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1.487 ian 19: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
1.495 ian 21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ! ian 23: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
! 24: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: The title of this piece comes from the Linux people who put "binary blob" driver
! 27: code into Linux after signing non-disclosure agreements with proprietary-hardware
! 28: vendors.
! 29: But another large part of this write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding,
! 30: and has some original legwork to go with it.
! 31: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
! 32: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
! 33: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
! 34: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
! 35: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
! 36: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
! 37: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
! 38: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
! 39: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
! 40: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
! 41: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
! 42: but Matzan does - is that
! 43: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
! 44: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
! 45: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
! 46: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
! 47: <br/>
! 48: <p>
! 49:
! 50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 51: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
! 52: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
! 53: </strong></font><br>
! 54: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
! 55: "blob" drivers, and more.
! 56: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
! 57: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
! 58: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
! 59: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
! 60: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
! 61: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
! 62: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
! 63: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
! 64: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
! 65: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
! 66: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
! 67: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
! 68: <p>
! 69:
! 70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 71: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
72: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
73: </strong></font><br>
74: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
75: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
76: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
77: in general temperature and environmental issues.
78: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
79: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
80: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
81: other major operating systems." ...
82: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
83: machines running in
84: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
85: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
89: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
90: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
91: </strong></font><br>
92: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
93: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
94: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
95: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
96: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
97: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
98: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
99: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
100: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
101: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
102: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
103: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
104: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
105: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
106: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
107: <p>
108:
1.487 ian 109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 110: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
111: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
112: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 113: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 114: financial situation.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 118: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
119: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
120: </strong></font><br>
121: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
122: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
123: produce our favorite operating system.
124: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
125: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
126: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
127: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
128: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 129: <br/>
130: Also online at
131: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
135: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
136: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
137: </strong></font><br>
138: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
139: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
140: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
141: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
142: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
143: sustain indefinitely."
144: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
145: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
146: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
147: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
148: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 149: <p>
150:
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ! ian 152: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
! 153: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
! 154: </strong></font><br>
! 155: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
! 156: with a reminder that
! 157: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
! 158: used nowadays almost everywhere."
! 159: Ends with this quote from Marco:
! 160: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
! 161: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
! 162: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
! 163: <p>
! 164:
! 165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 166: <a href="URL">
167: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
168: </strong></font><br>
169: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
170: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
171: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
172: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
173: a few of them each year.
174: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
175: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
176: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
177: to the OpenBSD project.
178: It's time for them to do so.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 182: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
183: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
184: </strong></font><br>
185: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
186: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
187: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
188: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
189: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
190: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
191: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
192: <p>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 195: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
196: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 197: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
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203: <br>
204: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 208: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
209: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 210: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 211: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
212: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
213: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
214: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
215: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
216: designed to provide reliability and security.
217: <p>
218:
219: </ul>
220:
1.485 ian 221: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
222: <ul>
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 224: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
225: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
226: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 227: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 228: installations in about four minutes flat".
229: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
230: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 231: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 232: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
233: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
234: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
235: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
236: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
237: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
238: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
239: the steps in the article.
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 243: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
244: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
245: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
246: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
247: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
248: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
249: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
250: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
251: happening in real life.
252: <p>
253:
254: </ul>
255:
1.492 ian 256: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
257: <ul>
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
259: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
260: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
261: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
262: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
263: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
264: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 265: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 266: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
267: </ul>
268:
1.483 ian 269: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
270: <ul>
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 272: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
273: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
274: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
275: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
276: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
277: <p>
278:
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 280: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 281: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
282: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
283: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
284: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
285: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
286: to sites with more information on most topics.
287: <p>
288:
289: </ul>
290:
291:
1.479 grunk 292: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
293: <ul>
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 295: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 296: Goes to Venice</a>,
297: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 298: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 299: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
300: <br/>
301: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
302: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
303: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 304: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 305: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
306: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
307: Contains a link to
308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
309: pval's summary slides</a>.
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 313: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
314: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
315: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
316: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
317: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
318: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
319: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
320: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 321: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 322: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
323: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
324: the packages and ports system"</i>.
325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
328: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
329: Return of The BSDs</a>,
330: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
331: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
332: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
333: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
334: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
335: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
336: quotes from Bob Beck.
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 340: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
341: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
342: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 343: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
344: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 345: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
346: and Linux.<br>
347: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
348: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
349: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
350: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
351: of the release
352: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
353: <p>
354: </ul>
355:
1.476 ian 356: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
357: <ul>
358:
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
360: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
361: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
362: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
363: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
364: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
365: and too unreliable.
366: This quote will rattle some cages:
367: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
368: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
369: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
370: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
371: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
372: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
373: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
374: costs without any commercial lock-in."
375: <p>
376:
1.477 saad 377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
378: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
379: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
380: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
381: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
382: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
383: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
384: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
385: discussion about future plans.
386: <p>
387:
1.478 grunk 388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
389: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
390: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
391: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
392: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
393: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
394: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
395: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
396: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
397: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
398: <p>
399:
1.476 ian 400: </ul>
401:
1.470 saad 402: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
403: <ul>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 406: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
407: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
408: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
409: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
410: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
411: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
412: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
413: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
414: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
415: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 419: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
420: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
421: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
422: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
423: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
424: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
425: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
426: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
427: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
428: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 432: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
433: Big debate over small packets</a>,
434: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
435: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
436: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
437: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
438: draft.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 442: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
443: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
444: ordinateur ?"</a>,
445: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
446: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
447: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
448: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
449: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
450: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
451: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
452: <p>
453:
454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 455: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
456: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
457: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
458: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
459: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
460: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
461: performance data with pfstat.
462: <p>
463:
464: </ul>
465:
1.461 grunk 466: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
467: <ul>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 470: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
471: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 472: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 473: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
474: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
475: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 476: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 477: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 478: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
479: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
480: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 481: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
482: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 483: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 484: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
485: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 486: <p>
487:
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 489: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
490: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 491: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 492: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
493: poor security:
1.467 grunk 494: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 495: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 496: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 497: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
498: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
499: <p>
500:
501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 502: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
503: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 504: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 505: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
506: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 507: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
508: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
509: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
510: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
511: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
512: commercial vendors.
513: <p>
514:
515: </ul>
516:
1.454 ian 517: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
518: <ul>
1.468 grunk 519:
520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
521: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
522: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
523: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
524: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
525: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
526: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 527: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 528: <br>
529: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
530: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
531: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
532: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
533: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 534: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 535: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
536: <p>
537:
1.454 ian 538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 539: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
540: Free Bird</a>,
541: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
542: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
543: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
544: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
545: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
546: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
547: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
548: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
549: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
550: room will only be available in the print edition.
551: <p>
1.459 deraadt 552:
1.458 niallo 553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 554: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
555: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
556: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
557: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
558: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
559: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
560: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
561: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
562: <p>
1.457 deraadt 563:
1.456 niallo 564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 565: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 566: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
567: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
568: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
569: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
570: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
571: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 572: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 573: interview.</a>
574: <p>
575:
576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 577: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
578: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
579: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
580: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
581: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
582: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
583: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
584: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
585: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
586: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
587: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
588: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
589: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
590: "I have never used it."
591: <p>
592:
593: </ul>
594:
1.441 deraadt 595: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
596: <ul>
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 598: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
599: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
600: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
601: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
602: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
603: future enhancements.
604: <p>
605:
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 607: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 608: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
609: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
610: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
611: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
612: North America mirror:
613: <ul>
1.452 marco 614: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 615: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
616: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 617: </ul>
618: European mirror:
619: <ul>
1.452 marco 620: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 621: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
622: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
623: </ul>
624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 627: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
628: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
629: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
630: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
631: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
632: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
633: <p>
634:
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 636: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
637: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
638: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
639: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
640: first-hand account.
641: <p>
642:
643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 644: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
645: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
646: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
647: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
648: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
649: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
650: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
651: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 655: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
656: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
657: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
658: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
659: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
660: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
661: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
662: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 666: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 667: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 668: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
669: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
670: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
671: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
672: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
673: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
677: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 678: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 679: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
680: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
681: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
682: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
683: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
684: <p>
685:
686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 687: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
688: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
689: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 690: </strong></font><br>
691: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
692: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
693: with OpenBSD.
694: </ul>
695:
1.436 henning 696: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
697: <ul>
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 699: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
700: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
701: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
702: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
703: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
704: than closed source, as we have long contended.
705: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
706: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
707: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
708: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
709: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
710: <p>
711: This article can also be found online as
712: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
713: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
714: <p>
715:
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 717: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
718: </strong></font><br>
719: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
720: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
721: <p>
722:
723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 724: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
725: </strong></font><br>
726: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
727: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 728: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 729: the issues we had with IETF.
