian 201: </ul>
202:
1.470 saad 203: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
204: <ul>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 207: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
208: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
209: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
210: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
211: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
212: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
213: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
214: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
215: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
216: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
217: <p>
218:
219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 220: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
221: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
222: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
223: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
224: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
225: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
226: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
227: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
228: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
229: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 233: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
234: Big debate over small packets</a>,
235: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
236: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
237: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
238: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
239: draft.
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 243: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
244: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
245: ordinateur ?"</a>,
246: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
247: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
248: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
249: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
250: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
251: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
252: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
253: <p>
254:
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 256: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
257: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
258: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
259: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
260: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
261: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
262: performance data with pfstat.
263: <p>
264:
265: </ul>
266:
1.461 grunk 267: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
268: <ul>
269:
270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 271: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
272: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 273: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 274: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
275: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
276: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 277: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 278: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 279: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
280: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
281: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 282: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
283: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 284: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 285: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
286: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 290: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
291: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 292: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 293: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
294: poor security:
1.467 grunk 295: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 296: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 297: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 298: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
299: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 303: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
304: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 305: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 306: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
307: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 308: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
309: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
310: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
311: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
312: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
313: commercial vendors.
314: <p>
315:
316: </ul>
317:
1.454 ian 318: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
319: <ul>
1.468 grunk 320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
322: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
323: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
324: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
325: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
326: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
327: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 328: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 329: <br>
330: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
331: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
332: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
333: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
334: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 335: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 336: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
337: <p>
338:
1.454 ian 339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 340: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
341: Free Bird</a>,
342: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
343: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
344: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
345: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
346: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
347: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
348: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
349: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
350: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
351: room will only be available in the print edition.
352: <p>
1.459 deraadt 353:
1.458 niallo 354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 355: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
356: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
357: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
358: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
359: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
360: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
361: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
362: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
363: <p>
1.457 deraadt 364:
1.456 niallo 365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 366: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 367: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
368: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
369: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
370: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
371: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
372: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 373: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 374: interview.</a>
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 378: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
379: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
380: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
381: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
382: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
383: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
384: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
385: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
386: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
387: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
388: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
389: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
390: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
391: "I have never used it."
392: <p>
393:
394: </ul>
395:
1.441 deraadt 396: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
397: <ul>
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 399: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
400: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
401: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
402: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
403: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
404: future enhancements.
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 408: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 409: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
410: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
411: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
412: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
413: North America mirror:
414: <ul>
1.452 marco 415: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 416: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
417: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 418: </ul>
419: European mirror:
420: <ul>
1.452 marco 421: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 422: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
423: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
424: </ul>
425: <p>
426:
427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 428: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
429: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
430: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
431: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
432: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
433: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
434: <p>
435:
436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 437: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
438: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
439: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
440: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
441: first-hand account.
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 445: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
446: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
447: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
448: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
449: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
450: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
451: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
452: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 456: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
457: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
458: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
459: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
460: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
461: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
462: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
463: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
464: <p>
465:
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 467: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 468: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 469: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
470: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
471: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
472: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
473: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
474: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
478: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 479: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 480: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
481: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
482: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
483: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
484: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 488: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
489: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
490: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 491: </strong></font><br>
492: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
493: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
494: with OpenBSD.
495: </ul>
496:
1.436 henning 497: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
498: <ul>
499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 500: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
501: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
502: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
503: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
504: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
505: than closed source, as we have long contended.
506: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
507: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
508: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
509: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
510: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
511: <p>
512: This article can also be found online as
513: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
514: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
515: <p>
516:
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 518: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
519: </strong></font><br>
520: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
521: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 525: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
526: </strong></font><br>
527: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
528: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 529: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 530: the issues we had with IETF.
531: </ul>
532:
1.431 ian 533: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
534: <ul>
535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 536: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
537: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
538: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
539: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
540: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
541: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
542: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 546: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
547: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
548: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
549: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
550: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
551: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 552: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 553: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
554: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
555: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
556: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
557: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
558: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
559: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
560: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
561:
562: </ul>
563:
1.427 matthieu 564: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
565: <ul>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 568: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
569: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
570: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
571: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
572: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
573: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
574: firmware.
1.434 ian 575: Similar articles can be found online at:
576: <ul>
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
578: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
579: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
580: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
582: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
583: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
584: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
586: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
587: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
588: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 590: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 591: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
592: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
593: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 594: </ul>
595:
1.426 ian 596: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
597: <ul>
598:
599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
600: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
601: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
602: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
603: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 604: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 605: mechanism: what it is and why and
606: how to use it, with examples.
607: Another excerpt from the book
608: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
609: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
610: <p>
611:
612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
613: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
614: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
615: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
616: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
617: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
618: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
619: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
620: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
621: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
622: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
623: This article is a sample chapter from
624: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
625: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
626: <p>
1.443 ian 627:
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 629: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 630: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
631: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
632: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
633: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
634: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
635: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
636: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
637: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
638: ends with a sidebar on security.
639: <p>
1.426 ian 640: </ul>
641:
1.424 ian 642: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
643: <ul>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 646: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
647: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
648: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
649: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
650: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
651: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
652: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
653: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
654: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
655: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
656: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
657: <p>
658: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
659: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
660: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 664: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
665: Closed Source Hardware</a>
666: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
667: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
668: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
669: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
670: operating systems.
671: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
672: OpenBSD on his firewall.
673: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
674: systems, he writes:
675: <blockquote>
676: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
677: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
678: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
679: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
680: to the operating system...
681: <br/>
682: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
683: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
684: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
685: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
686: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
687: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
688: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
689: in a closed source operating system).
690: <br/>
691: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
692: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
693: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
694: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
695: </blockquote>
696: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
697: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
698: their hardware and software operates.
699: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
700: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 701: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 702: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
703: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
704: <p>
705: </ul>
706:
1.417 pvalchev 707: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
708: <ul>
1.421 ian 709:
1.417 pvalchev 710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 711: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
712: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
713: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
714: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
715: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
716: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
717: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
718: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
719: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
720: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
721: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 722: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 723: <p>
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 725: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
726: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
727: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
728: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
729: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
730: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
731: it claims to do".
732: <p>
733:
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 735: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 736: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
737: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
738: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
739: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 740: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 741: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
742: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
743: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
744: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
745: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
746: (yes, this is a hint).
747: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
748: picked up on the
749: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
750: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 751: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 752: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
753: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 757: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
758: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
759: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
760: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
761: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
762: questions about the significance and rationale behind
763: the current efforts.
764: <p>
765: </ul>
766:
1.407 henning 767: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
768: <ul>
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 770: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
771: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
772: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
773: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
774: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
775: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
776: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
777: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
778: <p>
779:
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 781: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
782: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
783: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
784: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
785: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
786: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
787: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
788: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
789: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 790: <p>
1.415 ian 791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 793: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 794: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
795: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
796: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
797: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
798: overflow attacks... because
799: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
800: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
801: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
802: and propolice.
803: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
804: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
805: and that's when the science falls apart."
806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 809: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
810: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
811: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
812: Starts with the question:
813: <blockquote>
814: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
815: <br/>
816: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
817: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
818: <br/>
819: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
820: Should we believe them?"
821: </blockquote>
822: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
823: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
824: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
825: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
826: for your mail, web and other online activities.
827: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 831: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
832: Simple Simon</a>,
833: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
834: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
835: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
836: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
837: routing/firewall, and more.
838: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
839: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
840: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
841: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
842: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
843: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
844: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
845: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
846: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
847: </blockquote>
848: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
849: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
850: <p>
851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 853: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
854: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 855: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 856: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 857: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
858: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
859: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 860: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 861: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
862: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
863: in spite of it
864: (registration required, but worth it).
865: <p>
866:
867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
868: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
869: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
870: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
871: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
872: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
873: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
874: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 875: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 876: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
877: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
878: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
879: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
880: <p>
881:
882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 883: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
884: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
885: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
886: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
887: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
888: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
889: <blockquote>
890: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
891: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
892: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
893: a lot of analysis.
894: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
895: </blockquote>
896: <p>
897: </ul>
898:
1.400 marco 899: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
900: <ul>
901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 902: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
903: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
904: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
905: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
906: UNIX-like systems.
