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1.503 ! ian 19: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
! 23: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
! 24: </strong></font><br>
! 25: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
! 26: further OpenSSH development.
! 27: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
! 28: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
! 29: project's funding needs for all time.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: </ul>
! 33:
1.487 ian 34: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
35: <ul>
1.495 ian 36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 37: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 38: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 39: </strong></font><br>
40: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
41: on topics including "Puffy",
42: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
43: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
44: what's new in 3.9,
45: and of course project expenses.
46: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
47: <!--
48: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
49: -->
50: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 54: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
55: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
56: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 57: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
58: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 59: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
60: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
61: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
62: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
63: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
64: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
65: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
66: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
67: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
68: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
69: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
70: but Matzan does - is that
71: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
72: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
73: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
74: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
75: <br/>
76: <p>
77:
78: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
79: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
80: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
81: </strong></font><br>
82: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
83: "blob" drivers, and more.
84: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
85: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
86: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
87: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
88: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
89: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
90: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
91: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
92: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
93: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
94: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
95: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 99: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
100: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
101: </strong></font><br>
102: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
103: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
104: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
105: in general temperature and environmental issues.
106: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
107: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
108: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
109: other major operating systems." ...
110: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
111: machines running in
112: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
113: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
117: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
118: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
119: </strong></font><br>
120: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
121: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
122: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
123: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
124: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
125: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
126: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
127: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
128: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
129: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
130: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
131: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
132: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
133: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
134: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
135: <p>
136:
1.487 ian 137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 138: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
139: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
140: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 141: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 142: financial situation.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 146: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
147: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
148: </strong></font><br>
149: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
150: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
151: produce our favorite operating system.
152: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
153: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
154: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
155: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
156: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 157: <br/>
158: Also online at
159: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
163: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
164: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
165: </strong></font><br>
166: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
167: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
168: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
169: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
170: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
171: sustain indefinitely."
172: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
173: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
174: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
175: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
176: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 180: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
181: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
182: </strong></font><br>
183: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
184: with a reminder that
185: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
186: used nowadays almost everywhere."
187: Ends with this quote from Marco:
188: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
189: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
190: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.502 ian 194: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 195: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
196: </strong></font><br>
197: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
198: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
199: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
200: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
201: a few of them each year.
202: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
203: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
204: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
205: to the OpenBSD project.
206: It's time for them to do so.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 210: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
211: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
212: </strong></font><br>
213: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
214: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
215: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
216: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
217: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
218: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
219: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
220: <p>
221:
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 223: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
224: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 225: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
226: <!-- North America mirror:
227: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
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1.490 deraadt 229: European mirror:
230: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
231: <br>
232: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 233: <p>
234:
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 236: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
237: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 238: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 239: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
240: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
241: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
242: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
243: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
244: designed to provide reliability and security.
245: <p>
246:
247: </ul>
248:
1.485 ian 249: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
250: <ul>
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 252: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
253: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
254: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 255: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 256: installations in about four minutes flat".
257: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
258: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 259: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 260: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
261: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
262: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
263: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
264: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
265: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
266: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
267: the steps in the article.
268: <p>
269:
270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 271: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
272: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
273: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
274: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
275: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
276: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
277: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
278: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
279: happening in real life.
280: <p>
281:
282: </ul>
283:
1.492 ian 284: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
285: <ul>
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
287: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
288: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
289: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
290: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
291: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
292: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 293: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 294: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
295: </ul>
296:
1.483 ian 297: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
298: <ul>
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 300: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
301: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
302: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
303: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
304: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 308: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 309: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
310: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
311: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
312: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
313: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
314: to sites with more information on most topics.
315: <p>
316:
317: </ul>
318:
319:
1.479 grunk 320: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
321: <ul>
322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 323: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 324: Goes to Venice</a>,
325: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 326: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 327: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
328: <br/>
329: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
330: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
331: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 332: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 333: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
334: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
335: Contains a link to
336: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
337: pval's summary slides</a>.
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 341: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
342: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
343: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
344: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
345: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
346: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
347: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
348: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 349: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 350: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
351: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
352: the packages and ports system"</i>.
353: <p>
354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
356: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
357: Return of The BSDs</a>,
358: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
359: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
360: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
361: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
362: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
363: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
364: quotes from Bob Beck.
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 368: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
369: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
370: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 371: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
372: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 373: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
374: and Linux.<br>
375: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
376: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
377: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
378: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
379: of the release
380: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
381: <p>
382: </ul>
383:
1.476 ian 384: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
385: <ul>
386:
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
388: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
389: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
390: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
391: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
392: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
393: and too unreliable.
394: This quote will rattle some cages:
395: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
396: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
397: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
398: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
399: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
400: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
401: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
402: costs without any commercial lock-in."
403: <p>
404:
1.477 saad 405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
406: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
407: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
408: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
409: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
410: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
411: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
412: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
413: discussion about future plans.
414: <p>
415:
1.478 grunk 416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
417: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
418: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
419: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
420: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
421: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
422: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
423: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
424: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
425: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
426: <p>
427:
1.476 ian 428: </ul>
429:
1.470 saad 430: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
431: <ul>
432:
433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 434: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
435: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
436: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
437: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
438: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
439: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
440: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
441: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
442: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
443: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
444: <p>
445:
446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 447: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
448: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
449: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
450: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
451: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
452: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
453: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
454: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
455: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
456: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 460: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
461: Big debate over small packets</a>,
462: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
463: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
464: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
465: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
466: draft.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 470: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
471: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
472: ordinateur ?"</a>,
473: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
474: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
475: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
476: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
477: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
478: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
479: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 483: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
484: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
485: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
486: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
487: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
488: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
489: performance data with pfstat.
490: <p>
491:
492: </ul>
493:
1.461 grunk 494: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
495: <ul>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 498: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
499: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 500: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 501: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
502: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
503: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 504: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 505: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 506: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
507: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
508: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 509: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
510: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 511: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 512: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
513: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 514: <p>
515:
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 517: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
518: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 519: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 520: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
521: poor security:
1.467 grunk 522: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 523: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 524: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 525: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
526: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
527: <p>
528:
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 530: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
531: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 532: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 533: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
534: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 535: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
536: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
537: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
538: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
539: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
540: commercial vendors.
541: <p>
542:
543: </ul>
544:
1.454 ian 545: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
546: <ul>
1.468 grunk 547:
548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
549: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
550: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
551: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
552: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
553: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
554: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 555: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 556: <br>
557: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
558: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
559: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
560: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
561: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 562: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 563: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
564: <p>
565:
1.454 ian 566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 567: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
568: Free Bird</a>,
569: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
570: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
571: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
572: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
573: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
574: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
575: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
576: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
577: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
578: room will only be available in the print edition.
579: <p>
1.459 deraadt 580:
1.458 niallo 581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 582: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
583: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
584: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
585: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
586: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
587: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
588: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
589: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
590: <p>
1.457 deraadt 591:
1.456 niallo 592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 593: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 594: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
595: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
596: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
597: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
598: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
599: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 600: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 601: interview.</a>
602: <p>
603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 605: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
606: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
607: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
608: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
609: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
610: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
611: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
612: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
613: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
614: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
615: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
616: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
617: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
618: "I have never used it."
619: <p>
620:
621: </ul>
622:
1.441 deraadt 623: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
624: <ul>
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 626: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
627: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
628: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
629: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
630: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
631: future enhancements.
632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 635: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 636: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
637: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
638: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
639: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
640: North America mirror:
641: <ul>
1.452 marco 642: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 643: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
644: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 645: </ul>
646: European mirror:
647: <ul>
1.452 marco 648: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 649: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
650: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
651: </ul>
652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 655: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
656: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
657: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
658: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
659: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
660: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 664: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
665: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
666: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
667: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
668: first-hand account.
669: <p>
670:
671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 672: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
673: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
674: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
675: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
676: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
677: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
678: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
679: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
680: <p>
681:
682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 683: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
684: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
685: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
686: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
687: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
688: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
689: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
690: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 694: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 695: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 696: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
697: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
698: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
699: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
700: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
701: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
702: <p>
703:
704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
705: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 706: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 707: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
708: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
709: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
710: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
711: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 715: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
716: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
717: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 718: </strong></font><br>
719: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
720: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
721: with OpenBSD.
722: </ul>
723:
1.436 henning 724: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
725: <ul>
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 727: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
728: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
729: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
730: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
731: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
732: than closed source, as we have long contended.
733: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
734: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
735: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
736: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
737: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
738: <p>
739: This article can also be found online as
740: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
741: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
742: <p>
743:
744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 745: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
746: </strong></font><br>
747: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
748: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
749: <p>
750:
751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 752: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
753: </strong></font><br>
754: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
755: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 756: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 757: the issues we had with IETF.