730: </ul>
731:
1.431 ian 732: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
733: <ul>
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 735: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
736: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
737: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
738: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
739: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
740: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
741: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
742: <p>
743:
744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 745: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
746: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
747: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
748: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
749: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
750: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 751: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 752: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
753: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
754: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
755: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
756: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
757: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
758: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
759: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
760:
761: </ul>
762:
1.427 matthieu 763: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
764: <ul>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 767: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
768: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
769: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
770: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
771: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
772: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
773: firmware.
1.434 ian 774: Similar articles can be found online at:
775: <ul>
776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
777: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
778: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
779: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
781: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
782: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
783: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
785: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
786: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
787: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 789: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 790: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
791: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
792: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 793: </ul>
794:
1.426 ian 795: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
796: <ul>
797:
798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
799: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
800: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
801: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
802: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 803: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 804: mechanism: what it is and why and
805: how to use it, with examples.
806: Another excerpt from the book
807: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
808: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
809: <p>
810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
812: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
813: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
814: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
815: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
816: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
817: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
818: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
819: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
820: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
821: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
822: This article is a sample chapter from
823: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
824: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
825: <p>
1.443 ian 826:
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 828: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 829: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
830: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
831: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
832: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
833: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
834: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
835: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
836: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
837: ends with a sidebar on security.
838: <p>
1.426 ian 839: </ul>
840:
1.424 ian 841: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
842: <ul>
843:
844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 845: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
846: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
847: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
848: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
849: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
850: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
851: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
852: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
853: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
854: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
855: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
856: <p>
857: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
858: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
859: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 863: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
864: Closed Source Hardware</a>
865: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
866: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
867: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
868: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
869: operating systems.
870: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
871: OpenBSD on his firewall.
872: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
873: systems, he writes:
874: <blockquote>
875: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
876: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
877: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
878: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
879: to the operating system...
880: <br/>
881: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
882: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
883: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
884: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
885: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
886: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
887: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
888: in a closed source operating system).
889: <br/>
890: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
891: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
892: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
893: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
894: </blockquote>
895: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
896: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
897: their hardware and software operates.
898: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
899: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 900: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 901: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
902: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
903: <p>
904: </ul>
905:
1.417 pvalchev 906: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
907: <ul>
1.421 ian 908:
1.417 pvalchev 909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 910: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
911: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
912: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
913: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
914: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
915: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
916: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
917: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
918: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
919: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
920: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 921: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 922: <p>
923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 924: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
925: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
926: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
927: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
928: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
929: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
930: it claims to do".
931: <p>
932:
933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 934: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 935: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
936: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
937: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
938: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 939: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 940: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
941: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
942: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
943: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
944: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
945: (yes, this is a hint).
946: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
947: picked up on the
948: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
949: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 950: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 951: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
952: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
953: <p>
954:
955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 956: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
957: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
958: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
959: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
960: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
961: questions about the significance and rationale behind
962: the current efforts.
963: <p>
964: </ul>
965:
1.407 henning 966: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
967: <ul>
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 969: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
970: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
971: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
972: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
973: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
974: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
975: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
976: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
977: <p>
978:
979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 980: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
981: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
982: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
983: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
984: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
985: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
986: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
987: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
988: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 989: <p>
1.415 ian 990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 992: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 993: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
994: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
995: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
996: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
997: overflow attacks... because
998: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
999: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1000: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1001: and propolice.
1002: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1003: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1004: and that's when the science falls apart."
1005: <p>
1006:
1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1008: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1009: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1010: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1011: Starts with the question:
1012: <blockquote>
1013: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1014: <br/>
1015: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1016: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1017: <br/>
1018: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1019: Should we believe them?"
1020: </blockquote>
1021: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1022: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1023: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1024: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1025: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1026: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1027: <p>
1028:
1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1030: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1031: Simple Simon</a>,
1032: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1033: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1034: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1035: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1036: routing/firewall, and more.
1037: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1038: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1039: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1040: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1041: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1042: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1043: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1044: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1045: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1046: </blockquote>
1047: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1048: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1049: <p>
1050:
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1052: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1053: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1054: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1055: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1056: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1057: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1058: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1059: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1060: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1061: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1062: in spite of it
1063: (registration required, but worth it).
1064: <p>
1065:
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1067: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1068: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1069: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1070: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1071: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1072: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1073: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1074: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1075: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1076: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1077: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1078: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1079: <p>
1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1082: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1083: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1084: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1085: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1086: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1087: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1088: <blockquote>
1089: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1090: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1091: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1092: a lot of analysis.
1093: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1094: </blockquote>
1095: <p>
1096: </ul>
1097:
1.400 marco 1098: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1099: <ul>
1100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1101: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1102: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1103: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1104: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1105: UNIX-like systems.
1106: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1107: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1108: <p>
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1110: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1111: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1112: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1113: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1114: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1115: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1116: At one point, the article states:
1117: <blockquote>
1118: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1119: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1120: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1121: </blockquote>
1122: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1123: <blockquote>
1124: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1125: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1126: </blockquote>
1127: <p>
1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1129: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1130: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1131: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1132: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1133: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1134: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1135: required).
1136: <p>
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1138: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1139: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1140: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1143: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1144: <p>
1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1146: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1147: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1148: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1149: </strong></font><br>
1150: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1151: <p>
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1153: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1154: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1155: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1156: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1157: 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 1158: <p>
1159: </ul>
1160:
1.396 henning 1161: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1162: <ul>
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1164: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1165: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1166: Unix Review, July, 2004
1167: </strong></font><br>
1168: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1169: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1170: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1171: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1172: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1173: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1174: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1175: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1176: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1177: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1178: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1179: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1180: and even spelling/wording errors.
1181: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1182: <p>
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1184: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1185: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1186: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1189: <p>
1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1191: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1192: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1193: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1194: </strong></font><br>
1195: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1196: <p>
1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1198: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1199: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1200: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1201: </strong></font><br>
1202: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1203: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1204: <p>
1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1206: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1207: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1208: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1209: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1210: <p>
1211: </ul>
1212:
1.405 jolan 1213: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1214: <ul>
1215: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1216: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1217: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1218: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1219: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1220: details on how funds are dispersed.
1221: <p>
1222: </ul>
1223:
1.393 david 1224: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1225: <ul>
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1227: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1228: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1229: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1230: </strong></font><br>
1231: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1232: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1233: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1234: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1235: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1236: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1237: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1238: <p>
1239:
1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1241: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1242: Secure by Default</a>,
1243: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1246: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1247: <p>
1248:
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1250: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1251: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1252: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1253: </strong></font><br>
1254: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1255: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1256: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1257: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1258: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1259: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1260: <p>
1261:
1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1263: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1264: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1265: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1266: </strong></font><br>
1267: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1268: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1269: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1270: <p>
1271:
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1273: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1274: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1275: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1276: </strong></font><br>
1277: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1278: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1279: <p>
1280: </ul>
1281:
1.388 mcbride 1282: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1283: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1284:
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1286: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1287: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1288: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1289: </strong></font><br>
1290: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1291: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1292: available for sparc64.
1293: <p>
1294:
1.390 beck 1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1296: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1297: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1298: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1299: </strong></font><br>
1300: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1301: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1302: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1303: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1304: <p>
1305:
1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1307: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1308: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1309: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1310: </strong></font><br>
1311: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1312: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1313: it does: CARP provides sharing
1314: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1315: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1316: detail to get you started using it.
1317: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1318: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1319: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1320: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1321: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1322: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1323: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1324: <p>
1.391 ian 1325:
1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1327: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1328: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1329: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1330: </strong></font><br>
1331: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1332: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1333: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1334: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1335:
1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1337: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1338: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1339: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1340: </strong></font><br>
1341: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1342: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1343: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1344: unencumbered by patents.
1345: <p>
1346: </ul>
1347:
1.378 henning 1348: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1349: <ul>
1.384 jose 1350:
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1352: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1353: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1354: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1355: </strong></font><br>
1356: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1357: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1358: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1359: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1360: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1361: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1362: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1363: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1364: in the page tables."
1365: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1366: <p>
1367:
1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1369: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1370: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1371: </strong></font><br>
1372: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1373: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1374: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1375: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1376: <p>
1.384 jose 1377:
1.378 henning 1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1379: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1380: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1381: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1382: </strong></font><br>
1383: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1384: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1385: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1386: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1387: (quote:
1388: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1389: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1390: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1391: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1392: the other developers for their work on the system.
1393: <p>
1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1396: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1397: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1398: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1399: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1400: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1401: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1402: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1403: too.
1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1407: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1408: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1409: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1410: OpenBSD source code using
1411: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1412: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1413: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1414: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1415: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1416: <p>
1417: </ul>
1418:
1.374 jose 1419: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1420: <ul>
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1422: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1423: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1424: </strong></font><br>
1425: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1426: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1427: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1428: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1429: it."
1430: <p>
1431:
1432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1433: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1434: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1435: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1436: </strong></font><br/>
1437: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1438: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1439: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1440: <p>
1441: </ul>
1442:
1.369 ian 1443: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1444: <ul>
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1446: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1447: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1448: </strong></font><br/>
1449: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1450: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1451: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1452: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1453: <p>
1454:
1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1456: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1457: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1458: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1459: </strong></font><br/>
1460: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1461: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1462: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1463: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1464: form factor.