907: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
908: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
909: <p>
910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 911: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
912: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 913: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
914: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
915: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
916: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
917: At one point, the article states:
918: <blockquote>
919: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
920: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
921: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
922: </blockquote>
923: And then quotes Theo as saying:
924: <blockquote>
925: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
926: fewer are reading or auditing code."
927: </blockquote>
928: <p>
929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
930: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
931: marks its fifth birthday</a>
932: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
933: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
934: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
935: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
936: required).
937: <p>
938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 939: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
940: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
941: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
942: </strong></font><br>
943: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
944: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
945: <p>
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 947: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
948: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 949: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 950: </strong></font><br>
951: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
952: <p>
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 954: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
955: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 956: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 957: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 958: 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 959: <p>
960: </ul>
961:
1.396 henning 962: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
963: <ul>
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 965: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
966: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
967: Unix Review, July, 2004
968: </strong></font><br>
969: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
970: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 971: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 972: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
973: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
974: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
975: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
976: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
977: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
978: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
979: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
980: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
981: and even spelling/wording errors.
982: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
983: <p>
984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 985: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 986: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
987: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
988: </strong></font><br>
989: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
990: <p>
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 992: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 993: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
994: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
995: </strong></font><br>
996: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
997: <p>
998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 999: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1000: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1001: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1004: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1005: <p>
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1007: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1008: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1009: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1010: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1011: <p>
1012: </ul>
1013:
1.405 jolan 1014: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1015: <ul>
1016: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1017: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1018: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1019: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1020: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1021: details on how funds are dispersed.
1022: <p>
1023: </ul>
1024:
1.393 david 1025: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1026: <ul>
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1028: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1029: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1030: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1033: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1034: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1035: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1036: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1037: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1038: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1039: <p>
1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1042: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1043: Secure by Default</a>,
1044: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1047: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1048: <p>
1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1051: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1052: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1053: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1054: </strong></font><br>
1055: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1056: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1057: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1058: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1059: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1060: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1061: <p>
1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1064: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1065: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1066: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1067: </strong></font><br>
1068: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1069: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1070: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1074: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1075: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1076: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1077: </strong></font><br>
1078: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1079: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1080: <p>
1081: </ul>
1082:
1.388 mcbride 1083: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1084: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1085:
1086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1087: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1088: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1089: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1090: </strong></font><br>
1091: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1092: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1093: available for sparc64.
1094: <p>
1095:
1.390 beck 1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1097: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1098: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1099: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1100: </strong></font><br>
1101: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1102: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1103: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1104: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1105: <p>
1106:
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1108: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1109: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1110: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1111: </strong></font><br>
1112: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1113: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1114: it does: CARP provides sharing
1115: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1116: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1117: detail to get you started using it.
1118: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1119: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1120: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1121: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1122: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1123: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1124: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1125: <p>
1.391 ian 1126:
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1128: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1129: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1130: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1131: </strong></font><br>
1132: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1133: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1134: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1135: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1138: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1139: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1140: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1143: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1144: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1145: unencumbered by patents.
1146: <p>
1147: </ul>
1148:
1.378 henning 1149: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1150: <ul>
1.384 jose 1151:
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1153: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1154: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1155: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1156: </strong></font><br>
1157: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1158: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1159: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1160: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1161: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1162: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1163: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1164: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1165: in the page tables."
1166: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1167: <p>
1168:
1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1170: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1171: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1172: </strong></font><br>
1173: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1174: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1175: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1176: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1177: <p>
1.384 jose 1178:
1.378 henning 1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1180: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1181: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1182: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1185: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1186: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1187: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1188: (quote:
1189: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1190: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1191: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1192: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1193: the other developers for their work on the system.
1194: <p>
1195:
1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1197: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1198: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1199: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1200: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1201: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1202: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1203: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1204: too.
1205: <p>
1206:
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1208: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1209: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1210: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1211: OpenBSD source code using
1212: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1213: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1214: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1215: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1216: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1217: <p>
1218: </ul>
1219:
1.374 jose 1220: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1221: <ul>
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1223: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1224: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1225: </strong></font><br>
1226: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1227: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1228: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1229: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1230: it."
1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1234: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1235: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1236: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1237: </strong></font><br/>
1238: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1239: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1240: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1241: <p>
1242: </ul>
1243:
1.369 ian 1244: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1245: <ul>
1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1247: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1248: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1249: </strong></font><br/>
1250: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1251: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1252: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1253: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1254: <p>
1255:
1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1257: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1258: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1259: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1260: </strong></font><br/>
1261: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1262: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1263: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1264: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1265: form factor.
1266: <p>
1267:
1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1269: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1270: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1271: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1272: Features</a>,
1273: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1274: </strong></font><br/>
1275: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1276: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1277: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1278: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1279: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1280: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1281: <p>
1282: This article can also be found online at:
1283: <ul>
1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1285: <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 1286: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1287: </strong></font>
1288: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1289: </ul>
1290: <p>
1.392 david 1291:
1.371 jose 1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1293: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1294: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1295: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1296: </strong></font><br/>
1297: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1298: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1299: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1300: <p>
1.371 jose 1301:
1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1303: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1304: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1305: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1306: </strong></font><br/>
1307: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1308: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1309: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1310: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1311: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1312: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1313: and its history with OpenBSD.
1314: </ul>
1315:
1.368 henning 1316: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1317: <ul>
1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1319: [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 1320: </strong></font><br>
1321: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1322: </ul>
1323:
1.364 jose 1324: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1325: <ul>
1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1327: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1328: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1329: UNIX Review,
1330: July, 2003.
1331: </strong></font><br>
1332: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1333: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1334: who want more information.
1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1338: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1339: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1340: Government Computer News,
1341: July 22, 2003.
1342: </strong></font><br>
1343: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1344: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1345: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1346: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1347: <p>
1348:
1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1350: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1351: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1352: SANS Institute,
1353: July 22, 2003.
1354: </strong></font><br>
1355: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1356: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1357: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1358: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1359: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1360: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1361: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1362: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1363: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1364: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1365: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1366: <p>
1367:
1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1369: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1370: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1371: OnLamp.com,
1372: July 17, 2003.
1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1375: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1376: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1377: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1378: have been working on.
1379:
1380: </ul>
1381:
1.356 jose 1382: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1383: <ul>
1384:
1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1386: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1387: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1388: UNIX Review,
1389: June, 2003.
1390: </strong></font><br>
1391: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1392: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1393: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1394: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1395: <p>
1396:
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1398: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1399: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1400: eWeek,
1401: June 23, 2003.
1402: </strong></font><br>
1403: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1404: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1405: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1406: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1407: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1408: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1409: <p>
1410:
1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1412: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1413: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1414: Software Development Online,
1415: June, 2003.
1416: </strong></font><br>
1417: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1418: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1419: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1420: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1421: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1422: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1423: current activities.
1424: <p>
1425:
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1427: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1428: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1429: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1430: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1431: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1432: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1433: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1434: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1435: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1436: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1437: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1438: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1439: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1440: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1441: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1442: decisions.
1443: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1444: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1445: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1446: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1447: <p>
1448:
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1450: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1451: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1452: Page 58, eWeek,
1453: June 2, 2003.
1454: </strong></font><br>
1455: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1456: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1457: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1458: been addressed in -current.
1459: <p>
1460:
1.356 jose 1461: </ul>
1462:
1463: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1464: <ul>
1465:
1.355 jose 1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1467: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1468: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1469: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1470: </strong></font><br>
1471: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1472: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1473: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1474: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1475: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1476: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1477: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1478: <p>
1479:
1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1481: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1482: Beyond Linux</a>,
1483: InfoWorld,
1484: May 23, 2003.
1485: </strong></font><br>
1486: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1487: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1488: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1489: compared to the GPL.
1490: <p>
1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1493: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1494: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1495: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1496: May 17, 2003.
1497: </strong></font><br>
1498: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1499: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1500: the business section and half of another page inside
1501: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1502: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1503: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1504: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1505: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1506: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1507: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1508: <br>
1509: This article can also be found online at:
1510: <ul>
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1512: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1513: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1514: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1515: May 17, 2003
1516: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1517: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1519: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1520: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1521: Montreal Gazette,
1522: May 21, 2003
1523: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1524: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1525: <p>
1.346 ian 1526:
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1528: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1529: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1530: May 7, 2003.