758: </ul>
759:
1.431 ian 760: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
761: <ul>
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 763: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
764: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
765: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
766: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
767: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
768: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
769: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 773: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
774: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
775: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
776: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
777: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
778: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 779: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 780: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
781: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
782: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
783: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
784: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
785: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
786: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
787: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
788:
789: </ul>
790:
1.427 matthieu 791: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
792: <ul>
793:
794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 795: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
796: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
797: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
798: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
799: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
800: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
801: firmware.
1.434 ian 802: Similar articles can be found online at:
803: <ul>
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
805: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
806: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
807: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
809: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
810: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
811: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
813: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
814: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
815: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 817: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 818: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
819: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
820: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 821: </ul>
822:
1.426 ian 823: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
824: <ul>
825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
827: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
828: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
829: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
830: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 831: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 832: mechanism: what it is and why and
833: how to use it, with examples.
834: Another excerpt from the book
835: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
836: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
837: <p>
838:
839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
840: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
841: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
842: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
843: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
844: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
845: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
846: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
847: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
848: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
849: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
850: This article is a sample chapter from
851: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
852: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
853: <p>
1.443 ian 854:
855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 856: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 857: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
858: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
859: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
860: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
861: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
862: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
863: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
864: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
865: ends with a sidebar on security.
866: <p>
1.426 ian 867: </ul>
868:
1.424 ian 869: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
870: <ul>
871:
872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 873: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
874: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
875: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
876: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
877: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
878: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
879: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
880: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
881: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
882: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
883: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
884: <p>
885: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
886: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
887: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
888: <p>
889:
890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 891: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
892: Closed Source Hardware</a>
893: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
894: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
895: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
896: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
897: operating systems.
898: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
899: OpenBSD on his firewall.
900: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
901: systems, he writes:
902: <blockquote>
903: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
904: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
905: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
906: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
907: to the operating system...
908: <br/>
909: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
910: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
911: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
912: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
913: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
914: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
915: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
916: in a closed source operating system).
917: <br/>
918: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
919: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
920: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
921: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
922: </blockquote>
923: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
924: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
925: their hardware and software operates.
926: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
927: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 928: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 929: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
930: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
931: <p>
932: </ul>
933:
1.417 pvalchev 934: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
935: <ul>
1.421 ian 936:
1.417 pvalchev 937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 938: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
939: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
940: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
941: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
942: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
943: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
944: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
945: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
946: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
947: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
948: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 949: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 950: <p>
951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 952: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
953: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
954: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
955: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
956: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
957: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
958: it claims to do".
959: <p>
960:
961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 962: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 963: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
964: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
965: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
966: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 967: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 968: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
969: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
970: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
971: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
972: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
973: (yes, this is a hint).
974: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
975: picked up on the
976: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
977: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 978: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 979: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
980: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 984: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
985: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
986: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
987: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
988: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
989: questions about the significance and rationale behind
990: the current efforts.
991: <p>
992: </ul>
993:
1.407 henning 994: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
995: <ul>
996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 997: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
998: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
999: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1000: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1001: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1002: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1003: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1004: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1005: <p>
1006:
1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1008: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1009: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1010: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1011: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1012: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1013: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1014: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1015: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1016: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1017: <p>
1.415 ian 1018:
1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1020: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1021: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1022: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1023: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1024: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1025: overflow attacks... because
1026: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1027: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1028: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1029: and propolice.
1030: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1031: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1032: and that's when the science falls apart."
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1036: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1037: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1038: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1039: Starts with the question:
1040: <blockquote>
1041: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1042: <br/>
1043: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1044: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1045: <br/>
1046: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1047: Should we believe them?"
1048: </blockquote>
1049: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1050: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1051: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1052: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1053: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1054: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1055: <p>
1056:
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1058: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1059: Simple Simon</a>,
1060: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1061: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1062: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1063: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1064: routing/firewall, and more.
1065: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1066: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1067: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1068: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1069: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1070: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1071: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1072: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1073: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1074: </blockquote>
1075: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1076: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1077: <p>
1078:
1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1080: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1081: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1082: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1083: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1084: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1085: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1086: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1087: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1088: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1089: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1090: in spite of it
1091: (registration required, but worth it).
1092: <p>
1093:
1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1095: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1096: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1097: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1098: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1099: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1100: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1101: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1102: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1103: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1104: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1105: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1106: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1107: <p>
1108:
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1110: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1111: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1112: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1113: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1114: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1115: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1116: <blockquote>
1117: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1118: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1119: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1120: a lot of analysis.
1121: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1122: </blockquote>
1123: <p>
1124: </ul>
1125:
1.400 marco 1126: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1127: <ul>
1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1129: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1130: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1131: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1132: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1133: UNIX-like systems.
1134: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1135: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1136: <p>
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1138: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1139: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1140: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1141: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1142: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1143: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1144: At one point, the article states:
1145: <blockquote>
1146: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1147: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1148: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1149: </blockquote>
1150: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1151: <blockquote>
1152: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1153: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1154: </blockquote>
1155: <p>
1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1157: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1158: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1159: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1160: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1161: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1162: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1163: required).
1164: <p>
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1166: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1167: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1168: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1169: </strong></font><br>
1170: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1171: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1172: <p>
1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1174: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1175: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1176: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1177: </strong></font><br>
1178: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1179: <p>
1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1181: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1182: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1183: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1184: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1185: 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 1186: <p>
1187: </ul>
1188:
1.396 henning 1189: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1190: <ul>
1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1192: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1193: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1194: Unix Review, July, 2004
1195: </strong></font><br>
1196: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1197: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1198: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1199: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1200: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1201: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1202: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1203: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1204: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1205: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1206: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1207: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1208: and even spelling/wording errors.
1209: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1210: <p>
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1212: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1213: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1214: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1215: </strong></font><br>
1216: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1217: <p>
1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1219: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1220: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1221: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1222: </strong></font><br>
1223: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1224: <p>
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1226: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1227: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1228: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1231: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1232: <p>
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1234: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1235: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1236: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1237: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1238: <p>
1239: </ul>
1240:
1.405 jolan 1241: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1242: <ul>
1243: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1244: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1245: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1246: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1247: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1248: details on how funds are dispersed.
1249: <p>
1250: </ul>
1251:
1.393 david 1252: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1253: <ul>
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1255: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1256: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1257: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1258: </strong></font><br>
1259: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1260: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1261: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1262: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1263: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1264: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1265: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1266: <p>
1267:
1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1269: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1270: Secure by Default</a>,
1271: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1272: </strong></font><br>
1273: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1274: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1275: <p>
1276:
1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1278: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1279: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1280: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1281: </strong></font><br>
1282: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1283: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1284: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1285: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1286: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1287: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1291: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1292: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1293: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1294: </strong></font><br>
1295: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1296: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1297: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1298: <p>
1299:
1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1301: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1302: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1303: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1304: </strong></font><br>
1305: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1306: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1307: <p>
1308: </ul>
1309:
1.388 mcbride 1310: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1311: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1312:
1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1314: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1315: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1316: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1317: </strong></font><br>
1318: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1319: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1320: available for sparc64.
1321: <p>
1322:
1.390 beck 1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1324: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1325: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1326: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1327: </strong></font><br>
1328: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1329: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1330: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1331: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1332: <p>
1333:
1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1335: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1336: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1337: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1338: </strong></font><br>
1339: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1340: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1341: it does: CARP provides sharing
1342: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1343: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1344: detail to get you started using it.
1345: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1346: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1347: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1348: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1349: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1350: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1351: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1352: <p>
1.391 ian 1353:
1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1355: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1356: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1357: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1358: </strong></font><br>
1359: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1360: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1361: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1362: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1363:
1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1365: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1366: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1367: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1368: </strong></font><br>
1369: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1370: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1371: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1372: unencumbered by patents.
1373: <p>
1374: </ul>
1375:
1.378 henning 1376: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1377: <ul>
1.384 jose 1378:
1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1380: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1381: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1382: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1383: </strong></font><br>
1384: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1385: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1386: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1387: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1388: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1389: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1390: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1391: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1392: in the page tables."
1393: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1394: <p>
1395:
1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1397: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1398: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1399: </strong></font><br>
1400: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1401: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1402: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1403: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1404: <p>
1.384 jose 1405:
1.378 henning 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1407: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1408: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1409: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1412: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1413: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1414: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1415: (quote:
1416: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1417: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1418: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1419: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1420: the other developers for their work on the system.