1465: <p>
1466:
1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1468: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1469: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1470: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1471: Features</a>,
1472: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1473: </strong></font><br/>
1474: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1475: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1476: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1477: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1478: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1479: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1480: <p>
1481: This article can also be found online at:
1482: <ul>
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1484: <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 1485: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1486: </strong></font>
1487: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1488: </ul>
1489: <p>
1.392 david 1490:
1.371 jose 1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1492: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1493: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1494: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1495: </strong></font><br/>
1496: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1497: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1498: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1499: <p>
1.371 jose 1500:
1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1502: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1503: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1504: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1505: </strong></font><br/>
1506: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1507: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1508: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1509: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1510: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1511: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1512: and its history with OpenBSD.
1513: </ul>
1514:
1.368 henning 1515: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1516: <ul>
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1518: [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 1519: </strong></font><br>
1520: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1521: </ul>
1522:
1.364 jose 1523: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1524: <ul>
1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1526: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1527: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1528: UNIX Review,
1529: July, 2003.
1530: </strong></font><br>
1531: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1532: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1533: who want more information.
1534: <p>
1535:
1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1537: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1538: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1539: Government Computer News,
1540: July 22, 2003.
1541: </strong></font><br>
1542: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1543: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1544: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1545: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1546: <p>
1547:
1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1549: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1550: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1551: SANS Institute,
1552: July 22, 2003.
1553: </strong></font><br>
1554: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1555: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1556: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1557: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1558: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1559: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1560: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1561: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1562: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1563: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1564: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1565: <p>
1566:
1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1568: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1569: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1570: OnLamp.com,
1571: July 17, 2003.
1572: </strong></font><br>
1573: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1574: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1575: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1576: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1577: have been working on.
1578:
1579: </ul>
1580:
1.356 jose 1581: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1582: <ul>
1583:
1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1585: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1586: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1587: UNIX Review,
1588: June, 2003.
1589: </strong></font><br>
1590: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1591: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1592: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1593: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1594: <p>
1595:
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1597: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1598: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1599: eWeek,
1600: June 23, 2003.
1601: </strong></font><br>
1602: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1603: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1604: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1605: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1606: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1607: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1608: <p>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1611: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1612: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1613: Software Development Online,
1614: June, 2003.
1615: </strong></font><br>
1616: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1617: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1618: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1619: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1620: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1621: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1622: current activities.
1623: <p>
1624:
1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1626: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1627: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1628: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1629: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1630: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1631: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1632: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1633: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1634: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1635: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1636: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1637: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1638: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1639: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1640: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1641: decisions.
1642: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1643: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1644: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1645: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1646: <p>
1647:
1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1649: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1650: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1651: Page 58, eWeek,
1652: June 2, 2003.
1653: </strong></font><br>
1654: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1655: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1656: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1657: been addressed in -current.
1658: <p>
1659:
1.356 jose 1660: </ul>
1661:
1662: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1663: <ul>
1664:
1.355 jose 1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1666: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1667: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1668: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1669: </strong></font><br>
1670: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1671: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1672: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1673: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1674: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1675: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1676: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1677: <p>
1678:
1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1680: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1681: Beyond Linux</a>,
1682: InfoWorld,
1683: May 23, 2003.
1684: </strong></font><br>
1685: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1686: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1687: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1688: compared to the GPL.
1689: <p>
1690:
1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1692: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1693: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1694: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1695: May 17, 2003.
1696: </strong></font><br>
1697: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1698: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1699: the business section and half of another page inside
1700: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1701: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1702: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1703: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1704: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1705: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1706: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1707: <br>
1708: This article can also be found online at:
1709: <ul>
1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1711: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1712: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1713: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1714: May 17, 2003
1715: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1716: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1718: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1719: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1720: Montreal Gazette,
1721: May 21, 2003
1722: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1723: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1724: <p>
1.346 ian 1725:
1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1727: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1728: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1729: May 7, 2003.
1730: </strong></font><br>
1731: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1732: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1733: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1734: <p>
1735:
1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1737: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1738: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1739: OsOpinion,
1740: May 6, 2003.
1741: </strong></font><br>
1742: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1743: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1744: <br>
1745: This article can also be found online at:
1746: <ul>
1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1748: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1749: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1750: NewsFactor Network.
1751: </strong></font>
1752: </ul>
1753: <p>
1754:
1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1756: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1757: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1758: ITBusiness,
1759: May 2, 2003.
1760: </strong></font><br>
1761: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1762: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1763: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1764: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1765: <p>
1766:
1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1768: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1769: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1770: InfoWorld,
1771: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1773: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1774: <br>
1775: This article can also be found online at:
1776: <ul>
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1778: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1779: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1780: IDG Singapore.
1781: </strong></font>
1782: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1783: <p>
1784:
1.339 jose 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1786: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1787: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1788: ZDNet,
1789: May 1, 2003.
1790: </strong></font><br>
1791: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1792: someone using parts from previous articles.
1793: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1794: This article can also be found online at:
1795: <ul>
1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1797: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1798: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1799: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1800: </strong></font>
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1802: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1803: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1804: CNET News.com.
1805: </strong></font>
1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1807: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1808: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1809: ZDNet UK.
1810: </strong></font>
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1812: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1813: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1814: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1815: </strong></font>
1816: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1817: <p>
1.339 jose 1818:
1.341 deraadt 1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1820: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1821: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1822: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1823: May 1, 2003.
1824: </strong></font><br>
1825: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1826: that have been added
1827: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1828: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1829: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1830: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1831: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1832: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1833: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1834: <p>
1835:
1836: </ul>
1837:
1.253 ian 1838: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1839: <ul>
1.255 ian 1840:
1.260 ian 1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1842: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1843: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1844: TechRepublic,
1845: April 28, 2003.
1846: </strong></font><br>
1847: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1848: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1849: work.<br>
1850: Can also be found online at:
1851: <ul>
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1853: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1854: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1855: ZDNet UK.
1856: </strong></font>
1857: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1858: <p>
1859:
1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1861: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1862: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1863: IDG,
1864: April 24, 2003.
1865: </strong></font><br>
1866: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1867: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1868: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1869: Can also be found online at:
1870: <ul>
1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1872: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1873: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1874: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1875: </strong></font>
1876: </ul>
1877: <p>
1878:
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1880: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1881: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1882: Slate,
1883: April 24, 2003.
1884: </strong></font><br>
1885: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1886: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1887: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1888: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1889: <p>
1890:
1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1892: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1893: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1894: April 24, 2003.
1895: </strong></font><br>
1896: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1897: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1898: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1899: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1900: <p>
1901:
1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1903: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1904: April 24, 2003.
1905: </strong></font><br>
1906: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1907: the free software community".
1908: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1909: other articles.
1910: <p>
1911:
1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1913: <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 1914: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1915: </strong></font><br>
1916: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1917: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1918: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1919: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1920: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1921: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1922: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1923: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1924: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1925: <br/>
1926: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1927: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1928: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1929: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1930: <br>
1931: Can also be found online at:
1932: <ul>
1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1934: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1935: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1936: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1937: </strong></font>
1938: </ul>
1.324 ian 1939: <p>
1940:
1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1942: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1943: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1944: </strong></font><br>
1945: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1946: article above.
1947: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1948: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1949: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1950: <br>
1951: Can also be found online at:
1952: <ul>
1953: <li>
1954: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1955: </strong></font>
1956: </ul>
1.324 ian 1957: <p>
1958:
1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1960: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1961: </strong></font><br>
1962: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1963: <p>
1964:
1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1966: <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.
1967: </strong></font><br>
1968: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1969: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1970: <p>
1971:
1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1973: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1974: April 23, 2003.
1975: </strong></font><br>
1976: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1977: <p>
1978:
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1980: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1981: April 22, 2003.
1982: </strong></font><br>
1983: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1984: <p>
1985:
1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1987: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1988: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1989: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1990: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1991: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1992: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1993: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1994: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1995: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1996: Can also be found online at:
1997: <ul>
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1999: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2000: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2001: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2002: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2004: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2005: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2006: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2007: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2008: </ul>
2009: <p>
2010:
2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2012: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2013: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2014: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2015: </strong></font><br>
2016: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2017: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2018: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2019: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2020: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2021: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2022: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2023: <p>
2024:
2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2026: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2027: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2028: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2029: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2030: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2031: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2032: at UPenn and DARPA.
2033: <p>
2034:
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2036: [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,
2037: France
1.315 deraadt 2038: April 18, 2003.