1531: </strong></font><br>
1532: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1533: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1534: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1535: <p>
1536:
1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1538: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1539: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1540: OsOpinion,
1541: May 6, 2003.
1542: </strong></font><br>
1543: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1544: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1545: <br>
1546: This article can also be found online at:
1547: <ul>
1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1549: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1550: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1551: NewsFactor Network.
1552: </strong></font>
1553: </ul>
1554: <p>
1555:
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1557: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1558: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1559: ITBusiness,
1560: May 2, 2003.
1561: </strong></font><br>
1562: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1563: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1564: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1565: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1566: <p>
1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1569: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1570: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1571: InfoWorld,
1572: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1573: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1574: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1575: <br>
1576: This article can also be found online at:
1577: <ul>
1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1579: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1580: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1581: IDG Singapore.
1582: </strong></font>
1583: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1584: <p>
1585:
1.339 jose 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1587: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1588: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1589: ZDNet,
1590: May 1, 2003.
1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1593: someone using parts from previous articles.
1594: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1595: This article can also be found online at:
1596: <ul>
1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1598: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1599: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1600: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1601: </strong></font>
1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1603: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1604: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1605: CNET News.com.
1606: </strong></font>
1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1608: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1609: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1610: ZDNet UK.
1611: </strong></font>
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1613: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1614: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1615: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1616: </strong></font>
1617: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1618: <p>
1.339 jose 1619:
1.341 deraadt 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1621: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1622: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1623: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1624: May 1, 2003.
1625: </strong></font><br>
1626: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1627: that have been added
1628: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1629: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1630: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1631: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1632: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1633: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1634: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1635: <p>
1636:
1637: </ul>
1638:
1.253 ian 1639: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1640: <ul>
1.255 ian 1641:
1.260 ian 1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1643: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1644: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1645: TechRepublic,
1646: April 28, 2003.
1647: </strong></font><br>
1648: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1649: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1650: work.<br>
1651: Can also be found online at:
1652: <ul>
1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1654: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1655: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1656: ZDNet UK.
1657: </strong></font>
1658: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1659: <p>
1660:
1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1662: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1663: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1664: IDG,
1665: April 24, 2003.
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1668: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1669: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1670: Can also be found online at:
1671: <ul>
1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1673: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1674: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1675: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1676: </strong></font>
1677: </ul>
1678: <p>
1679:
1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1681: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1682: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1683: Slate,
1684: April 24, 2003.
1685: </strong></font><br>
1686: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1687: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1688: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1689: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1690: <p>
1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1693: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1694: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1695: April 24, 2003.
1696: </strong></font><br>
1697: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1698: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1699: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1700: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1701: <p>
1702:
1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1704: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1705: April 24, 2003.
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1708: the free software community".
1709: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1710: other articles.
1711: <p>
1712:
1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1714: <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 1715: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1716: </strong></font><br>
1717: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1718: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1719: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1720: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1721: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1722: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1723: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1724: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1725: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1726: <br/>
1727: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1728: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1729: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1730: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1731: <br>
1732: Can also be found online at:
1733: <ul>
1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1735: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1736: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1737: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1738: </strong></font>
1739: </ul>
1.324 ian 1740: <p>
1741:
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1743: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1744: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1745: </strong></font><br>
1746: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1747: article above.
1748: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1749: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1750: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1751: <br>
1752: Can also be found online at:
1753: <ul>
1754: <li>
1755: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1756: </strong></font>
1757: </ul>
1.324 ian 1758: <p>
1759:
1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1761: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1762: </strong></font><br>
1763: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1764: <p>
1765:
1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1767: <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.
1768: </strong></font><br>
1769: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1770: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1771: <p>
1772:
1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1774: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1775: April 23, 2003.
1776: </strong></font><br>
1777: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1778: <p>
1779:
1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1781: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1782: April 22, 2003.
1783: </strong></font><br>
1784: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1785: <p>
1786:
1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1788: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1789: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1790: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1792: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1793: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1794: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1795: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1796: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1797: Can also be found online at:
1798: <ul>
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1800: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1801: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1802: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1803: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1805: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1806: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1807: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1808: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1809: </ul>
1810: <p>
1811:
1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1813: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1814: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1815: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1816: </strong></font><br>
1817: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1818: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1819: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1820: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1821: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1822: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1823: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1824: <p>
1825:
1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1827: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1828: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1829: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1830: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1831: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1832: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1833: at UPenn and DARPA.
1834: <p>
1835:
1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1837: [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,
1838: France
1.315 deraadt 1839: April 18, 2003.
1840: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1841: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1842: <p>
1843:
1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1845: [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 1846: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1847: </strong></font><br>
1848: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1849: <p>
1850:
1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1852: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1853: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1854: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1855: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1856: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1857: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1858: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1859: <p>
1860:
1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1862: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1863: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1864: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1865: </strong></font><br>
1866: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1867: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1868: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1869: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1870: <p>
1871:
1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1873: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1874: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1875: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1876: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1877: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1878: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1879: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1880: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1881: Can also be found online at:
1882: <ul>
1883: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1884: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1885: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1886: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1887: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1888: <p>
1889:
1890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1891: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1892: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1893: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1894: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1895: </strong></font><br>
1896: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1897: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1898: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1899: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1900: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1901:
1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1903: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1904: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1905: New York Times.
1906: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1907:
1.273 deraadt 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1909: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1910: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1911: ABC News.
1912: </strong></font>
1913:
1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1915: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1916: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1917: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1918: </strong></font>
1919:
1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1921: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1922: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1923: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1924: </strong></font>
1925:
1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1927: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1928: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1929: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1930: </strong></font>
1931:
1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1933: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1934: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1935: Times Daily, AL.
1936: </strong></font>
1937:
1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1939: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1940: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1941: Boston.com, MA.
1942: </strong></font>
1943:
1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1945: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1946: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1947: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1948: </strong></font>
1949:
1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1951: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1952: [Article was pulled]</a>
1953: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1954: </strong></font>
1955:
1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1957: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1958: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1959: Infoshop News.
1960: </strong></font>
1961:
1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1963: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1964: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1965: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1966: </strong></font>
1967:
1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1969: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1970: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1971: Raleigh News, NC.
1972: </strong></font>
1973:
1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1975: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1976: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1977: Napa News, CA.
1978: </strong></font>
1979:
1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1981: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1982: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1983: NEPA News, PA.
1984: </strong></font>
1985:
1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1987: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1988: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1989: Wired News.
1990: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1991: <br>
1992: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1993: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1994: [JAPANESE]
1995: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1996: Wired News Japan</a>
1997: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1998:
1.271 deraadt 1999: </ul>
2000: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2001: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2002: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2003: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2004: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2005: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2006: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2007: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2008: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2009: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2010: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2011: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2012: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2013: <p>
2014: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2015:
2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2017: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2018: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2019: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2020: </strong></font>
2021:
2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2023: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2024: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2025: Miami Herald, FL.
2026: </strong></font>
2027:
2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2029: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2030: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2031: </strong></font>
2032:
2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2034: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2035: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2036: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2037: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2038:
2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2040: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2041: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2042: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2043: ABC News.
2044: </strong></font>
2045:
1.276 deraadt 2046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2047: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2048: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2049: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2050: </strong></font>
2051:
1.286 dhartmei 2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2053: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2054: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2055: Wilmington Star, NC.
2056: </strong></font>
2057:
1.300 jose 2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2059: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2060: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2061: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2062: </strong></font>
2063:
1.309 jose 2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2065: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2066: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2067: Globe Technology.
2068: </strong></font>
2069:
1.263 deraadt 2070: </ul>
1.262 beck 2071: <p>
2072:
2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2074: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2075: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2076: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2078: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2079: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2080: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2081: <p>
2082:
2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2084: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2085: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2086: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2088: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2089: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2090: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2091: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2092: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2093: and simply restates other press reports.
2094: <p>
2095:
2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2097: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2098: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2099: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2100: </strong></font><br>
2101: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2102: <p>
2103:
2104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2105: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2106: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2107: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2108: </strong></font><br>
2109: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2110: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2111: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2112: <p>
2113:
2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2115: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2116: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2117: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2118: April 17, 2003.