1421: <p>
1422:
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1424: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1425: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1426: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1427: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1428: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1429: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1430: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1431: too.
1432: <p>
1433:
1434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1435: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1436: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1437: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1438: OpenBSD source code using
1439: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1440: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1441: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1442: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1443: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1444: <p>
1445: </ul>
1446:
1.374 jose 1447: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1448: <ul>
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1450: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1451: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1452: </strong></font><br>
1453: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1454: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1455: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1456: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1457: it."
1458: <p>
1459:
1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1461: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1462: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1463: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1464: </strong></font><br/>
1465: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1466: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1467: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1468: <p>
1469: </ul>
1470:
1.369 ian 1471: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1472: <ul>
1473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1474: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1475: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1476: </strong></font><br/>
1477: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1478: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1479: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1480: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1481: <p>
1482:
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1484: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1485: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1486: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1487: </strong></font><br/>
1488: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1489: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1490: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1491: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1492: form factor.
1493: <p>
1494:
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1496: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1497: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1498: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1499: Features</a>,
1500: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1501: </strong></font><br/>
1502: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1503: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1504: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1505: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1506: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1507: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1508: <p>
1509: This article can also be found online at:
1510: <ul>
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1512: <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 1513: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1514: </strong></font>
1515: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1516: </ul>
1517: <p>
1.392 david 1518:
1.371 jose 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1520: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1521: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1522: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1523: </strong></font><br/>
1524: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1525: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1526: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1527: <p>
1.371 jose 1528:
1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1530: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1531: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1532: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1533: </strong></font><br/>
1534: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1535: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1536: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1537: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1538: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1539: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1540: and its history with OpenBSD.
1541: </ul>
1542:
1.368 henning 1543: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1544: <ul>
1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1546: [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 1547: </strong></font><br>
1548: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1549: </ul>
1550:
1.364 jose 1551: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1552: <ul>
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1554: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1555: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1556: UNIX Review,
1557: July, 2003.
1558: </strong></font><br>
1559: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1560: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1561: who want more information.
1562: <p>
1563:
1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1565: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1566: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1567: Government Computer News,
1568: July 22, 2003.
1569: </strong></font><br>
1570: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1571: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1572: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1573: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1574: <p>
1575:
1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1577: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1578: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1579: SANS Institute,
1580: July 22, 2003.
1581: </strong></font><br>
1582: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1583: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1584: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1585: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1586: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1587: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1588: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1589: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1590: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1591: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1592: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1593: <p>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1596: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1597: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1598: OnLamp.com,
1599: July 17, 2003.
1600: </strong></font><br>
1601: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1602: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1603: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1604: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1605: have been working on.
1606:
1607: </ul>
1608:
1.356 jose 1609: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1610: <ul>
1611:
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1613: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1614: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1615: UNIX Review,
1616: June, 2003.
1617: </strong></font><br>
1618: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1619: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1620: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1621: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1622: <p>
1623:
1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1625: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1626: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1627: eWeek,
1628: June 23, 2003.
1629: </strong></font><br>
1630: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1631: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1632: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1633: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1634: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1635: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1636: <p>
1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1639: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1640: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1641: Software Development Online,
1642: June, 2003.
1643: </strong></font><br>
1644: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1645: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1646: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1647: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1648: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1649: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1650: current activities.
1651: <p>
1652:
1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1654: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1655: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1656: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1657: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1658: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1659: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1660: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1661: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1662: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1663: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1664: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1665: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1666: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1667: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1668: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1669: decisions.
1670: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1671: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1672: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1673: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1674: <p>
1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1677: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1678: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1679: Page 58, eWeek,
1680: June 2, 2003.
1681: </strong></font><br>
1682: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1683: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1684: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1685: been addressed in -current.
1686: <p>
1687:
1.356 jose 1688: </ul>
1689:
1690: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1691: <ul>
1692:
1.355 jose 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1694: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1695: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1696: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1699: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1700: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1701: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1702: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1703: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1704: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1708: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1709: Beyond Linux</a>,
1710: InfoWorld,
1711: May 23, 2003.
1712: </strong></font><br>
1713: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1714: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1715: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1716: compared to the GPL.
1717: <p>
1718:
1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1721: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1722: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1723: May 17, 2003.
1724: </strong></font><br>
1725: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1726: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1727: the business section and half of another page inside
1728: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1729: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1730: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1731: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1732: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1733: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1734: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1735: <br>
1736: This article can also be found online at:
1737: <ul>
1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1739: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1740: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1741: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1742: May 17, 2003
1743: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1744: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1746: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1747: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1748: Montreal Gazette,
1749: May 21, 2003
1750: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1751: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1752: <p>
1.346 ian 1753:
1754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1755: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1756: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1757: May 7, 2003.
1758: </strong></font><br>
1759: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1760: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1761: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1762: <p>
1763:
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1765: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1766: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1767: OsOpinion,
1768: May 6, 2003.
1769: </strong></font><br>
1770: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1771: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1772: <br>
1773: This article can also be found online at:
1774: <ul>
1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1776: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1777: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1778: NewsFactor Network.
1779: </strong></font>
1780: </ul>
1781: <p>
1782:
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1784: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1785: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1786: ITBusiness,
1787: May 2, 2003.
1788: </strong></font><br>
1789: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1790: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1791: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1792: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1793: <p>
1794:
1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1796: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1797: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1798: InfoWorld,
1799: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1800: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1801: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1802: <br>
1803: This article can also be found online at:
1804: <ul>
1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1806: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1807: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1808: IDG Singapore.
1809: </strong></font>
1810: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1811: <p>
1812:
1.339 jose 1813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1814: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1815: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1816: ZDNet,
1817: May 1, 2003.
1818: </strong></font><br>
1819: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1820: someone using parts from previous articles.
1821: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1822: This article can also be found online at:
1823: <ul>
1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1825: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1826: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1827: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1828: </strong></font>
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1830: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1831: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1832: CNET News.com.
1833: </strong></font>
1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1835: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1836: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1837: ZDNet UK.
1838: </strong></font>
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1840: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1841: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1842: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1843: </strong></font>
1844: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1845: <p>
1.339 jose 1846:
1.341 deraadt 1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1848: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1849: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1850: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1851: May 1, 2003.
1852: </strong></font><br>
1853: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1854: that have been added
1855: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1856: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1857: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1858: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1859: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1860: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1861: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1862: <p>
1863:
1864: </ul>
1865:
1.253 ian 1866: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1867: <ul>
1.255 ian 1868:
1.260 ian 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1870: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1871: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1872: TechRepublic,
1873: April 28, 2003.
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1876: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1877: work.<br>
1878: Can also be found online at:
1879: <ul>
1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1881: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1882: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1883: ZDNet UK.
1884: </strong></font>
1885: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1886: <p>
1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1889: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1890: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1891: IDG,
1892: April 24, 2003.
1893: </strong></font><br>
1894: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1895: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1896: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1897: Can also be found online at:
1898: <ul>
1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1900: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1901: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1902: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1903: </strong></font>
1904: </ul>
1905: <p>
1906:
1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1908: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1909: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1910: Slate,
1911: April 24, 2003.
1912: </strong></font><br>
1913: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1914: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1915: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1916: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1917: <p>
1918:
1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1920: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1921: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1922: April 24, 2003.
1923: </strong></font><br>
1924: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1925: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1926: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1927: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1928: <p>
1929:
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1931: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1932: April 24, 2003.
1933: </strong></font><br>
1934: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1935: the free software community".
1936: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1937: other articles.
1938: <p>
1939:
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1941: <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 1942: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1943: </strong></font><br>
1944: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1945: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1946: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1947: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1948: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1949: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1950: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1951: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1952: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1953: <br/>
1954: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1955: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1956: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1957: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1958: <br>
1959: Can also be found online at:
1960: <ul>
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1962: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1963: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1964: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1965: </strong></font>
1966: </ul>
1.324 ian 1967: <p>
1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1970: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1971: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1972: </strong></font><br>
1973: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1974: article above.
1975: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1976: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1977: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1978: <br>
1979: Can also be found online at:
1980: <ul>
1981: <li>
1982: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1983: </strong></font>
1984: </ul>
1.324 ian 1985: <p>
1986:
1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1988: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1989: </strong></font><br>
1990: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1991: <p>
1992:
1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1994: <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.
1995: </strong></font><br>
1996: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1997: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1998: <p>
1999:
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2001: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2002: April 23, 2003.
2003: </strong></font><br>
2004: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2005: <p>
2006:
2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2008: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2009: April 22, 2003.