2039: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2040: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2041: <p>
2042:
2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2044: [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 2045: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2046: </strong></font><br>
2047: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2048: <p>
2049:
2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2051: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2052: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2053: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2054: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2055: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2056: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2057: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2058: <p>
2059:
2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2061: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2062: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2063: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2064: </strong></font><br>
2065: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2066: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2067: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2068: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2069: <p>
2070:
2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2072: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2073: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2074: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2075: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2076: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2077: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2078: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2079: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2080: Can also be found online at:
2081: <ul>
2082: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2083: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2084: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2085: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2086: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2087: <p>
2088:
2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2090: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2091: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2092: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2093: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2094: </strong></font><br>
2095: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2096: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2097: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2098: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2099: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2100:
2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2102: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2103: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2104: New York Times.
2105: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2106:
1.273 deraadt 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2108: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2109: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2110: ABC News.
2111: </strong></font>
2112:
2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2114: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2115: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2116: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2117: </strong></font>
2118:
2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2120: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2121: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2122: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2123: </strong></font>
2124:
2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2126: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2127: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2128: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2129: </strong></font>
2130:
2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2132: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2133: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2134: Times Daily, AL.
2135: </strong></font>
2136:
2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2138: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2139: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2140: Boston.com, MA.
2141: </strong></font>
2142:
2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2144: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2145: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2146: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2147: </strong></font>
2148:
2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2150: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2151: [Article was pulled]</a>
2152: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2153: </strong></font>
2154:
2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2156: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2157: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2158: Infoshop News.
2159: </strong></font>
2160:
2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2162: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2163: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2164: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2165: </strong></font>
2166:
2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2168: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2169: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2170: Raleigh News, NC.
2171: </strong></font>
2172:
2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2174: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2175: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2176: Napa News, CA.
2177: </strong></font>
2178:
2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2180: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2181: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2182: NEPA News, PA.
2183: </strong></font>
2184:
2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2186: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2187: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2188: Wired News.
2189: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2190: <br>
2191: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2192: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2193: [JAPANESE]
2194: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2195: Wired News Japan</a>
2196: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2197:
1.271 deraadt 2198: </ul>
2199: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2200: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2201: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2202: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2203: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2204: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2205: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2206: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2207: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2208: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2209: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2210: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2211: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2212: <p>
2213: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2214:
2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2216: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2217: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2218: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2219: </strong></font>
2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2222: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2223: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2224: Miami Herald, FL.
2225: </strong></font>
2226:
2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2228: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2229: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2230: </strong></font>
2231:
2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2233: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2234: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2235: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2236: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2237:
2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2239: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2240: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2241: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2242: ABC News.
2243: </strong></font>
2244:
1.276 deraadt 2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2246: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2247: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2248: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2249: </strong></font>
2250:
1.286 dhartmei 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2252: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2253: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2254: Wilmington Star, NC.
2255: </strong></font>
2256:
1.300 jose 2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2258: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2259: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2260: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2261: </strong></font>
2262:
1.309 jose 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2264: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2265: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2266: Globe Technology.
2267: </strong></font>
2268:
1.263 deraadt 2269: </ul>
1.262 beck 2270: <p>
2271:
2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2273: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2274: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2275: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2276: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2277: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2278: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2279: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2280: <p>
2281:
2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2283: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2284: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2285: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2286: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2287: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2288: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2289: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2290: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2291: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2292: and simply restates other press reports.
2293: <p>
2294:
2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2296: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2297: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2298: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2299: </strong></font><br>
2300: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2301: <p>
2302:
2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2304: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2305: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2306: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2307: </strong></font><br>
2308: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2309: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2310: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2311: <p>
2312:
2313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2314: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2315: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2316: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2317: April 17, 2003.
2318: </strong></font><br>
2319: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2320: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2321: Tech Anthems</a>
2322: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2323: 4 so far.
2324: <p>
2325:
2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2327: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2328: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2329: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2330: </strong></font><br>
2331: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2332: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2333: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2334: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2335: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2336: Goes on to say:
2337: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2338: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2339: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2340: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2341: This article is also found online at:
2342: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2344: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2345: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2346: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2347: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2349: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2350: ZDnet</a>,
2351: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2352: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2354: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2355: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2356: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2357: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2358: </ul>
1.260 ian 2359: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2360:
1.260 ian 2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2362: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2363: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2364: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2365: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2366: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2367: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2368: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2369: without notice or justification.
2370: <p>
2371:
2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2373: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2374: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2375: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2376: </strong></font><br>
2377: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2378: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2379: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2380: effective today, without any warning..."
2381: <p>
1.257 ian 2382:
2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2384: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2385: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2386: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2387: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2388: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2389: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2390: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2391: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2392: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2393: <p>
2394:
2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2396: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2397: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2398: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2399: </strong></font><br>
2400: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2401: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2402: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2403: quoting two of them:
2404: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2405: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2406: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2407: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2408: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2409: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2410: <p>
2411:
1.255 ian 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2413: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2414: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2415: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2416: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2417: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2418: <p>
2419:
2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2421: [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 2422: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2423: </strong></font><br>
2424: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2425: <p>
2426:
2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2428: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2429: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2430: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2431: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2432: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2433: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2434: security experts for more than three decades."
2435: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2436: <p>
1.261 ian 2437:
1.254 drahn 2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2439: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2440: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2441: </strong></font><br>
2442: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2443: <p>
2444:
2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2446: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2447: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2448: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2449: </strong></font><br>
2450: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2451: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2452: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2453: <p>
2454:
2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2456: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2457: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2458: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2459: </strong></font><br>
2460: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2461: from US DARPA.
2462: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2463: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2464: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2465: the BSD license.
2466: <p>
2467: </ul>
2468:
1.251 ian 2469: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2470: <ul>
2471:
2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2473: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2474: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2475: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2476: </strong></font><br>
2477:
2478: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2479: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2480: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2481: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2482: <p>
2483:
2484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2485: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2486: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2487: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2488: </strong></font><br>
2489: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2490: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2491: Mentions
2492: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2493: and
2494: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2495: programs.
2496: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2497: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2498: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2499: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2500: <p>
1.325 ian 2501: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2502: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2503:
2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2505: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2506: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2507: </strong></font><br>
2508: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2509: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2510: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2511: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2512: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2513: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2514: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2515: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2516: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2517: put into service."
2518: <p>
2519: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2520: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2521: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2522: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2523: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2524: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2525: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2526: computers with security features."
2527: <p>
1.329 ian 2528:
2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2530: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2531: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2532: Slate,
2533: March 3, 2003.
2534: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2535: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2536: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2537: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2538: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2539: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2540: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2541: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2542: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2543: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2544: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2545: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2546: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2547: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2548: of more secure open-source solutions like
2549: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2550: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2551: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2552: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2553: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2554: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2555: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2556: the Beltway."
2557: <p>
1.251 ian 2558: </ul>
2559:
1.249 jufi 2560: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2561: <ul>
2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2563: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2564: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2565: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2566: </strong></font><br>
2567: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2568: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2569: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2570: <p>
1.334 ian 2571:
2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2573: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2574: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2575: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2576: </strong></font><br>
2577: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2578: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2579: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2580: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2581: "... the hypothetical question ...
2582: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2583: <br>
2584: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2585: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2586: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2587: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2588: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2589: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2590: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2591: support network security.
2592: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2593: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2594: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2595: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2596: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2597: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2598: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2599: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2600: <br>
2601: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2602: <p>
2603:
1.249 jufi 2604: </ul>
2605:
1.246 jufi 2606: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2607: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2610: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2611: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2612: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2615: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2616: <p>
2617:
1.247 jufi 2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2619: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2620: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2621: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2622: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2623: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2624: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2625: <p>
2626:
2627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2628: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2629: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2630: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2631: </strong></font><br>
2632: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2633: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2634: <p>
1.247 jufi 2635: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2636:
1.244 jufi 2637: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2638: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2641: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2642: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2643: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2644: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2645: </strong></font><br>
2646: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2647: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2648: md5 digests.
2649: <p>
2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2652: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2653: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2654: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2655: </strong></font><br>
2656: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2657: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2658: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2659: right the first time."
2660: <p>
1.247 jufi 2661: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2662:
2663:
2664: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2665: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2666:
1.247 jufi 2667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2668: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2669: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2670: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2671: </strong></font><br>
2672: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2673: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2674: part 6</a>.
2675: <p>
2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2678: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2679: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2680: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2681: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2682: </strong></font><br>
2683: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2684: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2685: <p>
1.301 jose 2686:
2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2688: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2689: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2690: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2691: </strong></font><br>
2692:
2693: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2694: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2695: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2696: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2697: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2698: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2699: <i>Here's the
2700: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2701: <p>
1.247 jufi 2702: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2703:
2704: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2705: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2706:
1.247 jufi 2707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2708: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2709: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2710: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2711: </strong></font><br>
2712: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2713: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2714: <p>
2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2717: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2718: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2719: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2720: </strong></font><br>
2721: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2722: this time using pf.
2723: <p>
1.247 jufi 2724: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2725:
2726: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2730: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2731: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2732: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2733: </strong></font><br>
2734: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2735: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2736: their rotation.