2119: </strong></font><br>
2120: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2121: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2122: Tech Anthems</a>
2123: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2124: 4 so far.
2125: <p>
2126:
2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2128: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2129: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2130: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2131: </strong></font><br>
2132: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2133: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2134: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2135: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2136: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2137: Goes on to say:
2138: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2139: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2140: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2141: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2142: This article is also found online at:
2143: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2145: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2146: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2147: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2148: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2150: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2151: ZDnet</a>,
2152: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2153: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2155: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2156: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2157: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2159: </ul>
1.260 ian 2160: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2161:
1.260 ian 2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2163: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2164: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2165: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2166: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2167: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2168: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2169: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2170: without notice or justification.
2171: <p>
2172:
2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2174: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2175: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2176: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2177: </strong></font><br>
2178: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2179: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2180: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2181: effective today, without any warning..."
2182: <p>
1.257 ian 2183:
2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2185: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2186: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2187: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2188: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2189: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2190: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2191: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2192: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2193: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2194: <p>
2195:
2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2197: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2198: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2199: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2200: </strong></font><br>
2201: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2202: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2203: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2204: quoting two of them:
2205: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2206: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2207: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2208: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2209: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2210: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2211: <p>
2212:
1.255 ian 2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2214: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2215: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2216: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2217: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2218: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2219: <p>
2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2222: [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 2223: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2224: </strong></font><br>
2225: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2226: <p>
2227:
2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2229: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2230: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2231: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2232: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2233: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2234: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2235: security experts for more than three decades."
2236: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2237: <p>
1.261 ian 2238:
1.254 drahn 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2240: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2241: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2242: </strong></font><br>
2243: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2244: <p>
2245:
2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2247: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2248: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2249: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2250: </strong></font><br>
2251: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2252: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2253: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2254: <p>
2255:
2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2257: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2258: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2259: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2260: </strong></font><br>
2261: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2262: from US DARPA.
2263: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2264: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2265: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2266: the BSD license.
2267: <p>
2268: </ul>
2269:
1.251 ian 2270: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2271: <ul>
2272:
2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2274: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2275: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2276: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2277: </strong></font><br>
2278:
2279: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2280: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2281: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2282: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2283: <p>
2284:
2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2286: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2287: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2288: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2289: </strong></font><br>
2290: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2291: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2292: Mentions
2293: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2294: and
2295: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2296: programs.
2297: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2298: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2299: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2300: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2301: <p>
1.325 ian 2302: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2303: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2304:
2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2306: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2307: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2308: </strong></font><br>
2309: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2310: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2311: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2312: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2313: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2314: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2315: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2316: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2317: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2318: put into service."
2319: <p>
2320: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2321: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2322: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2323: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2324: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2325: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2326: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2327: computers with security features."
2328: <p>
1.329 ian 2329:
2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2331: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2332: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2333: Slate,
2334: March 3, 2003.
2335: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2336: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2337: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2338: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2339: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2340: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2341: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2342: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2343: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2344: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2345: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2346: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2347: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2348: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2349: of more secure open-source solutions like
2350: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2351: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2352: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2353: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2354: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2355: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2356: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2357: the Beltway."
2358: <p>
1.251 ian 2359: </ul>
2360:
1.249 jufi 2361: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2362: <ul>
2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2364: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2365: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2366: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2367: </strong></font><br>
2368: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2369: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2370: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2371: <p>
1.334 ian 2372:
2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2374: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2375: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2376: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2377: </strong></font><br>
2378: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2379: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2380: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2381: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2382: "... the hypothetical question ...
2383: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2384: <br>
2385: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2386: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2387: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2388: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2389: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2390: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2391: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2392: support network security.
2393: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2394: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2395: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2396: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2397: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2398: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2399: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2400: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2401: <br>
2402: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2403: <p>
2404:
1.249 jufi 2405: </ul>
2406:
1.246 jufi 2407: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2408: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2411: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2412: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2413: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2414: </strong></font><br>
2415: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2416: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2417: <p>
2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2420: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2421: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2422: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2423: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2424: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2425: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2426: <p>
2427:
2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2429: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2430: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2431: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2432: </strong></font><br>
2433: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2434: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2435: <p>
1.247 jufi 2436: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2437:
1.244 jufi 2438: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2439: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2442: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2443: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2444: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2445: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2446: </strong></font><br>
2447: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2448: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2449: md5 digests.
2450: <p>
2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2453: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2454: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2455: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2456: </strong></font><br>
2457: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2458: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2459: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2460: right the first time."
2461: <p>
1.247 jufi 2462: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2463:
2464:
2465: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2466: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2469: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2470: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2471: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2472: </strong></font><br>
2473: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2474: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2475: part 6</a>.
2476: <p>
2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2479: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2480: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2481: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2482: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2483: </strong></font><br>
2484: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2485: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2486: <p>
1.301 jose 2487:
2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2489: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2490: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2491: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2492: </strong></font><br>
2493:
2494: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2495: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2496: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2497: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2498: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2499: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2500: <i>Here's the
2501: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2502: <p>
1.247 jufi 2503: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2504:
2505: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2506: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2509: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2510: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2511: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2512: </strong></font><br>
2513: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2514: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2515: <p>
2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2518: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2519: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2520: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2521: </strong></font><br>
2522: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2523: this time using pf.
2524: <p>
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2526:
2527: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2528: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2531: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2532: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2533: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2534: </strong></font><br>
2535: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2536: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2537: their rotation.
2538: <p>
2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2541: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2542: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2543: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2544: </strong></font><br>
2545: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2546: <p>
1.247 jufi 2547: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2548:
1.239 jufi 2549: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2550: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2553: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2554: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2555: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2556: </strong></font><br>
2557: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2558: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2559: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2560: <p>
2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2563: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2564: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2565: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2566: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2567: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2568: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2569: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2570: <p>
1.247 jufi 2571: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2572:
1.235 lebel 2573: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2574: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2575:
1.239 jufi 2576:
1.247 jufi 2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2578: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2579: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2580: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2581: </strong></font><br>
2582: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2583: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2584: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2585: <p>
1.301 jose 2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2588:
1.228 horacio 2589: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2590: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2591:
1.247 jufi 2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2593: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2594: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2595: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2596: </strong></font><br>
2597: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2598: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2599: <p>
2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2602: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2603: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2604: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2605: </strong></font><br>
2606: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2607: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2608: <p>
2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2611: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2612: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2613: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2614: </strong></font><br>
2615: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2616: on the desktop of his parents.
2617: <p>
2618:
1.247 jufi 2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2620: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2621: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2622: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2623: </strong></font><br>
2624: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2625: using IPFilter.
2626:
2627: <p>
2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2630: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2631: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2632: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2633: </strong></font><br>
2634: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2635: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2636: perspectives of the four OS.
2637: <br>
2638: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2639: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2640: <p>
2641:
1.247 jufi 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2643: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2644: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2645: software and security</a>,
2646: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2647: </strong></font><br>
2648:
2649: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2650: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2651: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2652: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2653: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2654: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2655: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2656: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2657: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2658: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2659: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2660: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2661: <p>
1.247 jufi 2662: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2663:
1.225 horacio 2664: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2665: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2666:
1.247 jufi 2667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2668: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2669: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2670: Interview</a>,
2671: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2672: </strong></font><br>
2673:
2674: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2675: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2676: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2677: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2678: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2679: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2680: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2681: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2682: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2683: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2684: of choice.
2685: <p>
1.247 jufi 2686: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2687:
2688: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2689: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2692: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2693: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2694: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2695: </strong></font><br>
2696:
2697: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2698: <p>
2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2701: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2702: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2703: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2704: </strong></font><br>
2705:
2706: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2707: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2708: <p>
1.247 jufi 2709: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2710:
1.218 horacio 2711: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2712: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2713:
1.247 jufi 2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2715: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2716: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2717: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2718: </strong></font><br>
2719:
2720: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2721: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2722: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2723: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2724: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2725: subjects. Worth a read.