2010: </strong></font><br>
2011: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2012: <p>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2015: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2016: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2017: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2018: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2019: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2020: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2021: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2022: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2023: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2024: Can also be found online at:
2025: <ul>
2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2027: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2028: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2029: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2030: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2032: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2033: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2034: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2035: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2036: </ul>
2037: <p>
2038:
2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2040: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2041: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2042: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2043: </strong></font><br>
2044: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2045: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2046: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2047: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2048: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2049: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2050: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2051: <p>
2052:
2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2054: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2055: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2056: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2057: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2058: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2059: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2060: at UPenn and DARPA.
2061: <p>
2062:
2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2064: [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,
2065: France
1.315 deraadt 2066: April 18, 2003.
2067: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2068: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2069: <p>
2070:
2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2072: [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 2073: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2076: <p>
2077:
2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2079: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2080: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2081: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2082: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2083: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2084: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2085: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2086: <p>
2087:
2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2089: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2090: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2091: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2092: </strong></font><br>
2093: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2094: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2095: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2096: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2097: <p>
2098:
2099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2100: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2101: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2102: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2103: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2104: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2105: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2106: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2107: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2108: Can also be found online at:
2109: <ul>
2110: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2111: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2112: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2113: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2114: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2115: <p>
2116:
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2118: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2119: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2120: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2121: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2122: </strong></font><br>
2123: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2124: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2125: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2126: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2127: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2128:
2129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2130: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2131: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2132: New York Times.
2133: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2134:
1.273 deraadt 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2136: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2137: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2138: ABC News.
2139: </strong></font>
2140:
2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2142: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2143: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2144: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2145: </strong></font>
2146:
2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2148: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2149: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2150: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2151: </strong></font>
2152:
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2154: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2155: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2156: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2157: </strong></font>
2158:
2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2160: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2161: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2162: Times Daily, AL.
2163: </strong></font>
2164:
2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2166: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2167: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2168: Boston.com, MA.
2169: </strong></font>
2170:
2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2172: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2173: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2174: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2175: </strong></font>
2176:
2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2178: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2179: [Article was pulled]</a>
2180: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2181: </strong></font>
2182:
2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2184: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2185: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2186: Infoshop News.
2187: </strong></font>
2188:
2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2190: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2191: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2192: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2193: </strong></font>
2194:
2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2196: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2197: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2198: Raleigh News, NC.
2199: </strong></font>
2200:
2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2202: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2203: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2204: Napa News, CA.
2205: </strong></font>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2208: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2209: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2210: NEPA News, PA.
2211: </strong></font>
2212:
2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2214: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2215: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2216: Wired News.
2217: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2218: <br>
2219: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2220: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2221: [JAPANESE]
2222: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2223: Wired News Japan</a>
2224: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2225:
1.271 deraadt 2226: </ul>
2227: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2228: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2229: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2230: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2231: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2232: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2233: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2234: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2235: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2236: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2237: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2238: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2239: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2240: <p>
2241: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2242:
2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2244: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2245: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2246: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2247: </strong></font>
2248:
2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2250: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2251: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2252: Miami Herald, FL.
2253: </strong></font>
2254:
2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2256: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2257: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2258: </strong></font>
2259:
2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2261: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2262: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2263: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2264: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2265:
2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2267: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2268: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2269: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2270: ABC News.
2271: </strong></font>
2272:
1.276 deraadt 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2274: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2275: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2276: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2277: </strong></font>
2278:
1.286 dhartmei 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2280: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2281: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2282: Wilmington Star, NC.
2283: </strong></font>
2284:
1.300 jose 2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2286: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2287: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2288: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2289: </strong></font>
2290:
1.309 jose 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2292: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2293: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2294: Globe Technology.
2295: </strong></font>
2296:
1.263 deraadt 2297: </ul>
1.262 beck 2298: <p>
2299:
2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2301: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2302: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2303: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2304: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2305: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2306: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2307: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2308: <p>
2309:
2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2311: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2312: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2313: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2314: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2315: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2316: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2317: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2318: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2319: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2320: and simply restates other press reports.
2321: <p>
2322:
2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2324: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2325: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2326: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2327: </strong></font><br>
2328: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2329: <p>
2330:
2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2332: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2333: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2334: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2335: </strong></font><br>
2336: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2337: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2338: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2339: <p>
2340:
2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2342: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2343: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2344: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2345: April 17, 2003.
2346: </strong></font><br>
2347: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2348: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2349: Tech Anthems</a>
2350: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2351: 4 so far.
2352: <p>
2353:
2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2355: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2356: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2357: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2358: </strong></font><br>
2359: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2360: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2361: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2362: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2363: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2364: Goes on to say:
2365: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2366: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2367: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2368: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2369: This article is also found online at:
2370: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2372: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2373: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2374: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2375: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2377: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2378: ZDnet</a>,
2379: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2380: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2382: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2383: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2384: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2385: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2386: </ul>
1.260 ian 2387: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2388:
1.260 ian 2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2390: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2391: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2392: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2393: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2394: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2395: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2396: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2397: without notice or justification.
2398: <p>
2399:
2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2401: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2402: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2403: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2404: </strong></font><br>
2405: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2406: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2407: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2408: effective today, without any warning..."
2409: <p>
1.257 ian 2410:
2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2412: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2413: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2414: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2415: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2416: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2417: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2418: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2419: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2420: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2421: <p>
2422:
2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2424: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2425: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2426: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2427: </strong></font><br>
2428: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2429: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2430: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2431: quoting two of them:
2432: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2433: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2434: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2435: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2436: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2437: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2438: <p>
2439:
1.255 ian 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2441: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2442: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2443: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2444: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2445: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2446: <p>
2447:
2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2449: [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 2450: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2451: </strong></font><br>
2452: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2453: <p>
2454:
2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2456: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2457: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2458: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2459: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2460: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2461: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2462: security experts for more than three decades."
2463: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2464: <p>
1.261 ian 2465:
1.254 drahn 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2467: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2468: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2469: </strong></font><br>
2470: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2471: <p>
2472:
2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2474: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2475: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2476: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2477: </strong></font><br>
2478: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2479: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2480: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2481: <p>
2482:
2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2484: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2485: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2486: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2487: </strong></font><br>
2488: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2489: from US DARPA.
2490: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2491: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2492: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2493: the BSD license.
2494: <p>
2495: </ul>
2496:
1.251 ian 2497: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2498: <ul>
2499:
2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2501: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2502: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2503: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2504: </strong></font><br>
2505:
2506: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2507: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2508: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2509: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2510: <p>
2511:
2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2513: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2514: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2515: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2516: </strong></font><br>
2517: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2518: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2519: Mentions
2520: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2521: and
2522: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2523: programs.
2524: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2525: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2526: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2527: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2528: <p>
1.325 ian 2529: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2530: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2531:
2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2533: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2534: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2535: </strong></font><br>
2536: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2537: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2538: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2539: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2540: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2541: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2542: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2543: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2544: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2545: put into service."
2546: <p>
2547: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2548: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2549: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2550: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2551: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2552: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2553: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2554: computers with security features."
2555: <p>
1.329 ian 2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2558: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2559: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2560: Slate,
2561: March 3, 2003.
2562: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2563: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2564: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2565: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2566: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2567: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2568: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2569: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2570: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2571: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2572: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2573: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2574: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2575: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2576: of more secure open-source solutions like
2577: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2578: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2579: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2580: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2581: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2582: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2583: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2584: the Beltway."
2585: <p>
1.251 ian 2586: </ul>
2587:
1.249 jufi 2588: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2589: <ul>
2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2591: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2592: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2593: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2594: </strong></font><br>
2595: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2596: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2597: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2598: <p>
1.334 ian 2599:
2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2601: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2602: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2603: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2604: </strong></font><br>
2605: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2606: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2607: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2608: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2609: "... the hypothetical question ...
2610: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2611: <br>
2612: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2613: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2614: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2615: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2616: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2617: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2618: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2619: support network security.
2620: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2621: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2622: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2623: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2624: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2625: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2626: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2627: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2628: <br>
2629: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2630: <p>
2631:
1.249 jufi 2632: </ul>
2633:
1.246 jufi 2634: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2635: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2638: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2639: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2640: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2641: </strong></font><br>
2642: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2643: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2644: <p>
2645:
1.247 jufi 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2647: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2648: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2649: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2650: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2651: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2652: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2653: <p>
2654:
2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2656: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2657: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2658: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2659: </strong></font><br>
2660: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2661: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2662: <p>
1.247 jufi 2663: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2664:
1.244 jufi 2665: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2666: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2669: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2670: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2671: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2672: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2673: </strong></font><br>
2674: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2675: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2676: md5 digests.