2737: <p>
2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2740: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2741: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2742: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2743: </strong></font><br>
2744: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2745: <p>
1.247 jufi 2746: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2747:
1.239 jufi 2748: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2749: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2752: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2753: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2754: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2755: </strong></font><br>
2756: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2757: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2758: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2759: <p>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2762: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2763: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2764: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2765: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2766: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2767: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2768: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2769: <p>
1.247 jufi 2770: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2771:
1.235 lebel 2772: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2773: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2774:
1.239 jufi 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2777: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2778: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2779: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2780: </strong></font><br>
2781: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2782: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2783: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2784: <p>
1.301 jose 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2787:
1.228 horacio 2788: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2789: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2792: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2793: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2794: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2795: </strong></font><br>
2796: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2797: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2798: <p>
2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2801: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2802: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2803: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2804: </strong></font><br>
2805: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2806: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2807: <p>
2808:
1.247 jufi 2809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2810: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2811: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2812: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2813: </strong></font><br>
2814: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2815: on the desktop of his parents.
2816: <p>
2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2819: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2820: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2821: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2822: </strong></font><br>
2823: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2824: using IPFilter.
2825:
2826: <p>
2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2829: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2830: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2831: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2832: </strong></font><br>
2833: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2834: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2835: perspectives of the four OS.
2836: <br>
2837: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2838: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2839: <p>
2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2842: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2843: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2844: software and security</a>,
2845: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2846: </strong></font><br>
2847:
2848: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2849: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2850: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2851: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2852: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2853: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2854: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2855: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2856: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2857: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2858: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2859: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2860: <p>
1.247 jufi 2861: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2862:
1.225 horacio 2863: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2864: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2867: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2868: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2869: Interview</a>,
2870: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2871: </strong></font><br>
2872:
2873: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2874: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2875: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2876: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2877: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2878: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2879: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2880: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2881: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2882: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2883: of choice.
2884: <p>
1.247 jufi 2885: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2886:
2887: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2888: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2891: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2892: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2893: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2894: </strong></font><br>
2895:
2896: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2897: <p>
2898:
1.247 jufi 2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2900: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2901: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2902: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2903: </strong></font><br>
2904:
2905: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2906: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2907: <p>
1.247 jufi 2908: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2909:
1.218 horacio 2910: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2911: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2914: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2915: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2916: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2917: </strong></font><br>
2918:
2919: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2920: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2921: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2922: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2923: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2924: subjects. Worth a read.
2925: <p>
2926:
2927:
1.247 jufi 2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2929: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2930: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2931: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2932: </strong></font><br>
2933:
2934: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2935: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2936: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2937: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2938: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2939: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2940: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2941: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2942: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2943: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2944: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2945: on other operating systems.<br>
2946: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2947: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2948: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2949: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2950: <p>
2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2953: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2954: Operating System 2010</a>,
2955: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2956: </strong></font><br>
2957:
2958: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2959: covering the level of software integration into the core
2960: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2961: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2962: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2963: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2964: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2965: <p>
2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2968: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2969: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2970: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2971: </strong></font><br>
2972:
2973: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2974: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2975: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2976: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2977: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2978: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2979: <p>
1.247 jufi 2980: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2981:
1.210 jufi 2982: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2983: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2986: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2987: Already a Contender</a>,
2988: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2989: </strong></font><br>
2990:
2991: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2992: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2993: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2994: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2995: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2996: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2997: <p>
2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3000: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3001: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3002: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3003: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3004:
1.224 horacio 3005: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3006: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3007: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3008: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3009: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3010: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3011: <p>
1.247 jufi 3012: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3013:
3014: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3015: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3016:
1.247 jufi 3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3018: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3019: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3020: Division</a>,
3021: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3022: </strong></font><br>
3023:
3024: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3025: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3026: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3027: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3028: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3029: investment</em>.<br>
3030: The implementation details can be seen on their
3031: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3032: <p>
3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3035: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3036: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3037: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3038: </strong></font><br>
3039:
3040: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3041: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3042: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3043: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3044: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3045: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3046: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3047: <p>
3048:
3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3050: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3051: Thinking about Security</a>,
3052: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3053: </strong></font><br>
3054:
3055: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3056: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3057: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3058: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3059: to time.<br>
3060: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3061: system and just the most secure system.
3062: <p>
3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3065: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3066: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3067: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3068: </strong></font><br>
3069:
3070: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3071: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3072: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3073: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3074: choice:<br>
3075: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3076: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3077: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3078: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3079: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3080: network security devices and as such must be well
3081: armored."</em><br>
3082: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3083: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3084: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3085: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3086: <br>
3087: Bravo!
3088: <p>
1.247 jufi 3089: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3090:
1.207 ian 3091: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3092: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3095: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3096: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3097: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3098:
1.207 ian 3099: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3100: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3101: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3102: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3103: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3104: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3105: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3106: <p>
1.247 jufi 3107: </ul>
1.207 ian 3108:
1.194 jufi 3109: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3110: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3111:
1.247 jufi 3112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3113: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3114: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3115: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3116: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3117:
1.240 miod 3118: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3119: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3120: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3121: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3122: <p>
3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3125: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3126: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3127: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3128:
3129: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3130: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3131: <p>
3132:
3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3134: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3135: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3136: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3139: <p>
3140:
3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3142: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3143: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3144: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3145: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3146:
1.240 miod 3147: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3148: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3149: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3150: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3151: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3152: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3153: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3154: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3155: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3156: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3157: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3158: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3159: <p>
3160:
1.247 jufi 3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3162: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3163: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3164: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3165: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3166:
1.194 jufi 3167: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3168: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3169: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3170: <br>
3171: The new
3172: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3173: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3174: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3175: <p>
1.247 jufi 3176: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3177:
1.190 horacio 3178: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3179: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3182:
3183: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3184: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3185:
1.301 jose 3186:
1.191 jufi 3187: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3188: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3189:
3190: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3191: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3192:
1.212 horacio 3193: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3194: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3195: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3196:
1.211 horacio 3197: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3198: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3199: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3200:
1.247 jufi 3201: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3202: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3203:
1.247 jufi 3204: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3205: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3206:
1.212 horacio 3207: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3208: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3209: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3210:
3211: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3212: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3213:
3214: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3215: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3216:
1.301 jose 3217: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3218: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3219:
1.191 jufi 3220: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3221: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3222:
3223: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3224: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3225:
1.192 jufi 3226: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3227: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3228: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3229:
1.193 deraadt 3230: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3231: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3232: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3235: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3238: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3239: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3240:
1.213 horacio 3241: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3242: 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 3243: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3244:
1.190 horacio 3245: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3246: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3247: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3248: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3249: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3250: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3251: <p>
1.190 horacio 3252:
1.247 jufi 3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3254: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3255: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3256: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3257: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3258:
1.195 jufi 3259: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3260: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3261: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3262: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3263: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3264: <p>
3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3267: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3268: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3269: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3270: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3271:
1.191 jufi 3272: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3273: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3274: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3275: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3276: <p>
3277:
3278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3279: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3280: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3281: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3282:
3283: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3284: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3285: <p>
1.247 jufi 3286: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3287:
1.191 jufi 3288:
1.186 jufi 3289: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3290: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3293: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3294: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3295: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3296: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3297:
1.188 jufi 3298: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3299: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3300: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3301: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3302: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3303: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3304: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3305: <p>
3306:
1.301 jose 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3308: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3309: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3310: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3311:
3312: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3313: <p>
1.191 jufi 3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3316: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3317: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3318: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3319: </strong></font><br>
3320:
3321: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3322: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3323: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3324: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3325: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3326: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3327: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3328: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3329: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3330: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3331: familiar?
3332: <p>
1.247 jufi 3333: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3334:
1.178 louis 3335: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3336: <ul>
1.178 louis 3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3340: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3341: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3342: </strong></font><br>
3343:
3344: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3345: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3346: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3347: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3348: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3349: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3350: <p>
3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3353: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3354: Open source under the hood</a>,
3355: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3356: </strong></font><br>
3357:
3358: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3359: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3360: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3361: <p>
3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3364: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3365: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3366: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3367: </strong></font><br>
3368:
3369: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3370: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3371: <p>
1.247 jufi 3372: </ul>
1.179 louis 3373:
1.174 louis 3374:
1.175 louis 3375: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3376: <ul>
1.175 louis 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3379: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3380: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3381: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3382: </strong></font><br>
3383:
3384: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3385: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3386: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3387: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3388: <p>
3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3391: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3392: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3393: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3394: </strong></font><br>
3395:
3396: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3397: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3398: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3399: <p>
1.247 jufi 3400: </ul>
1.175 louis 3401:
1.176 louis 3402:
1.172 mickey 3403: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3404: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3407: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3408: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3409: </strong></font><br>
3410:
3411: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3412: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3413: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3414: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3415: <p>
3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3418: <a
1.269 deraadt 3419: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3420: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3421: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3422: </strong></font><br>
3423:
3424: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3425: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3426: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3427: <p>
3428:
1.247 jufi 3429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3430: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3431: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3432: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3433: </strong></font><br>
3434:
3435: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3436: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3437: <p>
3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3440: <a
1.269 deraadt 3441: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3442: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3443: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3444: </strong></font><br>
3445:
3446: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3447: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3448: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3449: our own Theo de Raadt.
