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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.487 ian 19: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 ! bernd 22: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
! 23: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
! 24: </strong></font><br>
! 25: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the projects
! 26: financial situation.
! 27: <p>
! 28:
! 29: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 30: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
31: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 32: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
33: <!-- North America mirror:
34: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
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1.490 deraadt 36: European mirror:
37: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
38: <br>
39: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 40: <p>
41:
42: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 43: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
44: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
45: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
46: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
47: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
48: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
49: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
50: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
51: designed to provide reliability and security.
52: <p>
53:
54: </ul>
55:
1.485 ian 56: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
57: <ul>
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 59: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
60: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
61: This article, as its lead-in says,
62: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
63: installations in about four minutes flat".
64: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
65: now is the time to reconsider.
66: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
67: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
68: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
69: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
70: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
71: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
72: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
73: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
74: the steps in the article.
75: <p>
76:
77: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 78: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
79: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
80: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
81: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
82: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
83: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
84: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
85: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
86: happening in real life.
87: <p>
88:
89: </ul>
90:
1.492 ian 91: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
92: <ul>
93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
94: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
95: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
96: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
97: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
98: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
99: you can listen to an
100: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
101: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
102: </ul>
103:
1.483 ian 104: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
105: <ul>
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 107: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
108: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
109: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
110: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
111: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 115: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 116: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
117: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
118: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
119: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
120: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
121: to sites with more information on most topics.
122: <p>
123:
124: </ul>
125:
126:
1.479 grunk 127: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
128: <ul>
129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 130: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 131: Goes to Venice</a>,
132: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
133: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
134: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
135: <br/>
136: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
137: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
138: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
139: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
140: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
141: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
142: Contains a link to
143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
144: pval's summary slides</a>.
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 148: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
149: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
150: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
151: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
152: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
153: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
154: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
155: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
156: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
157: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
158: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
159: the packages and ports system"</i>.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
163: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
164: Return of The BSDs</a>,
165: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
166: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
167: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
168: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
169: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
170: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
171: quotes from Bob Beck.
172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 175: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
176: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
177: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 178: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
179: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 180: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
181: and Linux.<br>
182: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
183: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
184: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
185: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
186: of the release
187: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
188: <p>
189: </ul>
190:
1.476 ian 191: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
192: <ul>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
195: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
196: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
197: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
198: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
199: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
200: and too unreliable.
201: This quote will rattle some cages:
202: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
203: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
204: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
205: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
206: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
207: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
208: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
209: costs without any commercial lock-in."
210: <p>
211:
1.477 saad 212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
213: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
214: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
215: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
216: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
217: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
218: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
219: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
220: discussion about future plans.
221: <p>
222:
1.478 grunk 223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
224: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
225: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
226: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
227: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
228: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
229: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
230: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
231: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
232: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
233: <p>
234:
1.476 ian 235: </ul>
236:
1.470 saad 237: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
238: <ul>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 241: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
242: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
243: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
244: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
245: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
246: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
247: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
248: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
249: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
250: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 254: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
255: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
256: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
257: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
258: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
259: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
260: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
261: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
262: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
263: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 267: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
268: Big debate over small packets</a>,
269: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
270: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
271: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
272: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
273: draft.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 277: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
278: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
279: ordinateur ?"</a>,
280: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
281: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
282: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
283: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
284: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
285: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
286: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 290: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
291: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
292: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
293: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
294: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
295: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
296: performance data with pfstat.
297: <p>
298:
299: </ul>
300:
1.461 grunk 301: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
302: <ul>
303:
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 305: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
306: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 307: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 308: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
309: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
310: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 311: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 312: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 313: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
314: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
315: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 316: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
317: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 318: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 319: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
320: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 321: <p>
322:
323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 324: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
325: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 326: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 327: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
328: poor security:
1.467 grunk 329: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 330: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 331: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 332: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
333: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 337: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
338: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 339: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 340: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
341: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 342: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
343: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
344: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
345: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
346: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
347: commercial vendors.
348: <p>
349:
350: </ul>
351:
1.454 ian 352: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
353: <ul>
1.468 grunk 354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
356: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
357: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
358: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
359: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
360: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
361: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 362: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 363: <br>
364: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
365: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
366: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
367: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
368: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 369: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 370: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
371: <p>
372:
1.454 ian 373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 374: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
375: Free Bird</a>,
376: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
377: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
378: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
379: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
380: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
381: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
382: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
383: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
384: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
385: room will only be available in the print edition.
386: <p>
1.459 deraadt 387:
1.458 niallo 388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 389: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
390: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
391: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
392: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
393: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
394: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
395: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
396: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
397: <p>
1.457 deraadt 398:
1.456 niallo 399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 400: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 401: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
402: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
403: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
404: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
405: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
406: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 407: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 408: interview.</a>
409: <p>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 412: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
413: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
414: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
415: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
416: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
417: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
418: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
419: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
420: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
421: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
422: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
423: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
424: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
425: "I have never used it."
426: <p>
427:
428: </ul>
429:
1.441 deraadt 430: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
431: <ul>
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 433: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
434: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
435: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
436: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
437: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
438: future enhancements.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 442: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 443: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
444: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
445: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
446: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
447: North America mirror:
448: <ul>
1.452 marco 449: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 450: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
451: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 452: </ul>
453: European mirror:
454: <ul>
1.452 marco 455: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 456: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
457: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
458: </ul>
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 462: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
463: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
464: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
465: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
466: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
467: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 471: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
472: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
473: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
474: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
475: first-hand account.
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 479: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
480: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
481: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
482: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
483: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
484: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
485: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
486: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
487: <p>
488:
489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 490: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
491: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
492: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
493: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
494: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
495: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
496: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
497: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 501: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 502: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 503: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
504: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
505: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
506: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
507: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
508: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
509: <p>
510:
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
512: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 513: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 514: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
515: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
516: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
517: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
518: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 522: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
523: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
524: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 525: </strong></font><br>
526: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
527: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
528: with OpenBSD.
529: </ul>
530:
1.436 henning 531: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
532: <ul>
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 534: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
535: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
536: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
537: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
538: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
539: than closed source, as we have long contended.
540: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
541: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
542: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
543: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
544: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
545: <p>
546: This article can also be found online as
547: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
548: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 552: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
553: </strong></font><br>
554: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
555: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 559: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
560: </strong></font><br>
561: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
562: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 563: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 564: the issues we had with IETF.
565: </ul>
566:
1.431 ian 567: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
568: <ul>
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 570: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
571: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
572: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
573: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
574: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
575: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
576: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
577: <p>
578:
579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 580: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
581: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
582: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
583: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
584: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
585: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 586: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 587: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
588: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
589: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
590: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
591: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
592: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
593: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
594: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
595:
596: </ul>
597:
1.427 matthieu 598: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
599: <ul>
600:
601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 602: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
603: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
604: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
605: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
606: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
607: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
608: firmware.
1.434 ian 609: Similar articles can be found online at:
610: <ul>
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
612: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
613: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
614: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
616: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
617: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
618: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
620: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
621: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
622: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 624: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 625: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
626: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
627: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 628: </ul>
629:
1.426 ian 630: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
631: <ul>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
635: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
636: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
637: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 638: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 639: mechanism: what it is and why and
640: how to use it, with examples.
641: Another excerpt from the book
642: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
643: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
644: <p>
645:
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
647: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
648: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
649: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
650: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
651: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
652: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
653: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
654: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
655: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
656: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
657: This article is a sample chapter from
658: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
659: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
660: <p>
1.443 ian 661:
662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 663: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 664: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
665: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
666: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
667: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
668: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
669: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
670: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
671: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
672: ends with a sidebar on security.
673: <p>
1.426 ian 674: </ul>
675:
1.424 ian 676: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
677: <ul>
678:
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 680: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
681: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
682: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
683: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
684: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
685: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
686: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
687: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
688: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
689: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
690: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
691: <p>
692: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
693: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
694: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 698: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
699: Closed Source Hardware</a>
700: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
701: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
702: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
703: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
704: operating systems.
705: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
706: OpenBSD on his firewall.
707: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
708: systems, he writes:
709: <blockquote>
710: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
711: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
712: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
713: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
714: to the operating system...
715: <br/>
716: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
717: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
718: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
719: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
720: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
721: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
722: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
723: in a closed source operating system).
724: <br/>
725: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
726: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
727: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
728: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
729: </blockquote>
730: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
731: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
732: their hardware and software operates.