2677: <p>
2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2680: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2681: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2682: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2685: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2686: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2687: right the first time."
2688: <p>
1.247 jufi 2689: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2690:
2691:
2692: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2693: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2696: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2697: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2698: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2699: </strong></font><br>
2700: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2701: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2702: part 6</a>.
2703: <p>
2704:
1.247 jufi 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2706: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2707: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2708: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2709: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2710: </strong></font><br>
2711: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2712: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2713: <p>
1.301 jose 2714:
2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2716: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2717: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2718: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2719: </strong></font><br>
2720:
2721: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2722: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2723: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2724: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2725: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2726: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2727: <i>Here's the
2728: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2729: <p>
1.247 jufi 2730: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2731:
2732: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2733: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2734:
1.247 jufi 2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2736: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2737: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2738: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2739: </strong></font><br>
2740: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2741: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2742: <p>
2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2745: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2746: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2747: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2748: </strong></font><br>
2749: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2750: this time using pf.
2751: <p>
1.247 jufi 2752: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2753:
2754: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2755: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2756:
1.247 jufi 2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2758: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2759: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2760: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2761: </strong></font><br>
2762: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2763: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2764: their rotation.
2765: <p>
2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2768: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2769: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2770: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2771: </strong></font><br>
2772: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2773: <p>
1.247 jufi 2774: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2775:
1.239 jufi 2776: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2777: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2781: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2782: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2783: </strong></font><br>
2784: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2785: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2786: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2787: <p>
2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2790: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2791: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2792: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2793: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2794: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2795: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2796: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2797: <p>
1.247 jufi 2798: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2799:
1.235 lebel 2800: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2801: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2802:
1.239 jufi 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2805: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2806: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2807: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2808: </strong></font><br>
2809: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2810: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2811: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2812: <p>
1.301 jose 2813:
1.247 jufi 2814: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2815:
1.228 horacio 2816: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2817: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2820: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2821: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2822: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2823: </strong></font><br>
2824: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2825: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2826: <p>
2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2829: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2830: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2831: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2832: </strong></font><br>
2833: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2834: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2835: <p>
2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2838: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2839: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2840: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2841: </strong></font><br>
2842: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2843: on the desktop of his parents.
2844: <p>
2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2847: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2848: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2849: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2850: </strong></font><br>
2851: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2852: using IPFilter.
2853:
2854: <p>
2855:
1.247 jufi 2856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2857: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2858: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2859: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2860: </strong></font><br>
2861: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2862: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2863: perspectives of the four OS.
2864: <br>
2865: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2866: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2867: <p>
2868:
1.247 jufi 2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2870: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2871: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2872: software and security</a>,
2873: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2874: </strong></font><br>
2875:
2876: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2877: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2878: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2879: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2880: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2881: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2882: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2883: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2884: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2885: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2886: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2887: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2888: <p>
1.247 jufi 2889: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2890:
1.225 horacio 2891: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2892: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2895: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2896: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2897: Interview</a>,
2898: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2899: </strong></font><br>
2900:
2901: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2902: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2903: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2904: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2905: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2906: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2907: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2908: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2909: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2910: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2911: of choice.
2912: <p>
1.247 jufi 2913: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2914:
2915: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2916: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2919: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2920: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2921: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2922: </strong></font><br>
2923:
2924: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2925: <p>
2926:
1.247 jufi 2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2928: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2929: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2930: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2931: </strong></font><br>
2932:
2933: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2934: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2935: <p>
1.247 jufi 2936: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2937:
1.218 horacio 2938: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2939: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2942: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2943: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2944: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2945: </strong></font><br>
2946:
2947: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2948: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2949: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2950: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2951: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2952: subjects. Worth a read.
2953: <p>
2954:
2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2957: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2958: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2959: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2960: </strong></font><br>
2961:
2962: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2963: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2964: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2965: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2966: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2967: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2968: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2969: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2970: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2971: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2972: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2973: on other operating systems.<br>
2974: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2975: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2976: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2977: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2978: <p>
2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2981: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2982: Operating System 2010</a>,
2983: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2984: </strong></font><br>
2985:
2986: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2987: covering the level of software integration into the core
2988: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2989: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2990: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2991: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2992: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2993: <p>
2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2996: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2997: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2998: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2999: </strong></font><br>
3000:
3001: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3002: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3003: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3004: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3005: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3006: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3007: <p>
1.247 jufi 3008: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3009:
1.210 jufi 3010: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3011: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3014: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3015: Already a Contender</a>,
3016: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3017: </strong></font><br>
3018:
3019: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3020: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3021: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3022: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3023: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3024: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3025: <p>
3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3028: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3029: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3030: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3031: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3032:
1.224 horacio 3033: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3034: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3035: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3036: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3037: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3038: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3039: <p>
1.247 jufi 3040: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3041:
3042: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3043: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3044:
1.247 jufi 3045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3046: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3047: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3048: Division</a>,
3049: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3050: </strong></font><br>
3051:
3052: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3053: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3054: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3055: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3056: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3057: investment</em>.<br>
3058: The implementation details can be seen on their
3059: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3063: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3064: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3065: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3066: </strong></font><br>
3067:
3068: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3069: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3070: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3071: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3072: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3073: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3074: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3075: <p>
3076:
3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3078: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3079: Thinking about Security</a>,
3080: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3081: </strong></font><br>
3082:
3083: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3084: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3085: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3086: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3087: to time.<br>
3088: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3089: system and just the most secure system.
3090: <p>
3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3093: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3094: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3095: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3096: </strong></font><br>
3097:
3098: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3099: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3100: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3101: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3102: choice:<br>
3103: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3104: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3105: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3106: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3107: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3108: network security devices and as such must be well
3109: armored."</em><br>
3110: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3111: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3112: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3113: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3114: <br>
3115: Bravo!
3116: <p>
1.247 jufi 3117: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3118:
1.207 ian 3119: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3120: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3121:
1.247 jufi 3122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3123: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3124: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3125: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3126:
1.207 ian 3127: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3128: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3129: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3130: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3131: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3132: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3133: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3134: <p>
1.247 jufi 3135: </ul>
1.207 ian 3136:
1.194 jufi 3137: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3138: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3141: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3142: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3143: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3144: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3145:
1.240 miod 3146: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3147: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3148: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3149: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3150: <p>
3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3153: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3154: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3155: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3156:
3157: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3158: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3159: <p>
3160:
3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3162: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3163: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3164: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3167: <p>
3168:
3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3170: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3171: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3172: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3173: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3174:
1.240 miod 3175: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3176: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3177: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3178: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3179: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3180: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3181: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3182: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3183: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3184: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3185: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3186: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3187: <p>
3188:
1.247 jufi 3189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3190: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3191: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3192: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3193: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3194:
1.194 jufi 3195: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3196: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3197: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3198: <br>
3199: The new
3200: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3201: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3202: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3203: <p>
1.247 jufi 3204: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3205:
1.190 horacio 3206: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3207: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3208:
1.247 jufi 3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3210:
3211: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3212: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3213:
1.301 jose 3214:
1.191 jufi 3215: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3216: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3217:
3218: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3219: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3220:
1.212 horacio 3221: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3222: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3223: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3224:
1.211 horacio 3225: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3226: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3227: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3230: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3233: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3234:
1.212 horacio 3235: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3236: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3237: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3238:
3239: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3240: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3241:
3242: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3243: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3244:
1.301 jose 3245: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3246: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3247:
1.191 jufi 3248: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3249: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3250:
3251: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3252: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3253:
1.192 jufi 3254: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3255: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3256: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3257:
1.193 deraadt 3258: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3259: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3260: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3261:
1.247 jufi 3262: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3263: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3264:
1.247 jufi 3265: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3266: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3267: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3268:
1.213 horacio 3269: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3270: 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 3271: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3272:
1.190 horacio 3273: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3274: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3275: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3276: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3277: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3278: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3279: <p>
1.190 horacio 3280:
1.247 jufi 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3282: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3283: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3284: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3285: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3286:
1.195 jufi 3287: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3288: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3289: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3290: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3291: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3292: <p>
3293:
1.247 jufi 3294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3295: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3296: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3297: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3298: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3299:
1.191 jufi 3300: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3301: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3302: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3303: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3304: <p>
3305:
3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3307: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3308: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3309: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3310:
3311: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3312: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3313: <p>
1.247 jufi 3314: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3315:
1.191 jufi 3316:
1.186 jufi 3317: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3318: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3321: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3322: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3323: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3324: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3325:
1.188 jufi 3326: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3327: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3328: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3329: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3330: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3331: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3332: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3333: <p>
3334:
1.301 jose 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3336: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3337: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3338: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3339:
3340: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3341: <p>
1.191 jufi 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3344: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3345: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3346: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3347: </strong></font><br>
3348:
3349: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3350: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3351: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3352: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3353: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3354: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3355: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3356: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3357: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3358: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3359: familiar?