2726: <p>
2727:
2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2730: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2731: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2732: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2733: </strong></font><br>
2734:
2735: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2736: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2737: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2738: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2739: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2740: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2741: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2742: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2743: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2744: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2745: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2746: on other operating systems.<br>
2747: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2748: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2749: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2750: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2751: <p>
2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2754: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2755: Operating System 2010</a>,
2756: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2757: </strong></font><br>
2758:
2759: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2760: covering the level of software integration into the core
2761: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2762: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2763: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2764: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2765: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2766: <p>
2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2769: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2770: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2771: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2772: </strong></font><br>
2773:
2774: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2775: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2776: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2777: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2778: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2779: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2780: <p>
1.247 jufi 2781: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2782:
1.210 jufi 2783: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2784: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2787: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2788: Already a Contender</a>,
2789: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2790: </strong></font><br>
2791:
2792: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2793: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2794: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2795: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2796: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2797: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2798: <p>
2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2801: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2802: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2803: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2804: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2805:
1.224 horacio 2806: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2807: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2808: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2809: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2810: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2811: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2812: <p>
1.247 jufi 2813: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2814:
2815: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2816: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2819: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2820: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2821: Division</a>,
2822: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2823: </strong></font><br>
2824:
2825: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2826: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2827: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2828: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2829: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2830: investment</em>.<br>
2831: The implementation details can be seen on their
2832: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2833: <p>
2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2836: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2837: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2838: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2839: </strong></font><br>
2840:
2841: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2842: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2843: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2844: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2845: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2846: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2847: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2848: <p>
2849:
2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2851: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2852: Thinking about Security</a>,
2853: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2854: </strong></font><br>
2855:
2856: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2857: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2858: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2859: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2860: to time.<br>
2861: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2862: system and just the most secure system.
2863: <p>
2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2866: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2867: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2868: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2869: </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2872: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2873: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2874: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2875: choice:<br>
2876: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2877: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2878: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2879: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2880: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2881: network security devices and as such must be well
2882: armored."</em><br>
2883: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2884: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2885: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2886: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2887: <br>
2888: Bravo!
2889: <p>
1.247 jufi 2890: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2891:
1.207 ian 2892: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2893: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2896: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2897: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2898: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2899:
1.207 ian 2900: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2901: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2902: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2903: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2904: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2905: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2906: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2907: <p>
1.247 jufi 2908: </ul>
1.207 ian 2909:
1.194 jufi 2910: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2911: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2914: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2915: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2916: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2917: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2918:
1.240 miod 2919: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2920: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2921: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2922: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2923: <p>
2924:
1.247 jufi 2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2926: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2927: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2928: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2929:
2930: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2931: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2932: <p>
2933:
2934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2935: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2936: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2937: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2938:
2939: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2940: <p>
2941:
2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2943: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2944: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2945: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2946: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2947:
1.240 miod 2948: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2949: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2950: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2951: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2952: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2953: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2954: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2955: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2956: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2957: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2958: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2959: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2960: <p>
2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2963: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2964: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2965: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2966: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2967:
1.194 jufi 2968: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2969: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2970: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2971: <br>
2972: The new
2973: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2974: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2975: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2976: <p>
1.247 jufi 2977: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2978:
1.190 horacio 2979: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2980: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2983:
2984: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2985: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2986:
1.301 jose 2987:
1.191 jufi 2988: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2989: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2990:
2991: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2992: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2993:
1.212 horacio 2994: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2995: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2996: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2997:
1.211 horacio 2998: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2999: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3000: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3003: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3006: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3007:
1.212 horacio 3008: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3009: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3010: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3011:
3012: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3013: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3014:
3015: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3016: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3017:
1.301 jose 3018: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3019: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3020:
1.191 jufi 3021: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3022: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3023:
3024: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3025: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3026:
1.192 jufi 3027: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3028: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3029: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3030:
1.193 deraadt 3031: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3032: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3033: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3034:
1.247 jufi 3035: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3036: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3039: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3040: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3041:
1.213 horacio 3042: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3043: 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 3044: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3045:
1.190 horacio 3046: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3047: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3048: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3049: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3050: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3051: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3052: <p>
1.190 horacio 3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3055: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3056: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3057: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3058: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3059:
1.195 jufi 3060: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3061: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3062: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3063: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3064: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3065: <p>
3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3068: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3069: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3070: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3071: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3072:
1.191 jufi 3073: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3074: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3075: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3076: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3077: <p>
3078:
3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3080: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3081: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3082: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3083:
3084: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3085: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3086: <p>
1.247 jufi 3087: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3088:
1.191 jufi 3089:
1.186 jufi 3090: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3091: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3094: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3095: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3096: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3097: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3098:
1.188 jufi 3099: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3100: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3101: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3102: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3103: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3104: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3105: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3106: <p>
3107:
1.301 jose 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3109: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3110: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3111: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3112:
3113: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3114: <p>
1.191 jufi 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3117: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3118: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3119: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3120: </strong></font><br>
3121:
3122: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3123: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3124: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3125: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3126: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3127: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3128: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3129: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3130: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3131: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3132: familiar?
3133: <p>
1.247 jufi 3134: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3135:
1.178 louis 3136: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3137: <ul>
1.178 louis 3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3140: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3141: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3142: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3143: </strong></font><br>
3144:
3145: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3146: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3147: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3148: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3149: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3150: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3151: <p>
3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3154: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3155: Open source under the hood</a>,
3156: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3157: </strong></font><br>
3158:
3159: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3160: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3161: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3162: <p>
3163:
1.247 jufi 3164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3165: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3166: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3167: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3168: </strong></font><br>
3169:
3170: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3171: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3172: <p>
1.247 jufi 3173: </ul>
1.179 louis 3174:
1.174 louis 3175:
1.175 louis 3176: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3177: <ul>
1.175 louis 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3180: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3181: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3182: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3183: </strong></font><br>
3184:
3185: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3186: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3187: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3188: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3189: <p>
3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3192: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3193: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3194: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3198: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3199: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3200: <p>
1.247 jufi 3201: </ul>
1.175 louis 3202:
1.176 louis 3203:
1.172 mickey 3204: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3205: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3208: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3209: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3210: </strong></font><br>
3211:
3212: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3213: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3214: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3215: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3216: <p>
3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3219: <a
1.269 deraadt 3220: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3221: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3222: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3223: </strong></font><br>
3224:
3225: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3226: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3227: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3228: <p>
3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3231: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3232: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3233: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3234: </strong></font><br>
3235:
3236: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3237: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3238: <p>
3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3241: <a
1.269 deraadt 3242: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3243: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3244: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3245: </strong></font><br>
3246:
3247: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3248: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3249: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3250: our own Theo de Raadt.
3251: <p>
3252:
1.247 jufi 3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3254: <a
1.269 deraadt 3255: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3256: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3257: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3258: </strong></font><br>
3259:
3260: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3261: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3262: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3263: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3264: shut down.]
3265: <p>
3266:
1.247 jufi 3267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3268: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3269: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3270: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3271: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3272: </strong></font><br>
3273:
3274: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3275: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3276: <p>
1.247 jufi 3277: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3278:
1.161 louis 3279: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3280: <ul>
1.161 louis 3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3283: <a
1.269 deraadt 3284: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3285: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3286: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3287: </strong></font><br>
3288:
3289: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3290: by John Wolley
3291: <p>
3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3294: <a
1.269 deraadt 3295: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3296: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3297: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3298: </strong></font><br>
3299:
3300: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3301: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3302: OpenBSD).
3303: <p>
3304:
1.247 jufi 3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3306: <a
1.247 jufi 3307: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3308: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3309: </strong></font><br>
3310:
3311: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3312: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3313: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3314: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3315: and hindsight.
3316: <p>
3317:
1.247 jufi 3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3319: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3320: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3321: </strong></font><br>
3322:
3323: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3324: <p>
3325:
1.247 jufi 3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3327: <a
1.168 provos 3328: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3329: December 7, 2000
3330: </strong></font><br>
3331:
3332: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3333: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3334: us explain.