733: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
734: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 735: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 736: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
737: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
738: <p>
739: </ul>
740:
1.417 pvalchev 741: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
742: <ul>
1.421 ian 743:
1.417 pvalchev 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 745: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
746: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
747: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
748: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
749: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
750: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
751: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
752: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
753: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
754: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
755: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 756: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 757: <p>
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 759: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
760: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
761: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
762: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
763: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
764: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
765: it claims to do".
766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 769: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 770: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
771: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
772: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
773: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 774: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 775: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
776: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
777: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
778: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
779: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
780: (yes, this is a hint).
781: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
782: picked up on the
783: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
784: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 785: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 786: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
787: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 791: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
792: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
793: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
794: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
795: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
796: questions about the significance and rationale behind
797: the current efforts.
798: <p>
799: </ul>
800:
1.407 henning 801: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
802: <ul>
803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 804: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
805: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
806: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
807: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
808: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
809: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
810: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
811: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 815: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
816: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
817: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
818: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
819: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
820: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
821: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
822: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
823: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 824: <p>
1.415 ian 825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 827: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 828: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
829: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
830: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
831: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
832: overflow attacks... because
833: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
834: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
835: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
836: and propolice.
837: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
838: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
839: and that's when the science falls apart."
840: <p>
841:
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 843: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
844: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
845: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
846: Starts with the question:
847: <blockquote>
848: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
849: <br/>
850: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
851: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
852: <br/>
853: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
854: Should we believe them?"
855: </blockquote>
856: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
857: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
858: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
859: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
860: for your mail, web and other online activities.
861: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
862: <p>
863:
864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 865: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
866: Simple Simon</a>,
867: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
868: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
869: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
870: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
871: routing/firewall, and more.
872: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
873: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
874: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
875: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
876: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
877: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
878: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
879: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
880: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
881: </blockquote>
882: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
883: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
884: <p>
885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 887: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
888: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 889: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 890: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 891: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
892: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
893: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 894: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 895: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
896: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
897: in spite of it
898: (registration required, but worth it).
899: <p>
900:
901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
902: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
903: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
904: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
905: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
906: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
907: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
908: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 909: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 910: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
911: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
912: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
913: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 917: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
918: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
919: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
920: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
921: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
922: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
923: <blockquote>
924: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
925: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
926: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
927: a lot of analysis.
928: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
929: </blockquote>
930: <p>
931: </ul>
932:
1.400 marco 933: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
934: <ul>
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 936: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
937: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
938: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
939: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
940: UNIX-like systems.
941: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
942: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
943: <p>
944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 945: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
946: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 947: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
948: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
949: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
950: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
951: At one point, the article states:
952: <blockquote>
953: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
954: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
955: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
956: </blockquote>
957: And then quotes Theo as saying:
958: <blockquote>
959: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
960: fewer are reading or auditing code."
961: </blockquote>
962: <p>
963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
964: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
965: marks its fifth birthday</a>
966: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
967: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
968: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
969: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
970: required).
971: <p>
972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 973: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
974: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
975: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
976: </strong></font><br>
977: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
978: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
979: <p>
980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 981: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
982: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 983: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 984: </strong></font><br>
985: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
986: <p>
987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 988: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
989: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 990: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 991: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 992: 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 993: <p>
994: </ul>
995:
1.396 henning 996: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
997: <ul>
998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 999: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1000: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1001: Unix Review, July, 2004
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1004: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1005: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1006: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1007: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1008: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1009: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1010: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1011: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1012: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1013: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1014: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1015: and even spelling/wording errors.
1016: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1017: <p>
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1019: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1020: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1021: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1024: <p>
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1026: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1027: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1028: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1029: </strong></font><br>
1030: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1031: <p>
1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1033: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1034: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1035: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1036: </strong></font><br>
1037: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1038: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1039: <p>
1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1041: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1042: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1043: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1044: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1045: <p>
1046: </ul>
1047:
1.405 jolan 1048: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1049: <ul>
1050: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1051: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1052: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1053: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1054: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1055: details on how funds are dispersed.
1056: <p>
1057: </ul>
1058:
1.393 david 1059: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1060: <ul>
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1062: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1063: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1064: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1065: </strong></font><br>
1066: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1067: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1068: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1069: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1070: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1071: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1072: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1073: <p>
1074:
1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1076: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1077: Secure by Default</a>,
1078: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1079: </strong></font><br>
1080: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1081: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1085: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1086: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1087: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1088: </strong></font><br>
1089: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1090: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1091: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1092: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1093: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1094: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1095: <p>
1096:
1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1098: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1099: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1100: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1101: </strong></font><br>
1102: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1103: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1104: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1105: <p>
1106:
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1108: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1109: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1110: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1111: </strong></font><br>
1112: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1113: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1114: <p>
1115: </ul>
1116:
1.388 mcbride 1117: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1118: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1119:
1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1121: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1122: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1123: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1124: </strong></font><br>
1125: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1126: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1127: available for sparc64.
1128: <p>
1129:
1.390 beck 1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1131: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1132: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1133: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1134: </strong></font><br>
1135: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1136: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1137: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1138: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1139: <p>
1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1142: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1143: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1144: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1147: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1148: it does: CARP provides sharing
1149: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1150: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1151: detail to get you started using it.
1152: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1153: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1154: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1155: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1156: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1157: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1158: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1159: <p>
1.391 ian 1160:
1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1162: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1163: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1164: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1165: </strong></font><br>
1166: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1167: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1168: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1169: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1172: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1173: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1174: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1177: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1178: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1179: unencumbered by patents.
1180: <p>
1181: </ul>
1182:
1.378 henning 1183: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1184: <ul>
1.384 jose 1185:
1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1187: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1188: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1189: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1190: </strong></font><br>
1191: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1192: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1193: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1194: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1195: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1196: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1197: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1198: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1199: in the page tables."
1200: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1201: <p>
1202:
1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1204: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1205: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1206: </strong></font><br>
1207: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1208: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1209: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1210: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1211: <p>
1.384 jose 1212:
1.378 henning 1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1214: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1215: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1216: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1217: </strong></font><br>
1218: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1219: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1220: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1221: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1222: (quote:
1223: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1224: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1225: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1226: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1227: the other developers for their work on the system.
1228: <p>
1229:
1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1231: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1232: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1233: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1234: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1235: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1236: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1237: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1238: too.
1239: <p>
1240:
1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1242: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1243: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1244: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1245: OpenBSD source code using
1246: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1247: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1248: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1249: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1250: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1251: <p>
1252: </ul>
1253:
1.374 jose 1254: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1255: <ul>
1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1257: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1258: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1259: </strong></font><br>
1260: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1261: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1262: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1263: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1264: it."
1265: <p>
1266:
1267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1268: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1269: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1270: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1271: </strong></font><br/>
1272: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1273: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1274: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1275: <p>
1276: </ul>
1277:
1.369 ian 1278: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1279: <ul>
1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1281: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1282: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1283: </strong></font><br/>
1284: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1285: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1286: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1287: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1291: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1292: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1293: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1294: </strong></font><br/>
1295: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1296: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1297: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1298: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1299: form factor.
1300: <p>
1301:
1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1303: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1304: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1305: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1306: Features</a>,
1307: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1308: </strong></font><br/>
1309: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1310: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1311: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1312: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1313: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1314: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1315: <p>
1316: This article can also be found online at:
1317: <ul>
1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1319: <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 1320: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1321: </strong></font>
1322: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1323: </ul>
1324: <p>
1.392 david 1325:
1.371 jose 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1327: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1328: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1329: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1330: </strong></font><br/>
1331: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1332: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1333: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1334: <p>
1.371 jose 1335:
1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1337: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1338: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1339: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1340: </strong></font><br/>
1341: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1342: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1343: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1344: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1345: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1346: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1347: and its history with OpenBSD.
1348: </ul>
1349:
1.368 henning 1350: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1351: <ul>
1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1353: [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 1354: </strong></font><br>
1355: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1356: </ul>
1357:
1.364 jose 1358: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1359: <ul>
1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1361: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1362: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1363: UNIX Review,
1364: July, 2003.
1365: </strong></font><br>
1366: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1367: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1368: who want more information.
1369: <p>
1370:
1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1372: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1373: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1374: Government Computer News,
1375: July 22, 2003.
1376: </strong></font><br>
1377: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1378: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1379: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1380: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1381: <p>
1382:
1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1384: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1385: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1386: SANS Institute,
1387: July 22, 2003.