3450: <p>
3451:
1.247 jufi 3452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3453: <a
1.269 deraadt 3454: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3455: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3456: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3457: </strong></font><br>
3458:
3459: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3460: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3461: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3462: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3463: shut down.]
3464: <p>
3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3467: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3468: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3469: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3470: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3471: </strong></font><br>
3472:
3473: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3474: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3475: <p>
1.247 jufi 3476: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3477:
1.161 louis 3478: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3479: <ul>
1.161 louis 3480:
1.247 jufi 3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3482: <a
1.269 deraadt 3483: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3484: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3485: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3486: </strong></font><br>
3487:
3488: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3489: by John Wolley
3490: <p>
3491:
1.247 jufi 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3493: <a
1.269 deraadt 3494: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3495: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3496: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3497: </strong></font><br>
3498:
3499: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3500: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3501: OpenBSD).
3502: <p>
3503:
1.247 jufi 3504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3505: <a
1.247 jufi 3506: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3507: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3508: </strong></font><br>
3509:
3510: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3511: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3512: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3513: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3514: and hindsight.
3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3518: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3519: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3520: </strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3523: <p>
3524:
1.247 jufi 3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3526: <a
1.168 provos 3527: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3528: December 7, 2000
3529: </strong></font><br>
3530:
3531: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3532: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3533: us explain.
3534: <p>
3535:
1.247 jufi 3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3537: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3538: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3539: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3540: December 6, 2000
3541: </strong></font><br>
3542:
3543: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3544: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3545: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3546: <p>
3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3549: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3550: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3551: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3552: </strong></font><br>
3553:
3554: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3555: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3556: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3557: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3558: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3559: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3560: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3561: <p>
3562:
3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3564: <a
1.226 horacio 3565: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3566: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3567: </strong></font><br>
3568:
3569: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3570: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3571: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3572: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3573: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3574: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3575: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3576: <p>
1.162 millert 3577:
1.247 jufi 3578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3579: <a
1.161 louis 3580: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3581: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3582: </strong></font><br>
3583:
3584: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3585: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3586: <p>
3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3589: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3590: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3591: </strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3594: <p>
3595:
3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3598: <a
1.226 horacio 3599: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3600: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3601: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3602: </strong></font><br>
3603:
3604: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3605: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3606: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3607: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3608: <p>
1.247 jufi 3609: </ul>
1.169 louis 3610:
1.158 louis 3611: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3612: <ul>
1.147 louis 3613:
1.247 jufi 3614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3615: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3616: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3617: </strong></font><br>
3618:
3619: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3620: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3621: <p>
3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3624: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3625: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3626: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3627: </strong></font><br>
3628: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3629: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3630: <p>
3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3633: <a
3634: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3635: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3636: </strong></font><br>
3637:
3638: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3639: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3640: <p>
3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3643: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3644: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3645: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3646:
1.213 horacio 3647: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3648: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3649: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3650: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3651: <p>
1.215 horacio 3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3654: <a
3655: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3656: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3657: </strong></font><br>
3658:
3659: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3660: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3661: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3662: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3663: much of the attitude too).
3664: <p>
1.161 louis 3665:
1.247 jufi 3666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3667: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3668: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3669: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3670:
1.157 louis 3671: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3672: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3673: <p>
1.247 jufi 3674: </ul>
1.157 louis 3675:
3676: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3677: <ul>
1.157 louis 3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3680: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3681: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3682: </strong></font><br>
3683:
3684: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3685: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3686: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3687: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3688: <p>
3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3691: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3692: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3693: </strong></font><br>
3694:
3695: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3696: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3697: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3698: it because they love coding...
3699: <p>
3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3702: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3703: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3704: </strong></font><br>
3705:
3706: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3707: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3708: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3709: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3710: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3711: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3712: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3713: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3714: <p>
3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3717: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3718: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3719: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3720: </strong></font><br>
3721:
3722: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3723: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3724: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3725: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3726: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3727: the pizza.
3728: <p>
3729:
1.247 jufi 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3731: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3732: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3733: </strong></font><br>
3734:
3735: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3736: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3737: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3738: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3739: problems.
3740: <p>
3741:
1.247 jufi 3742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3743: <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 3744: </strong></font><br>
3745:
1.222 miod 3746: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3747: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3748: - whether they like it or not.
3749: <p>
3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3752: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3753: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3754: </strong></font><br>
3755:
3756: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3757: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3758: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3759: <p>
1.148 aaron 3760:
1.247 jufi 3761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3762: <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 3763: </strong></font><br>
3764:
3765: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3766: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3767: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3768: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3769: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3770: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3771: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3772: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3773: <p>
3774:
1.247 jufi 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3776: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3777: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3778: </strong></font><br>
3779:
3780: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3781: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3782: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3783: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3784: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3785: <p>
1.247 jufi 3786: </ul>
1.147 louis 3787:
1.138 louis 3788: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3789: <ul>
1.138 louis 3790:
1.247 jufi 3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3792: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3793: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3794: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3795: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3796: </strong></font><br>
3797:
1.227 horacio 3798: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3799: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3800: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3801: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3802: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3803: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3804: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3805: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3806: <p>
3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3809: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3810: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3811: </strong></font><br>
3812:
3813: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3814: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3815: groups, and even Linux.
3816: <p>
3817:
1.247 jufi 3818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3819: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3820: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3821: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3822: </strong></font><br>
3823:
3824: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3825: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3826: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3827: library after installing the OS.
3828: <p>
3829:
1.247 jufi 3830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3831: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3832: Sys Admin, September 2000
3833: </strong></font><br>
3834:
3835: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3836: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3837: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3838: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3839: (<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>,
3840: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3841: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3842: <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 3843: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3844: out of the system.
3845: <p>
3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3848: <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
3849: </strong></font><br>
3850:
3851: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3852: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3853: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3854: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3855: the IP filtering and address translation.
3856: <p>
1.301 jose 3857:
3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3859: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3860: </strong></font><br>
3861:
3862: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3863: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3864: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3865: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3866: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3867: <p>
1.247 jufi 3868: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3869:
1.131 louis 3870: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3871: <ul>
1.131 louis 3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3874: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3875: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3876: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3877: </strong></font><br>
3878:
3879: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3880: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3881: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3882: <p>
3883:
1.247 jufi 3884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3885: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3886: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3887: </strong></font><br>
3888:
3889: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3890: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3891: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3892: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3893: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3894: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3895: note of"</i>.
3896: <p>
3897:
1.247 jufi 3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3899: <a
1.247 jufi 3900: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3901: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3902: </strong></font><br>
3903:
3904: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3905: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3906: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3907: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3908: <p>
3909:
1.247 jufi 3910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3911: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3912: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3913: </strong></font><br>
3914:
3915: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3916: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3917: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3918: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3919: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3920: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3921: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3922: <p>
3923:
1.247 jufi 3924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3925: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3926: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3927: 2000
3928: </strong></font><br>
3929:
3930: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3931: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3932: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3933: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3934: against current industry practices.
3935: <p>
3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3938: <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
3939: </strong></font><br>
3940:
3941: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3942: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3943: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3944: <p>
3945:
1.247 jufi 3946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3947: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3948: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3949: </strong></font><br>
3950:
3951: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3952: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3953: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3954: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3955: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3956: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3957: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3958: <p>
3959:
1.247 jufi 3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3961: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3962: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3963: </strong></font><br>
3964:
3965: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3966: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3967: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3968: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3969: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3970: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3971: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3972: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3973: <p>
1.247 jufi 3974: </ul>
1.131 louis 3975:
1.118 louis 3976: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3977: <ul>
1.118 louis 3978:
1.247 jufi 3979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3980: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3981: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3982: </strong></font><br>
3983:
3984: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3985: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3986: about time. The article mentions that
3987: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3988: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3989: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3990: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3991: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3992: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3993: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3994: <p>
3995:
1.247 jufi 3996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3997: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3998: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3999: </strong></font><br>
4000:
4001: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4002: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4003: of OpenSSH.
4004: <p>
4005:
1.247 jufi 4006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4007: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4008: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4009: </strong></font><br>
4010:
4011: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4012: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4013: bridging.
4014: <p>
4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4017: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4018: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4019: </strong></font><br>
4020:
1.121 deraadt 4021: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4022: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4023: <p>
4024:
1.247 jufi 4025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4026: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4027: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4028: </strong></font><br>
4029:
4030: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4031: <p>
4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4034: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4035: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4036: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4037: </strong></font><br>
4038:
1.120 deraadt 4039: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4040: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4041: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4042: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4043: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4044: <p>
4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4047: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4048: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4049: </strong></font><br>
4050:
1.222 miod 4051: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4052: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4053: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4054: protocols and their quirks.