3360: <p>
1.247 jufi 3361: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3362:
1.178 louis 3363: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3364: <ul>
1.178 louis 3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3367: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3368: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3369: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3370: </strong></font><br>
3371:
3372: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3373: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3374: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3375: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3376: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3377: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3378: <p>
3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3381: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3382: Open source under the hood</a>,
3383: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
3386: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3387: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3388: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3389: <p>
3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3392: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3393: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3394: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3395: </strong></font><br>
3396:
3397: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3398: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3399: <p>
1.247 jufi 3400: </ul>
1.179 louis 3401:
1.174 louis 3402:
1.175 louis 3403: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3404: <ul>
1.175 louis 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3407: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3408: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3409: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3410: </strong></font><br>
3411:
3412: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3413: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3414: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3415: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3416: <p>
3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3419: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3420: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3421: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3422: </strong></font><br>
3423:
3424: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3425: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3426: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3427: <p>
1.247 jufi 3428: </ul>
1.175 louis 3429:
1.176 louis 3430:
1.172 mickey 3431: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3432: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3435: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3436: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3437: </strong></font><br>
3438:
3439: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3440: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3441: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3442: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3443: <p>
3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3446: <a
1.269 deraadt 3447: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3448: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3449: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3450: </strong></font><br>
3451:
3452: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3453: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3454: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3455: <p>
3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3458: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3459: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3460: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3461: </strong></font><br>
3462:
3463: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3464: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3465: <p>
3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3468: <a
1.269 deraadt 3469: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3470: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3471: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3472: </strong></font><br>
3473:
3474: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3475: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3476: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3477: our own Theo de Raadt.
3478: <p>
3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3481: <a
1.269 deraadt 3482: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3483: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3484: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3485: </strong></font><br>
3486:
3487: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3488: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3489: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3490: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3491: shut down.]
3492: <p>
3493:
1.247 jufi 3494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3495: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3496: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3497: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3498: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3499: </strong></font><br>
3500:
3501: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3502: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3503: <p>
1.247 jufi 3504: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3505:
1.161 louis 3506: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3507: <ul>
1.161 louis 3508:
1.247 jufi 3509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3510: <a
1.269 deraadt 3511: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3512: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3513: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3514: </strong></font><br>
3515:
3516: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3517: by John Wolley
3518: <p>
3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3521: <a
1.269 deraadt 3522: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3523: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3524: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3525: </strong></font><br>
3526:
3527: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3528: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3529: OpenBSD).
3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3533: <a
1.247 jufi 3534: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3535: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3536: </strong></font><br>
3537:
3538: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3539: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3540: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3541: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3542: and hindsight.
3543: <p>
3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3546: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3547: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3548: </strong></font><br>
3549:
3550: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3551: <p>
3552:
1.247 jufi 3553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3554: <a
1.168 provos 3555: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3556: December 7, 2000
3557: </strong></font><br>
3558:
3559: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3560: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3561: us explain.
3562: <p>
3563:
1.247 jufi 3564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3565: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3566: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3567: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3568: December 6, 2000
3569: </strong></font><br>
3570:
3571: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3572: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3573: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3574: <p>
3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3577: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3578: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3579: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3580: </strong></font><br>
3581:
3582: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3583: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3584: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3585: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3586: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3587: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3588: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3589: <p>
3590:
3591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3592: <a
1.226 horacio 3593: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3594: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3595: </strong></font><br>
3596:
3597: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3598: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3599: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3600: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3601: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3602: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3603: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3604: <p>
1.162 millert 3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3607: <a
1.161 louis 3608: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3609: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3610: </strong></font><br>
3611:
3612: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3613: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3614: <p>
3615:
1.247 jufi 3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3617: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3618: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3619: </strong></font><br>
3620:
3621: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3622: <p>
3623:
3624:
1.247 jufi 3625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3626: <a
1.226 horacio 3627: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3628: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3629: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3630: </strong></font><br>
3631:
3632: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3633: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3634: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3635: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3636: <p>
1.247 jufi 3637: </ul>
1.169 louis 3638:
1.158 louis 3639: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3640: <ul>
1.147 louis 3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3643: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3644: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3645: </strong></font><br>
3646:
3647: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3648: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3649: <p>
3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3652: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3653: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3654: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3655: </strong></font><br>
3656: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3657: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3658: <p>
3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3661: <a
3662: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3663: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3664: </strong></font><br>
3665:
3666: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3667: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3668: <p>
3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3671: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3672: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3673: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3674:
1.213 horacio 3675: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3676: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3677: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3678: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3679: <p>
1.215 horacio 3680:
1.247 jufi 3681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3682: <a
3683: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3684: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3685: </strong></font><br>
3686:
3687: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3688: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3689: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3690: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3691: much of the attitude too).
3692: <p>
1.161 louis 3693:
1.247 jufi 3694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3695: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3696: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3697: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3698:
1.157 louis 3699: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3700: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3701: <p>
1.247 jufi 3702: </ul>
1.157 louis 3703:
3704: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3705: <ul>
1.157 louis 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3708: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3709: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3710: </strong></font><br>
3711:
3712: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3713: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3714: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3715: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3716: <p>
3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3719: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3720: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3721: </strong></font><br>
3722:
3723: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3724: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3725: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3726: it because they love coding...
3727: <p>
3728:
1.247 jufi 3729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3730: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3731: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3732: </strong></font><br>
3733:
3734: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3735: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3736: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3737: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3738: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3739: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3740: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3741: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3742: <p>
3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3745: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3746: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3747: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3748: </strong></font><br>
3749:
3750: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3751: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3752: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3753: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3754: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3755: the pizza.
3756: <p>
3757:
1.247 jufi 3758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3759: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3760: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3761: </strong></font><br>
3762:
3763: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3764: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3765: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3766: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3767: problems.
3768: <p>
3769:
1.247 jufi 3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3771: <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 3772: </strong></font><br>
3773:
1.222 miod 3774: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3775: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3776: - whether they like it or not.
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3780: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3781: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3782: </strong></font><br>
3783:
3784: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3785: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3786: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3787: <p>
1.148 aaron 3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3790: <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 3791: </strong></font><br>
3792:
3793: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3794: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3795: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3796: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3797: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3798: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3799: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3800: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3801: <p>
3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3804: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3805: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3806: </strong></font><br>
3807:
3808: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3809: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3810: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3811: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3812: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3813: <p>
1.247 jufi 3814: </ul>
1.147 louis 3815:
1.138 louis 3816: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3817: <ul>
1.138 louis 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3820: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3821: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3822: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3823: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3824: </strong></font><br>
3825:
1.227 horacio 3826: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3827: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3828: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3829: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3830: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3831: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3832: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3833: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3834: <p>
3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3837: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3838: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3839: </strong></font><br>
3840:
3841: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3842: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3843: groups, and even Linux.
3844: <p>
3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3847: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3848: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3849: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3850: </strong></font><br>
3851:
3852: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3853: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3854: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3855: library after installing the OS.
3856: <p>
3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3859: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3860: Sys Admin, September 2000
3861: </strong></font><br>
3862:
3863: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3864: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3865: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3866: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3867: (<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>,
3868: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3869: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3870: <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 3871: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3872: out of the system.
3873: <p>
3874:
1.247 jufi 3875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3876: <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
3877: </strong></font><br>
3878:
3879: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3880: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3881: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3882: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3883: the IP filtering and address translation.
3884: <p>
1.301 jose 3885:
3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3887: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3888: </strong></font><br>
3889:
3890: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3891: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3892: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3893: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3894: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3895: <p>
1.247 jufi 3896: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3897:
1.131 louis 3898: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3899: <ul>
1.131 louis 3900:
1.247 jufi 3901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3902: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3903: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3904: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3905: </strong></font><br>
3906:
3907: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3908: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3909: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3910: <p>
3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3913: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3914: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3915: </strong></font><br>
3916:
3917: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3918: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3919: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3920: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3921: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3922: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3923: note of"</i>.
3924: <p>
3925:
1.247 jufi 3926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3927: <a
1.247 jufi 3928: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3929: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3930: </strong></font><br>
3931:
3932: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3933: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3934: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3935: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3936: <p>
3937:
1.247 jufi 3938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3939: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3940: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3941: </strong></font><br>
3942:
3943: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3944: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3945: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3946: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3947: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3948: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3949: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3950: <p>
3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3953: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3954: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3955: 2000
3956: </strong></font><br>
3957:
3958: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3959: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3960: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3961: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3962: against current industry practices.