1388: </strong></font><br>
1389: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1390: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1391: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1392: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1393: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1394: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1395: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1396: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1397: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1398: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1399: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1400: <p>
1401:
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1403: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1404: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1405: OnLamp.com,
1406: July 17, 2003.
1407: </strong></font><br>
1408: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1409: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1410: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1411: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1412: have been working on.
1413:
1414: </ul>
1415:
1.356 jose 1416: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1417: <ul>
1418:
1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1420: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1421: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1422: UNIX Review,
1423: June, 2003.
1424: </strong></font><br>
1425: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1426: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1427: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1428: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1429: <p>
1430:
1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1432: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1433: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1434: eWeek,
1435: June 23, 2003.
1436: </strong></font><br>
1437: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1438: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1439: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1440: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1441: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1442: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1443: <p>
1444:
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1446: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1447: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1448: Software Development Online,
1449: June, 2003.
1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1452: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1453: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1454: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1455: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1456: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1457: current activities.
1458: <p>
1459:
1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1461: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1462: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1463: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1464: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1465: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1466: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1467: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1468: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1469: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1470: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1471: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1472: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1473: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1474: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1475: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1476: decisions.
1477: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1478: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1479: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1480: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1481: <p>
1482:
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1484: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1485: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1486: Page 58, eWeek,
1487: June 2, 2003.
1488: </strong></font><br>
1489: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1490: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1491: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1492: been addressed in -current.
1493: <p>
1494:
1.356 jose 1495: </ul>
1496:
1497: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1498: <ul>
1499:
1.355 jose 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1501: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1502: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1503: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1504: </strong></font><br>
1505: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1506: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1507: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1508: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1509: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1510: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1511: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1515: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1516: Beyond Linux</a>,
1517: InfoWorld,
1518: May 23, 2003.
1519: </strong></font><br>
1520: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1521: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1522: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1523: compared to the GPL.
1524: <p>
1525:
1526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1527: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1528: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1529: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1530: May 17, 2003.
1531: </strong></font><br>
1532: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1533: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1534: the business section and half of another page inside
1535: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1536: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1537: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1538: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1539: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1540: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1541: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1542: <br>
1543: This article can also be found online at:
1544: <ul>
1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1546: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1547: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1548: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1549: May 17, 2003
1550: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1551: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1553: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1554: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1555: Montreal Gazette,
1556: May 21, 2003
1557: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1558: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1559: <p>
1.346 ian 1560:
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1562: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1563: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1564: May 7, 2003.
1565: </strong></font><br>
1566: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1567: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1568: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1569: <p>
1570:
1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1572: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1573: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1574: OsOpinion,
1575: May 6, 2003.
1576: </strong></font><br>
1577: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1578: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1579: <br>
1580: This article can also be found online at:
1581: <ul>
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1583: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1584: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1585: NewsFactor Network.
1586: </strong></font>
1587: </ul>
1588: <p>
1589:
1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1591: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1592: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1593: ITBusiness,
1594: May 2, 2003.
1595: </strong></font><br>
1596: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1597: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1598: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1599: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1600: <p>
1601:
1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1603: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1604: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1605: InfoWorld,
1606: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1607: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1608: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1609: <br>
1610: This article can also be found online at:
1611: <ul>
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1613: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1614: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1615: IDG Singapore.
1616: </strong></font>
1617: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1618: <p>
1619:
1.339 jose 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1621: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1622: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1623: ZDNet,
1624: May 1, 2003.
1625: </strong></font><br>
1626: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1627: someone using parts from previous articles.
1628: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1629: This article can also be found online at:
1630: <ul>
1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1632: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1633: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1634: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1635: </strong></font>
1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1637: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1638: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1639: CNET News.com.
1640: </strong></font>
1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1642: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1643: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1644: ZDNet UK.
1645: </strong></font>
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1647: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1648: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1649: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1650: </strong></font>
1651: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1652: <p>
1.339 jose 1653:
1.341 deraadt 1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1655: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1656: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1657: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1658: May 1, 2003.
1659: </strong></font><br>
1660: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1661: that have been added
1662: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1663: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1664: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1665: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1666: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1667: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1668: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1669: <p>
1670:
1671: </ul>
1672:
1.253 ian 1673: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1674: <ul>
1.255 ian 1675:
1.260 ian 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1677: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1678: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1679: TechRepublic,
1680: April 28, 2003.
1681: </strong></font><br>
1682: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1683: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1684: work.<br>
1685: Can also be found online at:
1686: <ul>
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1688: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1689: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1690: ZDNet UK.
1691: </strong></font>
1692: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1693: <p>
1694:
1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1696: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1697: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1698: IDG,
1699: April 24, 2003.
1700: </strong></font><br>
1701: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1702: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1703: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1704: Can also be found online at:
1705: <ul>
1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1707: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1708: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1709: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1710: </strong></font>
1711: </ul>
1712: <p>
1713:
1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1715: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1716: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1717: Slate,
1718: April 24, 2003.
1719: </strong></font><br>
1720: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1721: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1722: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1723: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1724: <p>
1725:
1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1727: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1728: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1729: April 24, 2003.
1730: </strong></font><br>
1731: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1732: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1733: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1734: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1735: <p>
1736:
1737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1738: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1739: April 24, 2003.
1740: </strong></font><br>
1741: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1742: the free software community".
1743: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1744: other articles.
1745: <p>
1746:
1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1748: <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 1749: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1750: </strong></font><br>
1751: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1752: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1753: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1754: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1755: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1756: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1757: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1758: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1759: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1760: <br/>
1761: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1762: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1763: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1764: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1765: <br>
1766: Can also be found online at:
1767: <ul>
1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1769: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1770: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1771: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1772: </strong></font>
1773: </ul>
1.324 ian 1774: <p>
1775:
1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1777: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1778: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1779: </strong></font><br>
1780: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1781: article above.
1782: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1783: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1784: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1785: <br>
1786: Can also be found online at:
1787: <ul>
1788: <li>
1789: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1790: </strong></font>
1791: </ul>
1.324 ian 1792: <p>
1793:
1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1795: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1796: </strong></font><br>
1797: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1798: <p>
1799:
1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1801: <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.
1802: </strong></font><br>
1803: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1804: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1805: <p>
1806:
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1808: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1809: April 23, 2003.
1810: </strong></font><br>
1811: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1812: <p>
1813:
1814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1815: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1816: April 22, 2003.
1817: </strong></font><br>
1818: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1819: <p>
1820:
1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1822: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1823: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1824: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1825: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1826: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1827: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1828: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1829: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1830: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1831: Can also be found online at:
1832: <ul>
1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1834: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1835: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1836: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1837: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1839: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1840: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1841: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1842: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1843: </ul>
1844: <p>
1845:
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1847: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1848: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1849: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1850: </strong></font><br>
1851: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1852: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1853: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1854: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1855: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1856: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1857: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1858: <p>
1859:
1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1861: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1862: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1863: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1864: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1865: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1866: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1867: at UPenn and DARPA.
1868: <p>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1871: [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,
1872: France
1.315 deraadt 1873: April 18, 2003.
1874: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1875: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1876: <p>
1877:
1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1879: [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 1880: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1881: </strong></font><br>
1882: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1883: <p>
1884:
1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1886: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1887: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1888: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1889: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1890: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1891: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1892: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1893: <p>
1894:
1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1896: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1897: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1898: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1899: </strong></font><br>
1900: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1901: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1902: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1903: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1904: <p>
1905:
1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1907: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1908: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1909: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1910: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1911: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1912: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1913: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1914: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1915: Can also be found online at:
1916: <ul>
1917: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1918: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1919: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1920: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1921: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1922: <p>
1923:
1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1925: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1926: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1927: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1928: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1929: </strong></font><br>
1930: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1931: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1932: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1933: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1934: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1935:
1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1937: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1938: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1939: New York Times.
1940: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1941:
1.273 deraadt 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1943: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1944: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1945: ABC News.
1946: </strong></font>
1947:
1948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1949: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1950: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1951: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1952: </strong></font>
1953:
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1955: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1956: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1957: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1958: </strong></font>
1959:
1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1961: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1962: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1963: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1964: </strong></font>
1965:
1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1967: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1968: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1969: Times Daily, AL.
1970: </strong></font>
1971:
1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1973: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1974: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1975: Boston.com, MA.
1976: </strong></font>
1977:
1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1979: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1980: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1981: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1982: </strong></font>
1983:
1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1985: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1986: [Article was pulled]</a>
1987: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1988: </strong></font>
1989:
1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1991: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1992: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1993: Infoshop News.