4055: <p>
4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4058: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4059: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4060: </strong></font><br>
4061:
4062: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4063: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4064: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4065: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4066: <p>
4067:
1.247 jufi 4068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4069: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4070: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4071: </strong></font><br>
4072:
4073: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4074: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4075: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4076: <p>
4077:
1.247 jufi 4078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4079: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4080: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4081: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4082: </strong></font><br>
4083:
4084: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4085: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4086: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4087: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4088: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4089: <p>
1.247 jufi 4090: </ul>
1.118 louis 4091:
1.104 louis 4092: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4093: <ul>
1.104 louis 4094:
1.247 jufi 4095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4096: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4097: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4098: </strong></font><br>
4099:
4100: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4101: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4102: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4103: be a bit dry.
4104: <p>
4105:
1.247 jufi 4106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4107: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4108: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4109: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4110: </strong></font><br>
4111: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4112: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4113: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4114: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4115: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4116: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4117: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4118: <p>
4119:
1.247 jufi 4120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4121: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4122: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4123: 2000
1.128 louis 4124: </strong></font><br>
4125:
4126: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4127: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4128: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4129: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4130: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4131: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4132: <p>
4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4135: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4136: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4137: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4138:
4139: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4140: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4141: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4142: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4143: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4144: <p>
1.110 louis 4145:
1.247 jufi 4146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4147: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4148: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4149: </strong></font><br>
4150:
4151: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4152: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4153: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4154: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4155: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4156: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4157: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4158: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4159: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4160: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4161: <p>
4162:
1.247 jufi 4163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4164: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4165: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4166:
4167: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4168: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4169: <p>
1.108 louis 4170:
1.247 jufi 4171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4172: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4173: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4174: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4175:
4176: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4177: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4178: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4179: <p>
1.106 louis 4180:
1.247 jufi 4181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4182: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4183: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4184: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4185:
4186: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4187: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4188: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4189: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4190: <p>
1.107 louis 4191:
1.247 jufi 4192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4193: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4194: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4195: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4196:
4197: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4198: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4199: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4200: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4201: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4202: <p>
1.105 louis 4203:
1.247 jufi 4204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4205: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4206: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4207: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4208:
1.113 naddy 4209: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4210: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4211: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4212: <p>
1.104 louis 4213:
1.247 jufi 4214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4215: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4216: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4217: </strong></font><br>
4218:
4219: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4220: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4221: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4222: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4223: <p>
1.301 jose 4224:
4225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4226: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4227: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4228: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4229:
4230: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4231: hardware-supported cryptography.
4232: <p>
1.247 jufi 4233: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4234:
1.85 louis 4235: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4236: <ul>
1.85 louis 4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4239: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4240: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4241: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4242:
4243: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4244: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4245: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4246: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4247: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4248: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4249: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4250: <p>
1.99 louis 4251:
1.247 jufi 4252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4253: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4254: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4255: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4256:
4257: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4258: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4259: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4260: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4261: <p>
1.100 louis 4262:
1.247 jufi 4263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4264: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4265: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4266: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4267:
4268: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4269: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4270: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4271: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4272: <p>
1.95 louis 4273:
1.247 jufi 4274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4275: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4276: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4277: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4278:
4279: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4280: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4281: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4282: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4283: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4284: <p>
1.92 louis 4285:
1.247 jufi 4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4287: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4288: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4289: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4290:
4291: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4292: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4293: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4294: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4295: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4296: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4297: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4298: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4299: <p>
1.91 louis 4300:
1.247 jufi 4301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4302: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4303: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4304: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4305:
4306: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4307: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4308: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4309: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4310: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4311: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4312: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4313: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4314: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4315: <p>
1.90 louis 4316:
1.247 jufi 4317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4318: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4319: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4320: </strong></font><br>
4321: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4322: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4323: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4324: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4325: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4326: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4327: <p>
4328:
1.247 jufi 4329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4330: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4331: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4332: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4333:
1.113 naddy 4334: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4335: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4336: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4337: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4338: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4339: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4340: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4341: <p>
1.87 louis 4342:
1.247 jufi 4343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4344: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4345: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4346: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4347:
4348: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4349: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4350: <p>
1.85 louis 4351:
1.247 jufi 4352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4353: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4354: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4355: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4356:
4357: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4358: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4359: <p>
4360:
4361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4362: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4363: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4364: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4365:
4366: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4367: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4368: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4369: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4370: <p>
1.89 louis 4371:
1.247 jufi 4372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4373: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4374: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4375: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4376:
4377: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4378: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4379: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4380: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4381: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4382: </ul>
1.85 louis 4383:
1.78 deraadt 4384: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4385: <ul>
1.74 louis 4386:
1.247 jufi 4387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4388: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4389: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4390: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4391: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4392:
4393: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4394: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4395: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4396: <p>
1.83 louis 4397:
1.247 jufi 4398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4399: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4400: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4401: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4402:
4403: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4404: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4405: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4406: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4407: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4408: <p>
1.93 louis 4409:
1.247 jufi 4410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4411: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4412: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4413: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4414: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4415:
1.83 louis 4416: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4417: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4418: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4419: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4420: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4421: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4422: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4423: <p>
1.82 aaron 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4426: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4427: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4428: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4429:
1.83 louis 4430: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4431: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4432: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4433: <p>
1.80 louis 4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4436: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4437: Bad Press</a>,
4438: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4439: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4440:
4441: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4442: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4443: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4444: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4445: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4446: <p>
1.247 jufi 4447: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4448:
4449: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4450: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4451:
1.247 jufi 4452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4453: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4454: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4455: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4456: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4457:
4458: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4459: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4460: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4461: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4462: <p>
1.74 louis 4463:
1.247 jufi 4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4465: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4466: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4467: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4468:
1.219 horacio 4469: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4470: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4471: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4472: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4473: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4474: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4475: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4476: <p>
1.88 louis 4477:
1.247 jufi 4478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4479: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4480: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4481: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4482:
4483: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4484: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4485: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4486: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4487: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4488: <p>
1.81 louis 4489:
1.247 jufi 4490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4491: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4492: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4493: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4494:
4495: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4496: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4497: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4498: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4499: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4500: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4501: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4502: <p>
1.90 louis 4503:
1.247 jufi 4504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4505: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4506: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4507: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4508:
4509: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4510: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4511: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4512: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4513: <p>
1.247 jufi 4514: </ul>
1.71 louis 4515:
1.69 deraadt 4516: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4517: <ul>
1.70 louis 4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4520: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4521: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4522: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4523:
4524: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4525: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4526: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4527: <p>
1.70 louis 4528:
1.247 jufi 4529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4530: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4531: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4532: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4533:
4534: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4535: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4536: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4537: <p>
1.68 louis 4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4540: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4541: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4542: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4543: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4544:
1.111 jufi 4545: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4546: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4547: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4548: "secure by default" installation.
4549: <p>
1.64 louis 4550:
1.247 jufi 4551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4552: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4553: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4554: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4555:
1.113 naddy 4556: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4557: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4558: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4559: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4560: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4561: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4562: <p>
1.66 louis 4563:
1.247 jufi 4564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4565: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4566: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4567: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4568:
4569: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4570: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4571: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4572: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4573: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4574: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4575: <p>
1.83 louis 4576:
1.247 jufi 4577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4578: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4579: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4580: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4581:
4582: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4583: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4584: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4585: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4586: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4587: <p>
1.64 louis 4588:
1.247 jufi 4589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4590: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4591: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4592: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4593:
4594: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4595: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4596: <p>
1.301 jose 4597:
4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4599: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4600: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4601: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4602: </strong></font><br>
4603:
4604: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4605: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4606: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4607: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4608: Giving way to
4609: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4610: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4611: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4612: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4613: <p>
1.247 jufi 4614: </ul>
1.65 louis 4615:
1.69 deraadt 4616: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4617: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4620: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4621: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4622: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4623:
4624: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4625: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4626: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4627: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4628: <p>
1.88 louis 4629:
1.247 jufi 4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4631: <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 4632: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4633:
4634: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4635: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4636: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4637: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4638: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.60 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4642: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4643: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4644: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4645: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4646:
4647: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4648: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4649: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4650: <p>
1.58 louis 4651:
1.247 jufi 4652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4653: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4654: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4655:
4656: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4657: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4658: <p>
1.53 louis 4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4661: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4662: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4663: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4664:
4665: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4666: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4667: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4668: <p>
1.99 louis 4669:
1.247 jufi 4670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4671: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4672: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4673:
4674: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4675: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4676: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4677: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4678: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4681: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4682: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4683: </strong></font><br>
4684:
4685: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4686: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4687: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4688: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4689: <p>
4690:
1.247 jufi 4691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4692: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4693: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4694: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4695:
4696: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4697: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4698: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4699:
1.247 jufi 4700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4701: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4702: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4703:
4704: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4705: in
1.247 jufi 4706: <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 4707: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4708: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4709: <p>
1.53 louis 4710:
1.247 jufi 4711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4712: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4713: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4714: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4715: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4716:
1.58 louis 4717: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4718: <p>
1.301 jose 4719:
4720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4721: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4722: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4723: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4724: Informacyjny, January 2000
4725: </strong></font><br>
4726:
4727: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4728: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4729: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4730: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4731: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4732: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4733: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4734: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4735: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4736: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4737: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4738: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4739: <p>
4740:
4741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4742: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4743: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4744: </strong></font><br>
4745:
4746: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4747: <p>
4748: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4749:
1.69 deraadt 4750: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4751: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4752:
1.247 jufi 4753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4754: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4755: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4756: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4757: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4758:
1.58 louis 4759: Kurt Seifried
4760: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4761: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4762: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4763: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4764:
1.247 jufi 4765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4766: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4767: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4768: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4769:
4770: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4771: <p>
1.96 louis 4772:
1.247 jufi 4773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4774: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4775: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4776: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4777: </strong></font><br>
4778:
4779: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4780: <p>
4781:
4782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4783: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4784: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4785: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4786:
4787: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4788: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4789: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4790: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4791: <p>
1.247 jufi 4792: </ul>
1.86 louis 4793:
1.69 deraadt 4794: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4795: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4796:
1.247 jufi 4797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4798: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4799: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4800: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4801:
4802: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4803: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4804: <p>
1.61 louis 4805:
1.247 jufi 4806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4807: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4808: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4809: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4810: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4811:
4812: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4813: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4814: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4815: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4816: right -- or at least strives to".