3335: <p>
3336:
1.247 jufi 3337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3338: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3339: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3340: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3341: December 6, 2000
3342: </strong></font><br>
3343:
3344: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3345: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3346: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3347: <p>
3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3350: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3351: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3352: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3353: </strong></font><br>
3354:
3355: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3356: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3357: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3358: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3359: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3360: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3361: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3362: <p>
3363:
3364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3365: <a
1.226 horacio 3366: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3367: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3368: </strong></font><br>
3369:
3370: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3371: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3372: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3373: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3374: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3375: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3376: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3377: <p>
1.162 millert 3378:
1.247 jufi 3379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3380: <a
1.161 louis 3381: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3382: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3383: </strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3386: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3387: <p>
3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3390: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3391: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3392: </strong></font><br>
3393:
3394: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3395: <p>
3396:
3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3399: <a
1.226 horacio 3400: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3401: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3402: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3403: </strong></font><br>
3404:
3405: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3406: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3407: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3408: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3409: <p>
1.247 jufi 3410: </ul>
1.169 louis 3411:
1.158 louis 3412: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3413: <ul>
1.147 louis 3414:
1.247 jufi 3415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3416: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3417: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3418: </strong></font><br>
3419:
3420: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3421: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3422: <p>
3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3425: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3426: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3427: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3428: </strong></font><br>
3429: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3430: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3431: <p>
3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3434: <a
3435: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3436: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3437: </strong></font><br>
3438:
3439: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3440: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3441: <p>
3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3444: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3445: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3446: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3447:
1.213 horacio 3448: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3449: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3450: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3451: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3452: <p>
1.215 horacio 3453:
1.247 jufi 3454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3455: <a
3456: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3457: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3458: </strong></font><br>
3459:
3460: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3461: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3462: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3463: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3464: much of the attitude too).
3465: <p>
1.161 louis 3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3468: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3469: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3470: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3471:
1.157 louis 3472: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3473: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3474: <p>
1.247 jufi 3475: </ul>
1.157 louis 3476:
3477: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3478: <ul>
1.157 louis 3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3481: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3482: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3483: </strong></font><br>
3484:
3485: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3486: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3487: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3488: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3489: <p>
3490:
1.247 jufi 3491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3492: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3493: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3494: </strong></font><br>
3495:
3496: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3497: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3498: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3499: it because they love coding...
3500: <p>
3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3503: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3504: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3505: </strong></font><br>
3506:
3507: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3508: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3509: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3510: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3511: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3512: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3513: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3514: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3518: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3519: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3520: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3521: </strong></font><br>
3522:
3523: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3524: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3525: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3526: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3527: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3528: the pizza.
3529: <p>
3530:
1.247 jufi 3531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3532: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3533: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3534: </strong></font><br>
3535:
3536: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3537: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3538: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3539: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3540: problems.
3541: <p>
3542:
1.247 jufi 3543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3544: <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 3545: </strong></font><br>
3546:
1.222 miod 3547: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3548: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3549: - whether they like it or not.
3550: <p>
3551:
1.247 jufi 3552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3553: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3554: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3555: </strong></font><br>
3556:
3557: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3558: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3559: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3560: <p>
1.148 aaron 3561:
1.247 jufi 3562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3563: <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 3564: </strong></font><br>
3565:
3566: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3567: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3568: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3569: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3570: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3571: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3572: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3573: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3574: <p>
3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3577: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3578: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3582: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3583: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3584: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3585: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3586: <p>
1.247 jufi 3587: </ul>
1.147 louis 3588:
1.138 louis 3589: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3590: <ul>
1.138 louis 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3593: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3594: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3595: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3596: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3597: </strong></font><br>
3598:
1.227 horacio 3599: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3600: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3601: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3602: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3603: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3604: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3605: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3606: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3607: <p>
3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3610: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3611: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3612: </strong></font><br>
3613:
3614: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3615: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3616: groups, and even Linux.
3617: <p>
3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3620: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3621: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3622: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3623: </strong></font><br>
3624:
3625: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3626: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3627: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3628: library after installing the OS.
3629: <p>
3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3632: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3633: Sys Admin, September 2000
3634: </strong></font><br>
3635:
3636: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3637: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3638: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3639: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3640: (<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>,
3641: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3642: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3643: <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 3644: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3645: out of the system.
3646: <p>
3647:
1.247 jufi 3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3649: <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
3650: </strong></font><br>
3651:
3652: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3653: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3654: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3655: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3656: the IP filtering and address translation.
3657: <p>
1.301 jose 3658:
3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3660: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3661: </strong></font><br>
3662:
3663: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3664: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3665: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3666: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3667: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3668: <p>
1.247 jufi 3669: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3670:
1.131 louis 3671: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3672: <ul>
1.131 louis 3673:
1.247 jufi 3674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3675: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3676: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3677: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3678: </strong></font><br>
3679:
3680: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3681: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3682: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3683: <p>
3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3686: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3687: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3688: </strong></font><br>
3689:
3690: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3691: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3692: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3693: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3694: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3695: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3696: note of"</i>.
3697: <p>
3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3700: <a
1.247 jufi 3701: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3702: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3703: </strong></font><br>
3704:
3705: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3706: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3707: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3708: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3709: <p>
3710:
1.247 jufi 3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3712: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3713: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3714: </strong></font><br>
3715:
3716: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3717: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3718: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3719: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3720: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3721: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3722: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3723: <p>
3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3726: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3727: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3728: 2000
3729: </strong></font><br>
3730:
3731: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3732: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3733: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3734: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3735: against current industry practices.
3736: <p>
3737:
1.247 jufi 3738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3739: <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
3740: </strong></font><br>
3741:
3742: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3743: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3744: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3745: <p>
3746:
1.247 jufi 3747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3748: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3749: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3750: </strong></font><br>
3751:
3752: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3753: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3754: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3755: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3756: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3757: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3758: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3759: <p>
3760:
1.247 jufi 3761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3762: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3763: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3764: </strong></font><br>
3765:
3766: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3767: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3768: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3769: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3770: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3771: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3772: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3773: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3774: <p>
1.247 jufi 3775: </ul>
1.131 louis 3776:
1.118 louis 3777: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3778: <ul>
1.118 louis 3779:
1.247 jufi 3780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3781: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3782: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3783: </strong></font><br>
3784:
3785: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3786: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3787: about time. The article mentions that
3788: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3789: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3790: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3791: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3792: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3793: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3794: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3795: <p>
3796:
1.247 jufi 3797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3798: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3799: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3800: </strong></font><br>
3801:
3802: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3803: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3804: of OpenSSH.
3805: <p>
3806:
1.247 jufi 3807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3808: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3809: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3810: </strong></font><br>
3811:
3812: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3813: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3814: bridging.
3815: <p>
3816:
1.247 jufi 3817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3818: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3819: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3820: </strong></font><br>
3821:
1.121 deraadt 3822: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3823: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3824: <p>
3825:
1.247 jufi 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3827: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3828: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3829: </strong></font><br>
3830:
3831: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3832: <p>
3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3835: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3836: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3837: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3838: </strong></font><br>
3839:
1.120 deraadt 3840: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3841: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3842: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3843: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3844: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3845: <p>
3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3848: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3849: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3850: </strong></font><br>
3851:
1.222 miod 3852: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3853: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3854: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3855: protocols and their quirks.
3856: <p>
3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3859: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3860: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3861: </strong></font><br>
3862:
3863: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3864: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3865: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3866: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3867: <p>
3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3870: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3871: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3872: </strong></font><br>
3873:
3874: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3875: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3876: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3877: <p>
3878:
1.247 jufi 3879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3880: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3881: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3882: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3883: </strong></font><br>
3884:
3885: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3886: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3887: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3888: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3889: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3890: <p>
1.247 jufi 3891: </ul>
1.118 louis 3892:
1.104 louis 3893: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3894: <ul>
1.104 louis 3895:
1.247 jufi 3896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3897: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3898: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3899: </strong></font><br>
3900:
3901: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3902: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3903: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3904: be a bit dry.