1994: </strong></font>
1995:
1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1997: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1998: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1999: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2000: </strong></font>
2001:
2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2003: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2004: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2005: Raleigh News, NC.
2006: </strong></font>
2007:
2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2009: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2010: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2011: Napa News, CA.
2012: </strong></font>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2015: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2016: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2017: NEPA News, PA.
2018: </strong></font>
2019:
2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2021: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2022: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2023: Wired News.
2024: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2025: <br>
2026: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2027: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2028: [JAPANESE]
2029: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2030: Wired News Japan</a>
2031: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2032:
1.271 deraadt 2033: </ul>
2034: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2035: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2036: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2037: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2038: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2039: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2040: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2041: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2042: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2043: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2044: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2045: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2046: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2047: <p>
2048: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2049:
2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2051: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2052: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2053: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2054: </strong></font>
2055:
2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2057: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2058: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2059: Miami Herald, FL.
2060: </strong></font>
2061:
2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2063: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2064: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2065: </strong></font>
2066:
2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2068: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2069: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2070: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2071: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2072:
2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2074: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2075: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2076: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2077: ABC News.
2078: </strong></font>
2079:
1.276 deraadt 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2081: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2082: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2083: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2084: </strong></font>
2085:
1.286 dhartmei 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2087: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2088: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2089: Wilmington Star, NC.
2090: </strong></font>
2091:
1.300 jose 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2093: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2094: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2095: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2096: </strong></font>
2097:
1.309 jose 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2099: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2100: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2101: Globe Technology.
2102: </strong></font>
2103:
1.263 deraadt 2104: </ul>
1.262 beck 2105: <p>
2106:
2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2108: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2109: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2110: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2111: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2112: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2113: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2114: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2115: <p>
2116:
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2118: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2119: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2120: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2121: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2122: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2123: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2124: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2125: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2126: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2127: and simply restates other press reports.
2128: <p>
2129:
2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2131: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2132: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2133: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2134: </strong></font><br>
2135: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2136: <p>
2137:
2138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2139: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2140: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2141: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2142: </strong></font><br>
2143: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2144: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2145: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2146: <p>
2147:
2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2149: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2150: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2151: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2152: April 17, 2003.
2153: </strong></font><br>
2154: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2155: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2156: Tech Anthems</a>
2157: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2158: 4 so far.
2159: <p>
2160:
2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2162: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2163: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2164: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2165: </strong></font><br>
2166: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2167: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2168: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2169: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2170: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2171: Goes on to say:
2172: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2173: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2174: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2175: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2176: This article is also found online at:
2177: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2179: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2180: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2181: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2184: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2185: ZDnet</a>,
2186: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2187: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2189: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2190: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2191: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2192: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2193: </ul>
1.260 ian 2194: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2195:
1.260 ian 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2197: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2198: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2199: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2200: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2201: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2202: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2203: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2204: without notice or justification.
2205: <p>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2208: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2209: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2210: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2211: </strong></font><br>
2212: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2213: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2214: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2215: effective today, without any warning..."
2216: <p>
1.257 ian 2217:
2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2219: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2220: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2221: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2222: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2223: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2224: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2225: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2226: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2227: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2228: <p>
2229:
2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2231: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2232: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2233: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2234: </strong></font><br>
2235: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2236: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2237: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2238: quoting two of them:
2239: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2240: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2241: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2242: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2243: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2244: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2245: <p>
2246:
1.255 ian 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2248: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2249: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2250: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2251: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2252: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2253: <p>
2254:
2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2256: [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 2257: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2258: </strong></font><br>
2259: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2260: <p>
2261:
2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2263: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2264: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2265: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2266: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2267: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2268: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2269: security experts for more than three decades."
2270: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2271: <p>
1.261 ian 2272:
1.254 drahn 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2274: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2275: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2276: </strong></font><br>
2277: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2278: <p>
2279:
2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2281: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2282: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2283: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2284: </strong></font><br>
2285: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2286: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2287: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2288: <p>
2289:
2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2291: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2292: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2293: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2294: </strong></font><br>
2295: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2296: from US DARPA.
2297: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2298: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2299: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2300: the BSD license.
2301: <p>
2302: </ul>
2303:
1.251 ian 2304: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2305: <ul>
2306:
2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2308: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2309: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2310: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2311: </strong></font><br>
2312:
2313: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2314: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2315: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2316: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2317: <p>
2318:
2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2320: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2321: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2322: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2323: </strong></font><br>
2324: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2325: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2326: Mentions
2327: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2328: and
2329: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2330: programs.
2331: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2332: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2333: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2334: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2335: <p>
1.325 ian 2336: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2337: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2338:
2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2340: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2341: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2342: </strong></font><br>
2343: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2344: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2345: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2346: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2347: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2348: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2349: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2350: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2351: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2352: put into service."
2353: <p>
2354: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2355: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2356: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2357: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2358: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2359: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2360: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2361: computers with security features."
2362: <p>
1.329 ian 2363:
2364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2365: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2366: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2367: Slate,
2368: March 3, 2003.
2369: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2370: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2371: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2372: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2373: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2374: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2375: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2376: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2377: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2378: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2379: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2380: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2381: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2382: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2383: of more secure open-source solutions like
2384: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2385: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2386: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2387: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2388: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2389: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2390: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2391: the Beltway."
2392: <p>
1.251 ian 2393: </ul>
2394:
1.249 jufi 2395: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2396: <ul>
2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2398: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2399: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2400: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2401: </strong></font><br>
2402: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2403: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2404: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2405: <p>
1.334 ian 2406:
2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2408: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2409: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2410: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2411: </strong></font><br>
2412: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2413: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2414: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2415: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2416: "... the hypothetical question ...
2417: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2418: <br>
2419: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2420: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2421: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2422: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2423: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2424: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2425: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2426: support network security.
2427: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2428: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2429: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2430: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2431: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2432: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2433: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2434: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2435: <br>
2436: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2437: <p>
2438:
1.249 jufi 2439: </ul>
2440:
1.246 jufi 2441: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2442: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2445: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2446: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2447: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2448: </strong></font><br>
2449: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2450: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2451: <p>
2452:
1.247 jufi 2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2454: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2455: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2456: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2457: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2458: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2459: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2460: <p>
2461:
2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2463: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2464: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2465: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2466: </strong></font><br>
2467: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2468: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2469: <p>
1.247 jufi 2470: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2471:
1.244 jufi 2472: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2473: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2476: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2477: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2478: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2479: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2480: </strong></font><br>
2481: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2482: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2483: md5 digests.
2484: <p>
2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2487: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2488: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2489: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2490: </strong></font><br>
2491: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2492: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2493: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2494: right the first time."
2495: <p>
1.247 jufi 2496: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2497:
2498:
2499: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2500: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2501:
1.247 jufi 2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2503: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2504: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2505: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2506: </strong></font><br>
2507: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2508: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2509: part 6</a>.
2510: <p>
2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2513: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2514: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2515: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2516: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2517: </strong></font><br>
2518: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2519: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2520: <p>
1.301 jose 2521:
2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2523: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2524: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2525: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2526: </strong></font><br>
2527:
2528: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2529: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2530: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2531: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2532: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2533: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2534: <i>Here's the
2535: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2536: <p>
1.247 jufi 2537: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2538:
2539: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2540: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2543: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2544: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2545: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2546: </strong></font><br>
2547: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2548: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2549: <p>
2550:
1.247 jufi 2551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2552: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2553: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2554: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2555: </strong></font><br>
2556: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2557: this time using pf.
2558: <p>
1.247 jufi 2559: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2560:
2561: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2562: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2565: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2566: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2567: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2568: </strong></font><br>
2569: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2570: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2571: their rotation.
2572: <p>
2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2575: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2576: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2577: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2578: </strong></font><br>
2579: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2580: <p>
1.247 jufi 2581: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2582:
1.239 jufi 2583: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2584: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2587: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2588: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2589: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2590: </strong></font><br>
2591: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2592: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2593: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2594: <p>
2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2597: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2598: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2599: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2600: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2601: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2602: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2603: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2604: <p>
1.247 jufi 2605: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2606:
1.235 lebel 2607: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2608: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2609:
1.239 jufi 2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2612: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2613: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2614: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2615: </strong></font><br>
2616: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2617: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2618: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2619: <p>
1.301 jose 2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2622:
1.228 horacio 2623: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2624: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2627: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2628: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2629: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2630: </strong></font><br>
2631: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2632: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2633: <p>
2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2636: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2637: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2638: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2639: </strong></font><br>
2640: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2641: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2642: <p>
2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2645: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2646: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2647: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2648: </strong></font><br>
2649: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2650: on the desktop of his parents.