3963: <p>
3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3966: <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
3967: </strong></font><br>
3968:
3969: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3970: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3971: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3972: <p>
3973:
1.247 jufi 3974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3975: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3976: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3977: </strong></font><br>
3978:
3979: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3980: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3981: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3982: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3983: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3984: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3985: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3986: <p>
3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3989: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3990: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3991: </strong></font><br>
3992:
3993: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3994: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3995: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3996: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3997: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3998: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3999: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4000: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4001: <p>
1.247 jufi 4002: </ul>
1.131 louis 4003:
1.118 louis 4004: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4005: <ul>
1.118 louis 4006:
1.247 jufi 4007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4008: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4009: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4010: </strong></font><br>
4011:
4012: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4013: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4014: about time. The article mentions that
4015: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4016: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4017: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4018: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4019: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4020: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4021: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4022: <p>
4023:
1.247 jufi 4024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4025: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4026: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4027: </strong></font><br>
4028:
4029: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4030: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4031: of OpenSSH.
4032: <p>
4033:
1.247 jufi 4034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4035: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4036: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4037: </strong></font><br>
4038:
4039: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4040: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4041: bridging.
4042: <p>
4043:
1.247 jufi 4044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4045: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4046: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4047: </strong></font><br>
4048:
1.121 deraadt 4049: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4050: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4051: <p>
4052:
1.247 jufi 4053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4054: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4055: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4056: </strong></font><br>
4057:
4058: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4059: <p>
4060:
1.247 jufi 4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4062: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4063: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4064: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4065: </strong></font><br>
4066:
1.120 deraadt 4067: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4068: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4069: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4070: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4071: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4072: <p>
4073:
1.247 jufi 4074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4075: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4076: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4077: </strong></font><br>
4078:
1.222 miod 4079: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4080: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4081: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4082: protocols and their quirks.
4083: <p>
4084:
1.247 jufi 4085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4086: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4087: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4088: </strong></font><br>
4089:
4090: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4091: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4092: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4093: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4094: <p>
4095:
1.247 jufi 4096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4097: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4098: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4099: </strong></font><br>
4100:
4101: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4102: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4103: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4104: <p>
4105:
1.247 jufi 4106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4107: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4108: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4109: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4110: </strong></font><br>
4111:
4112: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4113: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4114: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4115: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4116: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4117: <p>
1.247 jufi 4118: </ul>
1.118 louis 4119:
1.104 louis 4120: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4121: <ul>
1.104 louis 4122:
1.247 jufi 4123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4124: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4125: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4126: </strong></font><br>
4127:
4128: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4129: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4130: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4131: be a bit dry.
4132: <p>
4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4135: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4136: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4137: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4138: </strong></font><br>
4139: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4140: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4141: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4142: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4143: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4144: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4145: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4146: <p>
4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4149: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4150: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4151: 2000
1.128 louis 4152: </strong></font><br>
4153:
4154: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4155: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4156: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4157: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4158: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4159: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4160: <p>
4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4163: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4164: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4165: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4166:
4167: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4168: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4169: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4170: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4171: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4172: <p>
1.110 louis 4173:
1.247 jufi 4174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4175: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4176: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4177: </strong></font><br>
4178:
4179: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4180: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4181: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4182: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4183: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4184: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4185: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4186: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4187: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4188: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4189: <p>
4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4192: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4193: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4194:
4195: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4196: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4197: <p>
1.108 louis 4198:
1.247 jufi 4199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4200: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4201: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4202: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4203:
4204: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4205: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4206: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4207: <p>
1.106 louis 4208:
1.247 jufi 4209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4210: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4211: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4212: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4213:
4214: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4215: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4216: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4217: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4218: <p>
1.107 louis 4219:
1.247 jufi 4220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4221: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4222: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4223: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4224:
4225: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4226: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4227: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4228: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4229: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4230: <p>
1.105 louis 4231:
1.247 jufi 4232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4233: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4234: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4235: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4236:
1.113 naddy 4237: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4238: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4239: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4240: <p>
1.104 louis 4241:
1.247 jufi 4242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4243: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4244: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4245: </strong></font><br>
4246:
4247: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4248: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4249: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4250: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4251: <p>
1.301 jose 4252:
4253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4254: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4255: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4256: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4257:
4258: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4259: hardware-supported cryptography.
4260: <p>
1.247 jufi 4261: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4262:
1.85 louis 4263: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4264: <ul>
1.85 louis 4265:
1.247 jufi 4266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4267: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4268: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4269: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4270:
4271: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4272: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4273: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4274: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4275: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4276: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4277: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4278: <p>
1.99 louis 4279:
1.247 jufi 4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4281: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4282: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4283: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4284:
4285: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4286: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4287: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4288: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4289: <p>
1.100 louis 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4292: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4293: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4295:
4296: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4297: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4298: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4299: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4300: <p>
1.95 louis 4301:
1.247 jufi 4302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4303: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4304: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4305: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4306:
4307: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4308: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4309: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4310: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4311: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4312: <p>
1.92 louis 4313:
1.247 jufi 4314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4315: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4316: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4317: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4318:
4319: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4320: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4321: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4322: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4323: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4324: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4325: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4326: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4327: <p>
1.91 louis 4328:
1.247 jufi 4329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4330: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4331: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4332: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4333:
4334: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4335: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4336: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4337: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4338: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4339: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4340: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4341: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4342: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4343: <p>
1.90 louis 4344:
1.247 jufi 4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4346: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4347: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4348: </strong></font><br>
4349: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4350: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4351: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4352: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4353: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4354: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4355: <p>
4356:
1.247 jufi 4357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4358: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4359: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4360: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4361:
1.113 naddy 4362: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4363: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4364: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4365: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4366: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4367: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4368: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4369: <p>
1.87 louis 4370:
1.247 jufi 4371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4372: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4373: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4374: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4375:
4376: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4377: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4378: <p>
1.85 louis 4379:
1.247 jufi 4380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4381: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4382: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4383: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4384:
4385: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4386: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4387: <p>
4388:
4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4390: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4391: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4392: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4393:
4394: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4395: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4396: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4397: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4398: <p>
1.89 louis 4399:
1.247 jufi 4400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4401: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4402: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4403: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4404:
4405: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4406: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4407: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4408: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4409: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4410: </ul>
1.85 louis 4411:
1.78 deraadt 4412: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4413: <ul>
1.74 louis 4414:
1.247 jufi 4415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4416: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4417: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4418: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4419: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4420:
4421: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4422: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4423: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4424: <p>
1.83 louis 4425:
1.247 jufi 4426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4427: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4428: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4429: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4430:
4431: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4432: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4433: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4434: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4435: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4436: <p>
1.93 louis 4437:
1.247 jufi 4438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4439: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4440: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4441: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4442: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4443:
1.83 louis 4444: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4445: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4446: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4447: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4448: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4449: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4450: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4451: <p>
1.82 aaron 4452:
1.247 jufi 4453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4454: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4455: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4456: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4457:
1.83 louis 4458: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4459: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4460: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4461: <p>
1.80 louis 4462:
1.247 jufi 4463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4464: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4465: Bad Press</a>,
4466: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4467: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4468:
4469: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4470: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4471: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4472: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4473: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4474: <p>
1.247 jufi 4475: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4476:
4477: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4478: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4481: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4482: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4483: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4484: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4485:
4486: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4487: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4488: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4489: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4490: <p>
1.74 louis 4491:
1.247 jufi 4492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4493: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4494: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4495: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4496:
1.219 horacio 4497: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4498: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4499: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4500: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4501: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4502: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4503: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4504: <p>
1.88 louis 4505:
1.247 jufi 4506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4507: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4508: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4509: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4510:
4511: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4512: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4513: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4514: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4515: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4516: <p>
1.81 louis 4517:
1.247 jufi 4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4519: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4520: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4521: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4522:
4523: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4524: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4525: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4526: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4527: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4528: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4529: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4530: <p>
1.90 louis 4531:
1.247 jufi 4532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4533: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4534: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4535: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4536:
4537: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4538: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4539: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4540: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4541: <p>
1.247 jufi 4542: </ul>
1.71 louis 4543:
1.69 deraadt 4544: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4545: <ul>
1.70 louis 4546:
1.247 jufi 4547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4548: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4549: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4550: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4551:
4552: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4553: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4554: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4555: <p>
1.70 louis 4556:
1.247 jufi 4557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4558: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4559: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4560: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4561:
4562: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4563: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4564: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4565: <p>
1.68 louis 4566:
1.247 jufi 4567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4568: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4569: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4570: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4571: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4572:
1.111 jufi 4573: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4574: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4575: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4576: "secure by default" installation.