3905: <p>
3906:
1.247 jufi 3907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3908: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3909: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3910: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3911: </strong></font><br>
3912: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3913: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3914: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3915: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3916: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3917: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3918: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3919: <p>
3920:
1.247 jufi 3921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3922: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3923: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3924: 2000
1.128 louis 3925: </strong></font><br>
3926:
3927: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3928: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3929: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3930: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3931: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3932: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3933: <p>
3934:
1.247 jufi 3935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3936: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3937: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3938: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3939:
3940: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3941: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3942: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3943: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3944: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3945: <p>
1.110 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3948: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3949: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3950: </strong></font><br>
3951:
3952: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3953: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3954: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3955: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3956: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3957: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3958: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3959: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3960: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3961: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3962: <p>
3963:
1.247 jufi 3964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3965: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3966: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3967:
3968: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3969: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3970: <p>
1.108 louis 3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3973: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3974: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3975: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3976:
3977: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3978: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3979: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3980: <p>
1.106 louis 3981:
1.247 jufi 3982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3983: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3984: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3985: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3986:
3987: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3988: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3989: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3990: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3991: <p>
1.107 louis 3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3994: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3995: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3996: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3997:
3998: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3999: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4000: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4001: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4002: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4003: <p>
1.105 louis 4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4006: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4007: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4008: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4009:
1.113 naddy 4010: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4011: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4012: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4013: <p>
1.104 louis 4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4016: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4017: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4018: </strong></font><br>
4019:
4020: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4021: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4022: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4023: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4024: <p>
1.301 jose 4025:
4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4027: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4028: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4029: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4030:
4031: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4032: hardware-supported cryptography.
4033: <p>
1.247 jufi 4034: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4035:
1.85 louis 4036: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4037: <ul>
1.85 louis 4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4040: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4041: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4042: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4043:
4044: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4045: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4046: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4047: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4048: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4049: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4050: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4051: <p>
1.99 louis 4052:
1.247 jufi 4053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4054: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4055: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4056: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4057:
4058: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4059: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4060: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4061: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4062: <p>
1.100 louis 4063:
1.247 jufi 4064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4065: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4066: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4067: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4068:
4069: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4070: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4071: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4072: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4073: <p>
1.95 louis 4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4076: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4077: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4078: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4079:
4080: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4081: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4082: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4083: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4084: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4085: <p>
1.92 louis 4086:
1.247 jufi 4087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4088: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4089: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4090: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4091:
4092: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4093: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4094: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4095: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4096: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4097: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4098: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4099: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4100: <p>
1.91 louis 4101:
1.247 jufi 4102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4103: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4104: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4105: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4106:
4107: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4108: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4109: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4110: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4111: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4112: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4113: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4114: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4115: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4116: <p>
1.90 louis 4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4119: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4120: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4121: </strong></font><br>
4122: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4123: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4124: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4125: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4126: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4127: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4128: <p>
4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4131: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4132: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4133: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4134:
1.113 naddy 4135: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4136: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4137: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4138: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4139: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4140: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4141: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4142: <p>
1.87 louis 4143:
1.247 jufi 4144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4145: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4146: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4147: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4148:
4149: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4150: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4151: <p>
1.85 louis 4152:
1.247 jufi 4153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4154: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4155: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4156: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4157:
4158: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4159: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4160: <p>
4161:
4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4163: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4164: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4165: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4166:
4167: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4168: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4169: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4170: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4171: <p>
1.89 louis 4172:
1.247 jufi 4173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4174: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
4175: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4176: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4177:
4178: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4179: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4180: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4181: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4182: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4183: </ul>
1.85 louis 4184:
1.78 deraadt 4185: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4186: <ul>
1.74 louis 4187:
1.247 jufi 4188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4189: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4190: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4191: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4192: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4193:
4194: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4195: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4196: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4197: <p>
1.83 louis 4198:
1.247 jufi 4199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4200: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4201: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4202: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4203:
4204: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4205: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4206: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4207: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4208: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4209: <p>
1.93 louis 4210:
1.247 jufi 4211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4212: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4213: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4214: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4215: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4216:
1.83 louis 4217: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4218: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4219: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4220: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4221: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4222: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4223: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4224: <p>
1.82 aaron 4225:
1.247 jufi 4226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4227: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4228: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4229: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4230:
1.83 louis 4231: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4232: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4233: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4234: <p>
1.80 louis 4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4237: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4238: Bad Press</a>,
4239: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4240: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4241:
4242: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4243: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4244: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4245: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4246: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4247: <p>
1.247 jufi 4248: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4249:
4250: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4251: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4252:
1.247 jufi 4253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4254: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4255: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4256: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4257: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4258:
4259: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4260: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4261: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4262: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4263: <p>
1.74 louis 4264:
1.247 jufi 4265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4266: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4267: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4268: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4269:
1.219 horacio 4270: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4271: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4272: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4273: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4274: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4275: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4276: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4277: <p>
1.88 louis 4278:
1.247 jufi 4279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4280: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4281: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4282: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4283:
4284: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4285: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4286: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4287: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4288: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4289: <p>
1.81 louis 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4292: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4293: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4295:
4296: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4297: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4298: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4299: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4300: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4301: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4302: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4303: <p>
1.90 louis 4304:
1.247 jufi 4305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4306: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4307: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4308: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4309:
4310: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4311: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4312: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4313: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4314: <p>
1.247 jufi 4315: </ul>
1.71 louis 4316:
1.69 deraadt 4317: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4318: <ul>
1.70 louis 4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4321: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4322: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4323: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4324:
4325: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4326: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4327: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4328: <p>
1.70 louis 4329:
1.247 jufi 4330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4331: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4332: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4333: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4334:
4335: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4336: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4337: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4338: <p>
1.68 louis 4339:
1.247 jufi 4340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4341: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4342: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4343: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4344: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4345:
1.111 jufi 4346: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4347: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4348: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4349: "secure by default" installation.
4350: <p>
1.64 louis 4351:
1.247 jufi 4352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4353: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4354: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4355: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4356:
1.113 naddy 4357: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4358: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4359: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4360: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4361: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4362: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4363: <p>
1.66 louis 4364:
1.247 jufi 4365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4366: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4367: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4368: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4369:
4370: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4371: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4372: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4373: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4374: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4375: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4376: <p>
1.83 louis 4377:
1.247 jufi 4378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4379: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4380: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4381: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4382:
4383: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4384: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4385: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4386: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4387: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4388: <p>
1.64 louis 4389:
1.247 jufi 4390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4391: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4392: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4393: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4394:
4395: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4396: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4397: <p>
1.301 jose 4398:
4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4400: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4401: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4402: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4403: </strong></font><br>
4404:
4405: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4406: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4407: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4408: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4409: Giving way to
4410: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4411: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4412: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4413: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4414: <p>
1.247 jufi 4415: </ul>
1.65 louis 4416:
1.69 deraadt 4417: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4418: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4419:
1.247 jufi 4420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4421: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4422: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4423: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4424:
4425: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4426: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4427: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4428: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4429: <p>
1.88 louis 4430:
1.247 jufi 4431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4432: <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 4433: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4434:
4435: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4436: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4437: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4438: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4439: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4440: <p>
1.60 louis 4441:
1.247 jufi 4442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4443: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4444: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4445: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4447:
4448: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4449: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4450: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4451: <p>
1.58 louis 4452:
1.247 jufi 4453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4454: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4455: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4456:
4457: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4458: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4459: <p>
1.53 louis 4460:
1.247 jufi 4461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4462: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4463: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4464: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4465:
4466: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4467: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4468: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4469: <p>
1.99 louis 4470:
1.247 jufi 4471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4472: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4473: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4474:
4475: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4476: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4477: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4478: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4479: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4480:
1.247 jufi 4481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4482: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4483: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4484: </strong></font><br>
4485:
4486: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4487: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4488: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4489: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4490: <p>
4491:
1.247 jufi 4492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4493: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4494: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4495: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4496:
4497: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4498: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4499: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4500:
1.247 jufi 4501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4502: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4503: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4504:
4505: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4506: in
1.247 jufi 4507: <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 4508: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4509: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4510: <p>
1.53 louis 4511:
1.247 jufi 4512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4513: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4514: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4515: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4516: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4517:
1.58 louis 4518: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4519: <p>
1.301 jose 4520:
4521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4522: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4523: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4524: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4525: Informacyjny, January 2000
4526: </strong></font><br>
4527:
4528: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4529: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4530: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4531: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4532: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4533: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4534: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4535: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4536: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4537: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4538: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4539: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4540: <p>
4541:
4542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4543: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4544: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4545: </strong></font><br>
4546:
4547: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4548: <p>
4549: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4550:
1.69 deraadt 4551: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4552: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4555: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4556: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4557: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4558: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4559:
1.58 louis 4560: Kurt Seifried
4561: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4562: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4563: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4564: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4567: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4568: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4569: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4570:
4571: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4572: <p>
1.96 louis 4573:
1.247 jufi 4574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4575: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4576: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4577: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4578: </strong></font><br>
4579:
4580: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4581: <p>
4582:
4583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4584: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4585: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4586: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4587:
4588: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4589: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4590: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4591: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4592: <p>
1.247 jufi 4593: </ul>
1.86 louis 4594:
1.69 deraadt 4595: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4596: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4599: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4600: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4601: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4602:
4603: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4604: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4605: <p>
1.61 louis 4606:
1.247 jufi 4607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4608: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4609: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4610: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4611: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4612:
4613: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4614: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4615: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4616: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4617: right -- or at least strives to".