2651: <p>
2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2654: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2655: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2656: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2657: </strong></font><br>
2658: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2659: using IPFilter.
2660:
2661: <p>
2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2664: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2665: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2666: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2667: </strong></font><br>
2668: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2669: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2670: perspectives of the four OS.
2671: <br>
2672: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2673: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2674: <p>
2675:
1.247 jufi 2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2677: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2678: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2679: software and security</a>,
2680: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2681: </strong></font><br>
2682:
2683: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2684: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2685: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2686: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2687: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2688: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2689: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2690: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2691: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2692: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2693: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2694: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2695: <p>
1.247 jufi 2696: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2697:
1.225 horacio 2698: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2699: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2702: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2703: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2704: Interview</a>,
2705: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2706: </strong></font><br>
2707:
2708: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2709: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2710: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2711: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2712: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2713: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2714: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2715: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2716: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2717: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2718: of choice.
2719: <p>
1.247 jufi 2720: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2721:
2722: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2723: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2724:
1.247 jufi 2725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2726: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2727: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2728: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2729: </strong></font><br>
2730:
2731: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2732: <p>
2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2735: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2736: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2737: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2738: </strong></font><br>
2739:
2740: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2741: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2742: <p>
1.247 jufi 2743: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2744:
1.218 horacio 2745: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2746: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2749: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2750: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2751: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2752: </strong></font><br>
2753:
2754: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2755: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2756: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2757: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2758: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2759: subjects. Worth a read.
2760: <p>
2761:
2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2764: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2765: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2766: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2767: </strong></font><br>
2768:
2769: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2770: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2771: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2772: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2773: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2774: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2775: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2776: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2777: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2778: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2779: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2780: on other operating systems.<br>
2781: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2782: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2783: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2784: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2785: <p>
2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2788: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2789: Operating System 2010</a>,
2790: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2791: </strong></font><br>
2792:
2793: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2794: covering the level of software integration into the core
2795: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2796: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2797: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2798: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2799: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2800: <p>
2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2803: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2804: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2805: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2806: </strong></font><br>
2807:
2808: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2809: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2810: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2811: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2812: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2813: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2814: <p>
1.247 jufi 2815: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2816:
1.210 jufi 2817: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2818: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2821: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2822: Already a Contender</a>,
2823: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2824: </strong></font><br>
2825:
2826: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2827: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2828: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2829: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2830: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2831: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2832: <p>
2833:
1.247 jufi 2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2835: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2836: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2837: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2838: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2839:
1.224 horacio 2840: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2841: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2842: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2843: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2844: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2845: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2846: <p>
1.247 jufi 2847: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2848:
2849: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2850: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2853: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2854: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2855: Division</a>,
2856: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2857: </strong></font><br>
2858:
2859: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2860: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2861: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2862: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2863: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2864: investment</em>.<br>
2865: The implementation details can be seen on their
2866: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2867: <p>
2868:
1.247 jufi 2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2870: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2871: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2872: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2873: </strong></font><br>
2874:
2875: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2876: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2877: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 2878: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 2879: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2880: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2881: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2882: <p>
2883:
2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2885: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2886: Thinking about Security</a>,
2887: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2888: </strong></font><br>
2889:
2890: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2891: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2892: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2893: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2894: to time.<br>
2895: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2896: system and just the most secure system.
2897: <p>
2898:
1.247 jufi 2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2900: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2901: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2902: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2903: </strong></font><br>
2904:
2905: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2906: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2907: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2908: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2909: choice:<br>
2910: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2911: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2912: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2913: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2914: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2915: network security devices and as such must be well
2916: armored."</em><br>
2917: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2918: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2919: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2920: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2921: <br>
2922: Bravo!
2923: <p>
1.247 jufi 2924: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2925:
1.207 ian 2926: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2930: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2931: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2932: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2933:
1.207 ian 2934: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2935: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2936: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2937: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2938: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2939: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2940: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2941: <p>
1.247 jufi 2942: </ul>
1.207 ian 2943:
1.194 jufi 2944: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2945: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2948: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2949: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2950: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2951: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2952:
1.240 miod 2953: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2954: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2955: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2956: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2957: <p>
2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2960: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2961: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2962: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2963:
2964: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2965: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2966: <p>
2967:
2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2969: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2970: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2971: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2972:
2973: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2974: <p>
2975:
2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2977: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2978: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2979: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2980: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2981:
1.240 miod 2982: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2983: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2984: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2985: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2986: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2987: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2988: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2989: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2990: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2991: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2992: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2993: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2994: <p>
2995:
1.247 jufi 2996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2997: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2998: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2999: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3000: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3001:
1.194 jufi 3002: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3003: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3004: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3005: <br>
3006: The new
3007: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3008: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3009: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3010: <p>
1.247 jufi 3011: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3012:
1.190 horacio 3013: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3014: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3015:
1.247 jufi 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3017:
3018: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3019: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3020:
1.301 jose 3021:
1.191 jufi 3022: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3023: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3024:
3025: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3026: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3027:
1.212 horacio 3028: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3029: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3030: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3031:
1.211 horacio 3032: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3033: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3034: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3035:
1.247 jufi 3036: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3037: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3040: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3041:
1.212 horacio 3042: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3043: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3044: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3045:
3046: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3047: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3048:
3049: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3050: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3051:
1.301 jose 3052: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3053: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3054:
1.191 jufi 3055: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3056: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3057:
3058: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3059: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3060:
1.192 jufi 3061: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3062: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3063: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3064:
1.193 deraadt 3065: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3066: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3067: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3070: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3073: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3074: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3075:
1.213 horacio 3076: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3077: 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 3078: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3079:
1.190 horacio 3080: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3081: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3082: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3083: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3084: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3085: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3086: <p>
1.190 horacio 3087:
1.247 jufi 3088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3089: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3090: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3091: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3092: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3093:
1.195 jufi 3094: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3095: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3096: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3097: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3098: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3099: <p>
3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3102: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3103: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3104: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3105: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3106:
1.191 jufi 3107: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3108: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3109: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3110: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3111: <p>
3112:
3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3114: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3115: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3116: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3117:
3118: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3119: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3120: <p>
1.247 jufi 3121: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3122:
1.191 jufi 3123:
1.186 jufi 3124: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3125: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3126:
1.247 jufi 3127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3128: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3129: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3130: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3131: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3132:
1.188 jufi 3133: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3134: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3135: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3136: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3137: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3138: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3139: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3140: <p>
3141:
1.301 jose 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3143: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3144: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3145: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3146:
3147: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3148: <p>
1.191 jufi 3149:
1.247 jufi 3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3151: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3152: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3153: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3154: </strong></font><br>
3155:
3156: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3157: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3158: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3159: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3160: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3161: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3162: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3163: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3164: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3165: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3166: familiar?
3167: <p>
1.247 jufi 3168: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3169:
1.178 louis 3170: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3171: <ul>
1.178 louis 3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3174: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3175: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3176: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3177: </strong></font><br>
3178:
3179: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3180: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3181: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3182: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3183: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3184: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3185: <p>
3186:
1.247 jufi 3187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3188: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3189: Open source under the hood</a>,
3190: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3191: </strong></font><br>
3192:
3193: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3194: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3195: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3196: <p>
3197:
1.247 jufi 3198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3199: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3200: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3201: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3205: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3206: <p>
1.247 jufi 3207: </ul>
1.179 louis 3208:
1.174 louis 3209:
1.175 louis 3210: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3211: <ul>
1.175 louis 3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3214: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3215: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3216: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3217: </strong></font><br>
3218:
3219: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3220: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3221: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3222: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3223: <p>
3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3226: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3227: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3228: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3229: </strong></font><br>
3230:
3231: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3232: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3233: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3234: <p>
1.247 jufi 3235: </ul>
1.175 louis 3236:
1.176 louis 3237:
1.172 mickey 3238: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3239: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3240:
1.247 jufi 3241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3242: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3243: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3244: </strong></font><br>
3245:
3246: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3247: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3248: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3249: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3250: <p>
3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3253: <a
1.269 deraadt 3254: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3255: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3256: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3257: </strong></font><br>
3258:
3259: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3260: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3261: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3262: <p>
3263:
1.247 jufi 3264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3265: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3266: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3267: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3268: </strong></font><br>
3269:
3270: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3271: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3272: <p>
3273:
1.247 jufi 3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3275: <a
1.269 deraadt 3276: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3277: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3278: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3279: </strong></font><br>
3280:
3281: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3282: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3283: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3284: our own Theo de Raadt.