4817: <p>
1.48 louis 4818:
1.247 jufi 4819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4820: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4821: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4822: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4823: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4824: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4825: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4826: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4827: <p>
1.61 louis 4828:
1.247 jufi 4829: <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 4830: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4831: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4832:
4833: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4834: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4835: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4836: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4837: <p>
1.46 louis 4838:
1.247 jufi 4839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4840: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4841: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4842: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4843:
4844: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4845: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4846: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4847:
1.247 jufi 4848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4849: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4850: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4851: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4852:
4853: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4854: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4855: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4856: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4857: <p>
1.247 jufi 4858: </ul>
1.70 louis 4859:
1.69 deraadt 4860: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4861: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4862:
1.247 jufi 4863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4864: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4865: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4866: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4867: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4868:
4869: Kurt Seifried
4870: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4871: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4872: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4873: <p>
1.44 philen 4874:
1.247 jufi 4875: <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 4876: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4877: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4878:
4879: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4880: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4881:
1.247 jufi 4882: <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 4883: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4884: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4885:
4886: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4887: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4888:
1.247 jufi 4889: <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 4890: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4891: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4892:
4893: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4894: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4895: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4896: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4897: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4898:
1.247 jufi 4899: <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 4900: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4901: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4902:
1.36 louis 4903: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4904: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4905:
1.247 jufi 4906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4907: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4908: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4909: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4910:
4911: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4912: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4913: </ul>
1.38 louis 4914:
1.69 deraadt 4915: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4916: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4917:
1.247 jufi 4918: <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 4919: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4920: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4921:
4922: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4923: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4924: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4925:
1.113 naddy 4926: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4927: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4928: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4929: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4930:
4931: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4932: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4933: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4934: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4935: <blockquote>
4936: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4937: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4938: <br>
4939: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4940: </code>
4941: </blockquote>
4942: <p>
4943:
1.247 jufi 4944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4945: <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 4946: <p>
4947:
4948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4949: <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 4950: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4951:
4952: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4953: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4954: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4955: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4956:
1.247 jufi 4957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4958: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4959: Sept. 28, 1999
4960: </strong></font><br>
4961:
4962: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4963: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4964: translating and reprinting articles from
4965: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4966: <p>
4967:
4968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4969: <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 4970: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4971:
4972: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4973: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4974: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4975: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4976: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4977: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4978: <p>
1.19 louis 4979:
1.113 naddy 4980: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4981: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4982: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4983:
4984: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4985: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4986: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4987: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4988: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4989: <p>
1.16 louis 4990:
1.247 jufi 4991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4992: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4993: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4994: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4995:
1.57 louis 4996: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4997: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4998: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4999: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5000:
1.247 jufi 5001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5002: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5003: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5004: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5005:
1.113 naddy 5006: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5007:
1.247 jufi 5008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5009: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5010: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5011: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5012:
1.23 louis 5013: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5014: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5015: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5016: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5017: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5018: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5019:
1.247 jufi 5020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5021: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5022: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5023: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5024:
1.199 pvalchev 5025: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5026: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5027: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5028: installation.
1.113 naddy 5029: <p>
1.47 louis 5030:
1.247 jufi 5031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5032: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5033: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5034: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5035:
1.301 jose 5036: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5037: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5038: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5039: </ul>
1.57 louis 5040:
1.69 deraadt 5041: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5042: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5043:
1.247 jufi 5044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5045: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5046: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5047: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5048:
5049: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5050: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5051: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5052: <p>
1.12 louis 5053:
1.247 jufi 5054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5055: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5056: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5057: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5058:
5059: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5060: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5061: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5062: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5063: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5064: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5065: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5066: <p>
1.247 jufi 5067: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5068:
1.69 deraadt 5069: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5070: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5071:
1.247 jufi 5072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5073: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5074: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5075:
5076: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5077: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5078: available."
1.113 naddy 5079: <p>
1.301 jose 5080:
5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5082: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5083: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5084: </strong></font><br>
5085:
5086: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5087: <p>
1.247 jufi 5088: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5089:
1.69 deraadt 5090: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5091: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5092:
1.247 jufi 5093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5094: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5095: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5096:
5097: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5098: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5099: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5100: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5101: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5102: <p>
1.33 louis 5103:
1.247 jufi 5104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5105: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5106: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5107: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5108:
1.113 naddy 5109: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5110: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5111: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5112: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5113: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5114: <p>
1.247 jufi 5115: </ul>
1.57 louis 5116:
1.69 deraadt 5117: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5118: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5119:
1.247 jufi 5120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5121: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5122: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5123: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5124:
5125: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5126: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5127: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5128:
1.247 jufi 5129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5130: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5131: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5132: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5133: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5134:
5135: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5136: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5137:
1.247 jufi 5138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5139: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5140:
1.113 naddy 5141: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5142:
1.247 jufi 5143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5144: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5145: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5146: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5147:
5148: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5149: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5150: </ul>
1.23 louis 5151:
1.69 deraadt 5152: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5153: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5154:
1.247 jufi 5155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5156: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5157: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5158:
5159: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5160: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5161: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5162:
1.247 jufi 5163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5164: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5165: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5166: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5167:
5168: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5169: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5170: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5171: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5172: </ul>
1.57 louis 5173:
1.69 deraadt 5174: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5175: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5176:
1.247 jufi 5177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5178: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5179: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5180: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5181:
5182: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5183: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5184: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5185: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5186: <p>
1.15 louis 5187:
1.247 jufi 5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5189: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5190: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5191: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5192:
5193: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5194: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5195: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5196: columns."
1.113 naddy 5197: <p>
1.247 jufi 5198: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5199:
1.69 deraadt 5200: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5201: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5202:
1.247 jufi 5203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5204: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5205: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5206: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5207:
5208: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5209: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5210:
1.113 naddy 5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5212: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5213: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5214:
5215: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5216: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5217: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5218: </ul>
1.57 louis 5219:
1.69 deraadt 5220: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5221: <ul>
1.301 jose 5222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5223: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5224: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5225: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5226:
5227: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5228: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5229: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5230: <p>
5231:
5232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5233: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5234: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5235: Nov 13, 1998 and
5236: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5237: Datateknik</a>,
5238: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5239:
1.380 saad 5240: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5241: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5242: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5243: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5244: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5245:
1.113 naddy 5246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5247: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5248: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5249: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5250:
1.222 miod 5251: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5252: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5253: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5254: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5255: <p>
1.247 jufi 5256: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5257:
1.69 deraadt 5258: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5259: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5260:
1.247 jufi 5261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5262: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5263: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5264:
1.69 deraadt 5265: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5266: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5267: <p>
1.247 jufi 5268: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5269:
1.69 deraadt 5270: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5271: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5272:
1.247 jufi 5273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5274: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5275: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5276: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5277:
1.383 jcs 5278: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5279: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5280: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5281:
1.247 jufi 5282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5283: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5284: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5285: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5286: <p>
1.247 jufi 5287: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5288:
1.69 deraadt 5289: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5290: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5291:
1.247 jufi 5292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5293: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5294: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5295: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5296: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5297: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5298:
5299: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5300: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5301: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5302: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5303: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5304: <p>
1.247 jufi 5305: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5306:
5307: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5308: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5309:
1.247 jufi 5310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5311: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5312: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5313:
1.69 deraadt 5314: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5315: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5316: <p>
1.112 naddy 5317:
1.247 jufi 5318: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5319: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5320:
1.292 camield 5321: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5322: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5323: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.498 ! ian 5324: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.497 2006/03/27 03:13:00 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5325:
5326: </body>
5327: </html>