4618: <p>
1.48 louis 4619:
1.247 jufi 4620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4621: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4622: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4623: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4624: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4625: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4626: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4627: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4628: <p>
1.61 louis 4629:
1.247 jufi 4630: <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 4631: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4632: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4633:
4634: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4635: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4636: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4637: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4638: <p>
1.46 louis 4639:
1.247 jufi 4640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4641: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4642: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4643: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4644:
4645: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4646: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4647: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4650: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4651: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4652: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4653:
4654: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4655: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4656: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4657: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4658: <p>
1.247 jufi 4659: </ul>
1.70 louis 4660:
1.69 deraadt 4661: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4662: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4663:
1.247 jufi 4664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4665: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4666: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4667: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4668: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4669:
4670: Kurt Seifried
4671: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4672: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4673: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4674: <p>
1.44 philen 4675:
1.247 jufi 4676: <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 4677: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4678: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4679:
4680: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4681: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4682:
1.247 jufi 4683: <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 4684: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4685: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4686:
4687: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4688: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4689:
1.247 jufi 4690: <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 4691: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4692: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4693:
4694: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4695: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4696: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4697: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4698: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4699:
1.247 jufi 4700: <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 4701: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4702: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4703:
1.36 louis 4704: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4705: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4706:
1.247 jufi 4707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4708: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4709: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4710: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4711:
4712: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4713: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4714: </ul>
1.38 louis 4715:
1.69 deraadt 4716: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4718:
1.247 jufi 4719: <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 4720: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4721: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4722:
4723: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4724: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4725: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4726:
1.113 naddy 4727: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4728: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4729: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4730: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4731:
4732: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4733: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4734: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4735: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4736: <blockquote>
4737: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4738: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4739: <br>
4740: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4741: </code>
4742: </blockquote>
4743: <p>
4744:
1.247 jufi 4745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4746: <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 4747: <p>
4748:
4749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4750: <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 4751: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4752:
4753: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4754: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4755: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4756: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4757:
1.247 jufi 4758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4759: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4760: Sept. 28, 1999
4761: </strong></font><br>
4762:
4763: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4764: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4765: translating and reprinting articles from
4766: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4767: <p>
4768:
4769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4770: <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 4771: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4772:
4773: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4774: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4775: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4776: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4777: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4778: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4779: <p>
1.19 louis 4780:
1.113 naddy 4781: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4782: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4783: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4784:
4785: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4786: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4787: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4788: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4789: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4790: <p>
1.16 louis 4791:
1.247 jufi 4792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4793: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4794: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4795: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4796:
1.57 louis 4797: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4798: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4799: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4800: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4801:
1.247 jufi 4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4803: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4804: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4805: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4806:
1.113 naddy 4807: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4808:
1.247 jufi 4809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4810: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4811: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4812: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4813:
1.23 louis 4814: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4815: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4816: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4817: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4818: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4819: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4820:
1.247 jufi 4821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4822: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4823: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4824: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4825:
1.199 pvalchev 4826: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4827: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4828: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4829: installation.
1.113 naddy 4830: <p>
1.47 louis 4831:
1.247 jufi 4832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4833: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4834: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4835: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4836:
1.301 jose 4837: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4838: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4839: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4840: </ul>
1.57 louis 4841:
1.69 deraadt 4842: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4843: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4844:
1.247 jufi 4845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4846: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4847: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4848: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4849:
4850: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4851: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4852: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4853: <p>
1.12 louis 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4856: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4857: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4858: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4859:
4860: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4861: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4862: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4863: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4864: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4865: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4866: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4867: <p>
1.247 jufi 4868: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4869:
1.69 deraadt 4870: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4871: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4872:
1.247 jufi 4873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4874: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4875: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4876:
4877: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4878: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4879: available."
1.113 naddy 4880: <p>
1.301 jose 4881:
4882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4883: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4884: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4885: </strong></font><br>
4886:
4887: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4888: <p>
1.247 jufi 4889: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4890:
1.69 deraadt 4891: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4892: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4893:
1.247 jufi 4894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4895: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4896: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4897:
4898: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4899: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4900: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4901: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4902: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4903: <p>
1.33 louis 4904:
1.247 jufi 4905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4906: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4907: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4908: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4909:
1.113 naddy 4910: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4911: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4912: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4913: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4914: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4915: <p>
1.247 jufi 4916: </ul>
1.57 louis 4917:
1.69 deraadt 4918: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4919: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4920:
1.247 jufi 4921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4922: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4923: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4924: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4925:
4926: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4927: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4928: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4929:
1.247 jufi 4930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4931: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4932: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4933: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4934: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4935:
4936: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4937: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4938:
1.247 jufi 4939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4940: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4941:
1.113 naddy 4942: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4943:
1.247 jufi 4944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4945: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4946: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4947: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4948:
4949: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4950: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4951: </ul>
1.23 louis 4952:
1.69 deraadt 4953: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4954: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4955:
1.247 jufi 4956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4957: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4958: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4959:
4960: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4961: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4962: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4963:
1.247 jufi 4964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4965: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4966: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4967: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4968:
4969: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4970: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4971: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4972: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4973: </ul>
1.57 louis 4974:
1.69 deraadt 4975: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4976: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4977:
1.247 jufi 4978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4979: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4980: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4981: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4982:
4983: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4984: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4985: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4986: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4987: <p>
1.15 louis 4988:
1.247 jufi 4989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4990: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4991: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4992: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4993:
4994: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4995: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4996: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4997: columns."
1.113 naddy 4998: <p>
1.247 jufi 4999: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5000:
1.69 deraadt 5001: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5002: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5003:
1.247 jufi 5004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5005: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5006: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5007: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5008:
5009: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5010: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5011:
1.113 naddy 5012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5013: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5014: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5015:
5016: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5017: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5018: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5019: </ul>
1.57 louis 5020:
1.69 deraadt 5021: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5022: <ul>
1.301 jose 5023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5024: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5025: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5026: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5027:
5028: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5029: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5030: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5031: <p>
5032:
5033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5034: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5035: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5036: Nov 13, 1998 and
5037: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5038: Datateknik</a>,
5039: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5040:
1.380 saad 5041: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5042: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5043: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5044: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5045: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5046:
1.113 naddy 5047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 5048: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5049: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5050: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5051:
1.222 miod 5052: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5053: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5054: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5055: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5056: <p>
1.247 jufi 5057: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5058:
1.69 deraadt 5059: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5060: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5061:
1.247 jufi 5062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5063: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5064: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5065:
1.69 deraadt 5066: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5067: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5068: <p>
1.247 jufi 5069: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5070:
1.69 deraadt 5071: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5072: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5073:
1.247 jufi 5074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5075: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5076: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5077: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5078:
1.383 jcs 5079: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5080: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5081: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5082:
1.247 jufi 5083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5084: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5085: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5086: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5087: <p>
1.247 jufi 5088: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5089:
1.69 deraadt 5090: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5091: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5092:
1.247 jufi 5093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5094: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5095: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5096: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5097: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5098: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5099:
5100: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5101: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5102: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5103: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5104: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5105: <p>
1.247 jufi 5106: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5107:
5108: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5109: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5110:
1.247 jufi 5111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5112: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5113: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5114:
1.69 deraadt 5115: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5116: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5117: <p>
1.112 naddy 5118:
1.247 jufi 5119: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5120: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5121:
1.292 camield 5122: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5123: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5124: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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