3285: <p>
3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3288: <a
1.269 deraadt 3289: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3290: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3291: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3292: </strong></font><br>
3293:
3294: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3295: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3296: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3297: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3298: shut down.]
3299: <p>
3300:
1.247 jufi 3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3302: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3303: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3304: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3305: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3306: </strong></font><br>
3307:
3308: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3309: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3310: <p>
1.247 jufi 3311: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3312:
1.161 louis 3313: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3314: <ul>
1.161 louis 3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3317: <a
1.269 deraadt 3318: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3319: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3320: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3321: </strong></font><br>
3322:
3323: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3324: by John Wolley
3325: <p>
3326:
1.247 jufi 3327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3328: <a
1.269 deraadt 3329: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3330: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3331: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3332: </strong></font><br>
3333:
3334: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3335: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3336: OpenBSD).
3337: <p>
3338:
1.247 jufi 3339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3340: <a
1.247 jufi 3341: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3342: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3343: </strong></font><br>
3344:
3345: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3346: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3347: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3348: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3349: and hindsight.
3350: <p>
3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3353: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3354: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3355: </strong></font><br>
3356:
3357: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3358: <p>
3359:
1.247 jufi 3360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3361: <a
1.168 provos 3362: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3363: December 7, 2000
3364: </strong></font><br>
3365:
3366: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3367: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3368: us explain.
3369: <p>
3370:
1.247 jufi 3371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3372: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3373: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3374: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3375: December 6, 2000
3376: </strong></font><br>
3377:
3378: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3379: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3380: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3381: <p>
3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3384: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3385: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3386: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3387: </strong></font><br>
3388:
3389: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3390: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3391: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3392: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3393: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3394: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3395: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3396: <p>
3397:
3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3399: <a
1.226 horacio 3400: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3401: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3402: </strong></font><br>
3403:
3404: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3405: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3406: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3407: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3408: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3409: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3410: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3411: <p>
1.162 millert 3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3414: <a
1.161 louis 3415: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3416: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3417: </strong></font><br>
3418:
3419: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3420: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3421: <p>
3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3424: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3425: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3426: </strong></font><br>
3427:
3428: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3429: <p>
3430:
3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3433: <a
1.226 horacio 3434: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3435: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3436: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3437: </strong></font><br>
3438:
3439: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3440: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3441: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3442: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3443: <p>
1.247 jufi 3444: </ul>
1.169 louis 3445:
1.158 louis 3446: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3447: <ul>
1.147 louis 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3450: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3451: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3452: </strong></font><br>
3453:
3454: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3455: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3456: <p>
3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3459: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3460: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3461: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3462: </strong></font><br>
3463: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3464: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3465: <p>
3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3468: <a
3469: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3470: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3471: </strong></font><br>
3472:
3473: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3474: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3475: <p>
3476:
1.247 jufi 3477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3478: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3479: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3480: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3481:
1.213 horacio 3482: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3483: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3484: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3485: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3486: <p>
1.215 horacio 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3489: <a
3490: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3491: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3492: </strong></font><br>
3493:
3494: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3495: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3496: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3497: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3498: much of the attitude too).
3499: <p>
1.161 louis 3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3502: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3503: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3504: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3505:
1.157 louis 3506: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3507: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3508: <p>
1.247 jufi 3509: </ul>
1.157 louis 3510:
3511: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3512: <ul>
1.157 louis 3513:
1.247 jufi 3514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3515: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3516: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3517: </strong></font><br>
3518:
3519: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3520: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3521: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3522: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3523: <p>
3524:
1.247 jufi 3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3526: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3527: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3528: </strong></font><br>
3529:
3530: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3531: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3532: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3533: it because they love coding...
3534: <p>
3535:
1.247 jufi 3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3537: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3538: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3539: </strong></font><br>
3540:
3541: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3542: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3543: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3544: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3545: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3546: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3547: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3548: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3549: <p>
3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3552: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3553: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3554: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3555: </strong></font><br>
3556:
3557: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3558: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3559: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3560: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3561: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3562: the pizza.
3563: <p>
3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3566: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3567: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3568: </strong></font><br>
3569:
3570: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3571: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3572: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3573: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3574: problems.
3575: <p>
3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3578: <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 3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
1.222 miod 3581: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3582: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3583: - whether they like it or not.
3584: <p>
3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3587: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3588: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3589: </strong></font><br>
3590:
3591: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3592: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3593: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3594: <p>
1.148 aaron 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3597: <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 3598: </strong></font><br>
3599:
3600: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3601: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3602: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3603: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3604: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3605: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3606: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3607: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3608: <p>
3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3611: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3612: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3613: </strong></font><br>
3614:
3615: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3616: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3617: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3618: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3619: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3620: <p>
1.247 jufi 3621: </ul>
1.147 louis 3622:
1.138 louis 3623: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3624: <ul>
1.138 louis 3625:
1.247 jufi 3626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3627: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3628: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3629: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3630: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3631: </strong></font><br>
3632:
1.227 horacio 3633: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3634: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3635: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3636: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3637: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3638: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3639: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3640: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3641: <p>
3642:
1.247 jufi 3643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3644: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3645: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3646: </strong></font><br>
3647:
3648: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3649: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3650: groups, and even Linux.
3651: <p>
3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3654: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3655: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3656: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3657: </strong></font><br>
3658:
3659: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3660: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3661: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3662: library after installing the OS.
3663: <p>
3664:
1.247 jufi 3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3666: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3667: Sys Admin, September 2000
3668: </strong></font><br>
3669:
3670: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3671: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3672: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3673: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3674: (<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>,
3675: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3676: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3677: <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 3678: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3679: out of the system.
3680: <p>
3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3683: <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
3684: </strong></font><br>
3685:
3686: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3687: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3688: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3689: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3690: the IP filtering and address translation.
3691: <p>
1.301 jose 3692:
3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3694: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3695: </strong></font><br>
3696:
3697: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3698: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3699: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3700: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3701: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3702: <p>
1.247 jufi 3703: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3704:
1.131 louis 3705: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3706: <ul>
1.131 louis 3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3709: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3710: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3711: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3712: </strong></font><br>
3713:
3714: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3715: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3716: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3717: <p>
3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3720: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3721: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3722: </strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3725: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3726: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3727: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3728: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3729: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3730: note of"</i>.
3731: <p>
3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3734: <a
1.247 jufi 3735: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3736: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3737: </strong></font><br>
3738:
3739: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3740: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3741: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3742: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3743: <p>
3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3746: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3747: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3748: </strong></font><br>
3749:
3750: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3751: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3752: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3753: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3754: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3755: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3756: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3757: <p>
3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3760: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3761: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3762: 2000
3763: </strong></font><br>
3764:
3765: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3766: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3767: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3768: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3769: against current industry practices.
3770: <p>
3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3773: <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
3774: </strong></font><br>
3775:
3776: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3777: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3778: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3779: <p>
3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3782: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3783: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3784: </strong></font><br>
3785:
3786: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3787: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3788: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3789: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3790: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3791: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3792: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3793: <p>
3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3796: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3797: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3798: </strong></font><br>
3799:
3800: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3801: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3802: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3803: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3804: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3805: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3806: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3807: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3808: <p>
1.247 jufi 3809: </ul>
1.131 louis 3810:
1.118 louis 3811: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3812: <ul>
1.118 louis 3813:
1.247 jufi 3814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3815: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3816: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3817: </strong></font><br>
3818:
3819: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3820: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3821: about time. The article mentions that
3822: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3823: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3824: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3825: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3826: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3827: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3828: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3829: <p>
3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3832: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3833: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3834: </strong></font><br>
3835:
3836: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3837: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3838: of OpenSSH.
3839: <p>
3840:
1.247 jufi 3841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3842: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3843: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3844: </strong></font><br>
3845:
3846: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3847: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3848: bridging.
3849: <p>
3850:
1.247 jufi 3851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3852: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3853: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3854: </strong></font><br>
3855:
1.121 deraadt 3856: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3857: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3858: <p>
3859:
1.247 jufi 3860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3861: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3862: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3863: </strong></font><br>
3864:
3865: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3866: <p>
3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3869: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3870: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3871: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3872: </strong></font><br>
3873:
1.120 deraadt 3874: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3875: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3876: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3877: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3878: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3879: <p>
3880:
1.247 jufi 3881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3882: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3883: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3884: </strong></font><br>
3885:
1.222 miod 3886: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3887: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3888: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3889: protocols and their quirks.
3890: <p>
3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3893: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3894: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3895: </strong></font><br>
3896:
3897: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3898: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3899: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3900: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3901: <p>
3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3904: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3905: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3906: </strong></font><br>
3907:
3908: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3909: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3910: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3911: <p>
3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3914: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3915: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3916: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3917: </strong></font><br>
3918:
3919: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3920: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3921: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3922: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3923: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3924: <p>
1.247 jufi 3925: </ul>
1.118 louis 3926:
1.104 louis 3927: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3928: <ul>
1.104 louis 3929:
1.247 jufi 3930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3931: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3932: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3933: </strong></font><br>
3934:
3935: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3936: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3937: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3938: be a bit dry.
3939: <p>
3940:
1.247 jufi 3941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3942: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3943: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3944: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3945: </strong></font><br>
3946: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3947: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3948: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3949: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3950: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3951: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3952: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3953: <p>
3954:
1.247 jufi 3955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3956: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3957: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3958: 2000
1.128 louis 3959: </strong></font><br>
3960:
3961: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3962: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3963: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3964: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3965: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3966: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3967: <p>
3968:
1.247 jufi 3969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3970: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3971: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3972: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3973:
3974: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3975: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3976: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3977: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3978: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3979: <p>
1.110 louis 3980:
1.247 jufi 3981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3982: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3983: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3984: </strong></font><br>
3985:
3986: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3987: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3988: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3989: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3990: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3991: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3992: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3993: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3994: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3995: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3996: <p>
3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3999: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4000: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4001:
4002: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4003: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4004: <p>
1.108 louis 4005:
1.247 jufi 4006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4007: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4008: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4009: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4010:
4011: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4012: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4013: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4014: <p>
1.106 louis 4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4017: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4018: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4019: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4020:
4021: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4022: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4023: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4024: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4025: <p>
1.107 louis 4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4028: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4029: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4030: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4031:
4032: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4033: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4034: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4035: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4036: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4037: <p>
1.105 louis 4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4040: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4041: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4042: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4043:
1.113 naddy 4044: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4045: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4046: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4047: <p>
1.104 louis 4048:
1.247 jufi 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4050: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4051: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4052: </strong></font><br>
4053:
4054: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4055: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4056: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4057: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4058: <p>
1.301 jose 4059:
4060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4061: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4062: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4063: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4064:
4065: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4066: hardware-supported cryptography.
4067: <p>
1.247 jufi 4068: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4069:
1.85 louis 4070: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4071: <ul>
1.85 louis 4072:
1.247 jufi 4073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4074: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4075: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4076: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4077:
4078: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4079: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4080: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4081: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4082: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4083: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4084: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4085: <p>
1.99 louis 4086:
1.247 jufi 4087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4088: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4089: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4090: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4091:
4092: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4093: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4094: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4095: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4096: <p>
1.100 louis 4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4099: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4100: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4101: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4102:
4103: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4104: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4105: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4106: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4107: <p>
1.95 louis 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4110: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4111: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4112: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4113:
4114: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4115: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4116: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4117: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4118: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4119: <p>
1.92 louis 4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4122: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4123: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4124: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4125:
4126: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4127: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4128: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4129: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4130: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4131: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4132: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4133: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4134: <p>
1.91 louis 4135:
1.247 jufi 4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4137: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4138: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4139: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4140:
4141: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4142: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4143: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4144: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4145: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4146: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4147: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4148: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4149: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4150: <p>
1.90 louis 4151:
1.247 jufi 4152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4153: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4154: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4155: </strong></font><br>
4156: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4157: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4158: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4159: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4160: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4161: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4162: <p>
4163:
1.247 jufi 4164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4165: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4166: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4167: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4168:
1.113 naddy 4169: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4170: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4171: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4172: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4173: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4174: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4175: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4176: <p>
1.87 louis 4177:
1.247 jufi 4178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4179: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4180: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4181: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4182:
4183: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4184: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4185: <p>
1.85 louis 4186:
1.247 jufi 4187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4188: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4189: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4190: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4191:
4192: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4193: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4194: <p>
4195:
4196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4197: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4198: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4199: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4200:
4201: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4202: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4203: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4204: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4205: <p>
1.89 louis 4206:
1.247 jufi 4207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4208: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4209: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4210: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4211:
4212: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4213: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4214: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4215: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4216: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4217: </ul>
1.85 louis 4218:
1.78 deraadt 4219: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4220: <ul>
1.74 louis 4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4223: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4224: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4225: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4226: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4227:
4228: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4229: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4230: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4231: <p>
1.83 louis 4232:
1.247 jufi 4233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4234: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4235: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4236: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4237:
4238: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4239: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4240: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4241: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4242: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4243: <p>
1.93 louis 4244:
1.247 jufi 4245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4246: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4247: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4248: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4249: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4250:
1.83 louis 4251: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4252: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4253: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4254: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4255: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4256: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4257: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4258: <p>
1.82 aaron 4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4261: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4262: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4263: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4264:
1.83 louis 4265: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4266: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4267: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4268: <p>
1.80 louis 4269:
1.247 jufi 4270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4271: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4272: Bad Press</a>,
4273: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4274: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4275:
4276: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4277: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4278: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4279: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4280: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4281: <p>
1.247 jufi 4282: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4283:
4284: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4285: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4288: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4289: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4290: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4291: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4292:
4293: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4294: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4295: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4296: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4297: <p>
1.74 louis 4298:
1.247 jufi 4299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4300: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4301: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4302: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4303:
1.219 horacio 4304: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4305: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4306: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4307: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4308: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4309: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4310: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4311: <p>
1.88 louis 4312:
1.247 jufi 4313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4314: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4315: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4316: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4317:
4318: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4319: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4320: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4321: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4322: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4323: <p>
1.81 louis 4324:
1.247 jufi 4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4326: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4327: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4328: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4329:
4330: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4331: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4332: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4333: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4334: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4335: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4336: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4337: <p>
1.90 louis 4338:
1.247 jufi 4339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4340: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4341: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4342: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4343:
4344: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4345: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4346: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4347: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4348: <p>
1.247 jufi 4349: </ul>
1.71 louis 4350:
1.69 deraadt 4351: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4352: <ul>
1.70 louis 4353:
1.247 jufi 4354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4355: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4356: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4357: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4358:
4359: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4360: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4361: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4362: <p>
1.70 louis 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4365: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4366: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4367: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4368:
4369: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4370: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4371: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4372: <p>
1.68 louis 4373:
1.247 jufi 4374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4375: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4376: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4377: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4378: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4379:
1.111 jufi 4380: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4381: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4382: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4383: "secure by default" installation.
4384: <p>
1.64 louis 4385:
1.247 jufi 4386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4387: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4388: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4389: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4390:
1.113 naddy 4391: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4392: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4393: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4394: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4395: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4396: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4397: <p>
1.66 louis 4398:
1.247 jufi 4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4400: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4401: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4402: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4403:
4404: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4405: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4406: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4407: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4408: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4409: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4410: <p>
1.83 louis 4411:
1.247 jufi 4412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4413: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4414: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4415: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4416:
4417: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4418: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4419: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4420: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4421: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4422: <p>
1.64 louis 4423:
1.247 jufi 4424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4425: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4426: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4428:
4429: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4430: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4431: <p>
1.301 jose 4432:
4433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4434: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4435: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4436: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4437: </strong></font><br>
4438:
4439: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4440: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4441: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4442: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4443: Giving way to
4444: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4445: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4446: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4447: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4448: <p>
1.247 jufi 4449: </ul>
1.65 louis 4450:
1.69 deraadt 4451: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4452: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4453:
1.247 jufi 4454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4455: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4456: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4458:
4459: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4460: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4461: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4462: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4463: <p>
1.88 louis 4464:
1.247 jufi 4465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4466: <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 4467: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4468:
4469: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4470: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4471: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4472: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4473: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4474: <p>
1.60 louis 4475:
1.247 jufi 4476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4477: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4478: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4479: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4480: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4481:
4482: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4483: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4484: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4485: <p>
1.58 louis 4486:
1.247 jufi 4487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4488: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4489: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4490:
4491: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4492: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4493: <p>
1.53 louis 4494:
1.247 jufi 4495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4496: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4497: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4498: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4499:
4500: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4501: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4502: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4503: <p>
1.99 louis 4504:
1.247 jufi 4505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4506: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4507: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4508:
4509: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4510: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4511: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4512: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4513: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4516: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4517: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4518: </strong></font><br>
4519:
4520: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4521: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4522: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4523: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4524: <p>
4525:
1.247 jufi 4526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4527: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4528: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4529: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4530:
4531: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4532: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4533: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4534:
1.247 jufi 4535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4536: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4537: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4538:
4539: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4540: in
1.247 jufi 4541: <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 4542: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4543: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4544: <p>
1.53 louis 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4547: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4548: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4549: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4550: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4551:
1.58 louis 4552: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4553: <p>
1.301 jose 4554:
4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4556: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4557: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4558: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4559: Informacyjny, January 2000
4560: </strong></font><br>
4561:
4562: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4563: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4564: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4565: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4566: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4567: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4568: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4569: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4570: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4571: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4572: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4573: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4574: <p>
4575:
4576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4577: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4578: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4579: </strong></font><br>
4580:
4581: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4582: <p>
4583: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4584:
1.69 deraadt 4585: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4586: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4589: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4590: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4591: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4592: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4593:
1.58 louis 4594: Kurt Seifried
4595: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4596: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4597: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4598: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4599:
1.247 jufi 4600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4601: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4602: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4603: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4604:
4605: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4606: <p>
1.96 louis 4607:
1.247 jufi 4608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4609: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4610: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4611: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4612: </strong></font><br>
4613:
4614: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4615: <p>
4616:
4617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4618: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4619: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4620: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4621:
4622: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4623: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4624: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4625: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4626: <p>
1.247 jufi 4627: </ul>
1.86 louis 4628:
1.69 deraadt 4629: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4630: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4631:
1.247 jufi 4632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4633: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4634: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4635: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4636:
4637: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4638: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.61 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4642: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4643: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4644: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4645: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4646:
4647: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4648: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4649: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4650: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4651: right -- or at least strives to".
4652: <p>
1.48 louis 4653:
1.247 jufi 4654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4655: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4656: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4657: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4658: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4659: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4660: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4661: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4662: <p>
1.61 louis 4663:
1.247 jufi 4664: <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 4665: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4666: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4667:
4668: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4669: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4670: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4671: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4672: <p>
1.46 louis 4673:
1.247 jufi 4674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4675: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4676: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4677: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4678:
4679: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4680: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4681: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4682:
1.247 jufi 4683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4684: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4685: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4686: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4687:
4688: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4689: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4690: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4691: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4692: <p>
1.247 jufi 4693: </ul>
1.70 louis 4694:
1.69 deraadt 4695: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4696: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4697:
1.247 jufi 4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4699: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4700: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4701: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4702: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4703:
4704: Kurt Seifried
4705: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4706: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4707: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4708: <p>
1.44 philen 4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <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 4711: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4712: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4713:
4714: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4715: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4716:
1.247 jufi 4717: <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 4718: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4719: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4720:
4721: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4722: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4723:
1.247 jufi 4724: <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 4725: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4726: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4727:
4728: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4729: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4730: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4731: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4732: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4733:
1.247 jufi 4734: <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 4735: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4737:
1.36 louis 4738: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4739: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4740:
1.247 jufi 4741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4742: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4743: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4744: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4745:
4746: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4747: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4748: </ul>
1.38 louis 4749:
1.69 deraadt 4750: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4751: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4752:
1.247 jufi 4753: <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 4754: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4755: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4756:
4757: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4758: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4759: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4760:
1.113 naddy 4761: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4762: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4763: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4764: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4765:
4766: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4767: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4768: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4769: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4770: <blockquote>
4771: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4772: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4773: <br>
4774: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4775: </code>
4776: </blockquote>
4777: <p>
4778:
1.247 jufi 4779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4780: <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 4781: <p>
4782:
4783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4784: <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 4785: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4786:
4787: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4788: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4789: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4790: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4791:
1.247 jufi 4792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4793: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4794: Sept. 28, 1999
4795: </strong></font><br>
4796:
4797: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4798: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4799: translating and reprinting articles from
4800: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4801: <p>
4802:
4803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4804: <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 4805: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4806:
4807: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4808: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4809: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4810: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4811: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4812: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4813: <p>
1.19 louis 4814:
1.113 naddy 4815: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4816: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4817: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4818:
4819: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4820: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4821: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4822: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4823: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4824: <p>
1.16 louis 4825:
1.247 jufi 4826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4827: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4828: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4829: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4830:
1.57 louis 4831: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4832: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4833: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4834: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4835:
1.247 jufi 4836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4837: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 4838: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4839: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4840:
1.113 naddy 4841: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4842:
1.247 jufi 4843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4844: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4845: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4846: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4847:
1.23 louis 4848: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4849: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4850: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4851: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4852: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4853: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4856: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4857: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4858: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4859:
1.199 pvalchev 4860: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4861: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4862: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4863: installation.
1.113 naddy 4864: <p>
1.47 louis 4865:
1.247 jufi 4866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4867: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4868: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4869: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4870:
1.301 jose 4871: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4872: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4873: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4874: </ul>
1.57 louis 4875:
1.69 deraadt 4876: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4877: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4880: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4881: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4882: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4883:
4884: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4885: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4886: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4887: <p>
1.12 louis 4888:
1.247 jufi 4889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4890: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4891: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4892: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4893:
4894: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4895: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4896: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4897: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4898: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4899: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4900: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4901: <p>
1.247 jufi 4902: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4903:
1.69 deraadt 4904: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4905: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4906:
1.247 jufi 4907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4908: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4909: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4910:
4911: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4912: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4913: available."
1.113 naddy 4914: <p>
1.301 jose 4915:
4916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4917: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4918: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4919: </strong></font><br>
4920:
4921: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4922: <p>
1.247 jufi 4923: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4924:
1.69 deraadt 4925: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4926: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4927:
1.247 jufi 4928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4929: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4930: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4931:
4932: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4933: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4934: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4935: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4936: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4937: <p>
1.33 louis 4938:
1.247 jufi 4939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4940: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4941: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4942: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4943:
1.113 naddy 4944: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4945: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4946: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4947: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4948: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4949: <p>
1.247 jufi 4950: </ul>
1.57 louis 4951:
1.69 deraadt 4952: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4953: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4954:
1.247 jufi 4955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4956: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4957: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4958: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4959:
4960: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4961: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4962: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4963:
1.247 jufi 4964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4965: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4966: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4967: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4968: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4969:
4970: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4971: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4972:
1.247 jufi 4973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4974: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4975:
1.113 naddy 4976: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4977:
1.247 jufi 4978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4979: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 4980: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4981: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4982:
4983: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4984: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4985: </ul>
1.23 louis 4986:
1.69 deraadt 4987: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4988: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4989:
1.247 jufi 4990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4991: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4992: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4993:
4994: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4995: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4996: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4997:
1.247 jufi 4998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4999: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5000: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5001: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5002:
5003: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5004: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5005: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5006: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5007: </ul>
1.57 louis 5008:
1.69 deraadt 5009: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5010: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5011:
1.247 jufi 5012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5013: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5014: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5015: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5016:
5017: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5018: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5019: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5020: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5021: <p>
1.15 louis 5022:
1.247 jufi 5023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5024: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5025: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5026: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5027:
5028: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5029: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5030: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5031: columns."
1.113 naddy 5032: <p>
1.247 jufi 5033: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5034:
1.69 deraadt 5035: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5036: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5037:
1.247 jufi 5038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5039: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5040: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5041: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5042:
5043: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5044: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5045:
1.113 naddy 5046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5047: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5048: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5049:
5050: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5051: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5052: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5053: </ul>
1.57 louis 5054:
1.69 deraadt 5055: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5056: <ul>
1.301 jose 5057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5058: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5059: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5060: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5061:
5062: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5063: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5064: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5065: <p>
5066:
5067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5068: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5069: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5070: Nov 13, 1998 and
5071: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5072: Datateknik</a>,
5073: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5074:
1.380 saad 5075: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5076: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5077: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5078: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5079: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5080:
1.113 naddy 5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5082: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5083: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5084: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5085:
1.222 miod 5086: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5087: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5088: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5089: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5090: <p>
1.247 jufi 5091: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5092:
1.69 deraadt 5093: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5094: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5095:
1.247 jufi 5096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5097: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5098: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5099:
1.69 deraadt 5100: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5101: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5102: <p>
1.247 jufi 5103: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5104:
1.69 deraadt 5105: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5106: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5107:
1.247 jufi 5108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5109: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5110: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
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