4577: <p>
1.64 louis 4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4580: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4581: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4582: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4583:
1.113 naddy 4584: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4585: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4586: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4587: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4588: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4589: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4590: <p>
1.66 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4593: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4594: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4595: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4596:
4597: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4598: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4599: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4600: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4601: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4602: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4603: <p>
1.83 louis 4604:
1.247 jufi 4605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4606: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4607: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4608: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4609:
4610: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4611: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4612: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4613: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4614: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4615: <p>
1.64 louis 4616:
1.247 jufi 4617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4618: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4619: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4620: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4621:
4622: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4623: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4624: <p>
1.301 jose 4625:
4626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4627: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4628: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4629: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4630: </strong></font><br>
4631:
4632: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4633: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4634: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4635: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4636: Giving way to
4637: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4638: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4639: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4640: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4641: <p>
1.247 jufi 4642: </ul>
1.65 louis 4643:
1.69 deraadt 4644: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4645: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4646:
1.247 jufi 4647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4648: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4649: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4650: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4651:
4652: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4653: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4654: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4655: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4656: <p>
1.88 louis 4657:
1.247 jufi 4658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4659: <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 4660: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4661:
4662: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4663: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4664: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4665: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4666: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4667: <p>
1.60 louis 4668:
1.247 jufi 4669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4670: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4671: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4672: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4673: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4674:
4675: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4676: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4677: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4678: <p>
1.58 louis 4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4681: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4683:
4684: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4685: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4686: <p>
1.53 louis 4687:
1.247 jufi 4688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4689: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4690: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4691: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4692:
4693: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4694: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4695: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4696: <p>
1.99 louis 4697:
1.247 jufi 4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4699: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4700: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4701:
4702: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4703: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4704: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4705: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4706: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4707:
1.247 jufi 4708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4709: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4710: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4711: </strong></font><br>
4712:
4713: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4714: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4715: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4716: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4717: <p>
4718:
1.247 jufi 4719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4720: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4721: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4722: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4723:
4724: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4725: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4726: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4727:
1.247 jufi 4728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4729: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4730: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4731:
4732: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4733: in
1.247 jufi 4734: <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 4735: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4736: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4737: <p>
1.53 louis 4738:
1.247 jufi 4739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4740: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4741: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4742: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4743: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4744:
1.58 louis 4745: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4746: <p>
1.301 jose 4747:
4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4749: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4750: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4751: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4752: Informacyjny, January 2000
4753: </strong></font><br>
4754:
4755: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4756: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4757: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4758: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4759: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4760: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4761: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4762: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4763: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4764: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4765: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4766: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4767: <p>
4768:
4769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4770: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4771: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4772: </strong></font><br>
4773:
4774: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4775: <p>
4776: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4777:
1.69 deraadt 4778: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4779: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4782: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4783: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4784: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4785: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4786:
1.58 louis 4787: Kurt Seifried
4788: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4789: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4790: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4791: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4792:
1.247 jufi 4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4794: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4795: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4796: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4797:
4798: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4799: <p>
1.96 louis 4800:
1.247 jufi 4801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4802: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4803: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4804: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4805: </strong></font><br>
4806:
4807: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4808: <p>
4809:
4810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4811: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4812: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4813: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4814:
4815: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4816: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4817: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4818: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4819: <p>
1.247 jufi 4820: </ul>
1.86 louis 4821:
1.69 deraadt 4822: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4823: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4824:
1.247 jufi 4825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4826: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4827: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4828: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4829:
4830: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4831: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4832: <p>
1.61 louis 4833:
1.247 jufi 4834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4835: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4836: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4837: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4838: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4839:
4840: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4841: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4842: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4843: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4844: right -- or at least strives to".
4845: <p>
1.48 louis 4846:
1.247 jufi 4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4848: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4849: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4850: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4851: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4852: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4853: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4854: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4855: <p>
1.61 louis 4856:
1.247 jufi 4857: <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 4858: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4859: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4860:
4861: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4862: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4863: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4864: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4865: <p>
1.46 louis 4866:
1.247 jufi 4867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4868: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4869: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4870: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4871:
4872: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4873: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4874: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4875:
1.247 jufi 4876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4877: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4878: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4879: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4880:
4881: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4882: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4883: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4884: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4885: <p>
1.247 jufi 4886: </ul>
1.70 louis 4887:
1.69 deraadt 4888: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4889: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4892: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4893: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4894: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4895: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4896:
4897: Kurt Seifried
4898: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4899: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4900: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4901: <p>
1.44 philen 4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <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 4904: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4905: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4906:
4907: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4908: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4909:
1.247 jufi 4910: <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 4911: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4912: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4913:
4914: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4915: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4916:
1.247 jufi 4917: <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 4918: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4919: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4920:
4921: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4922: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4923: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4924: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4925: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4926:
1.247 jufi 4927: <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 4928: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4929: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4930:
1.36 louis 4931: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4932: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4933:
1.247 jufi 4934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4935: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4936: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4937: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4938:
4939: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4940: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4941: </ul>
1.38 louis 4942:
1.69 deraadt 4943: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4944: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4945:
1.247 jufi 4946: <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 4947: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4948: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4949:
4950: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4951: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4952: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4953:
1.113 naddy 4954: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4955: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4956: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4957: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4958:
4959: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4960: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4961: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4962: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4963: <blockquote>
4964: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4965: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4966: <br>
4967: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4968: </code>
4969: </blockquote>
4970: <p>
4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4973: <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 4974: <p>
4975:
4976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4977: <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 4978: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4979:
4980: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4981: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4982: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4983: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4984:
1.247 jufi 4985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4986: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4987: Sept. 28, 1999
4988: </strong></font><br>
4989:
4990: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4991: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4992: translating and reprinting articles from
4993: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4994: <p>
4995:
4996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4997: <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 4998: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4999:
5000: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5001: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5002: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5003: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5004: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5005: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5006: <p>
1.19 louis 5007:
1.113 naddy 5008: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5009: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5010: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5011:
5012: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5013: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5014: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5015: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5016: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5017: <p>
1.16 louis 5018:
1.247 jufi 5019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5020: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5021: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5022: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5023:
1.57 louis 5024: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5025: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5026: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5027: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5028:
1.247 jufi 5029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5030: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5031: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5032: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5033:
1.113 naddy 5034: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5035:
1.247 jufi 5036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5037: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5038: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5039: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5040:
1.23 louis 5041: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5042: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5043: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5044: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5045: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5046: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5047:
1.247 jufi 5048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5049: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5050: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5051: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5052:
1.199 pvalchev 5053: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5054: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5055: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5056: installation.
1.113 naddy 5057: <p>
1.47 louis 5058:
1.247 jufi 5059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5060: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5061: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5062: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5063:
1.301 jose 5064: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5065: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5066: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5067: </ul>
1.57 louis 5068:
1.69 deraadt 5069: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5070: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5071:
1.247 jufi 5072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5073: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5074: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5075: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5076:
5077: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5078: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5079: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5080: <p>
1.12 louis 5081:
1.247 jufi 5082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5083: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5084: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5085: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5086:
5087: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5088: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5089: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5090: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5091: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5092: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5093: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5094: <p>
1.247 jufi 5095: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5096:
1.69 deraadt 5097: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5098: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5099:
1.247 jufi 5100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5101: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5102: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5103:
5104: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5105: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5106: available."
1.113 naddy 5107: <p>
1.301 jose 5108:
5109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5110: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5111: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5112: </strong></font><br>
5113:
5114: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5115: <p>
1.247 jufi 5116: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5117:
1.69 deraadt 5118: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5119: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5120:
1.247 jufi 5121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5122: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5123: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5124:
5125: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5126: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5127: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5128: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5129: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5130: <p>
1.33 louis 5131:
1.247 jufi 5132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5133: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5134: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5135: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5136:
1.113 naddy 5137: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5138: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5139: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5140: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5141: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5142: <p>
1.247 jufi 5143: </ul>
1.57 louis 5144:
1.69 deraadt 5145: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5146: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5147:
1.247 jufi 5148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5149: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5150: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5151: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5152:
5153: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5154: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5155: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5156:
1.247 jufi 5157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5158: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5159: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5160: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5161: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5162:
5163: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5164: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5165:
1.247 jufi 5166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5167: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5168:
1.113 naddy 5169: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5170:
1.247 jufi 5171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5172: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5173: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5174: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5175:
5176: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5177: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5178: </ul>
1.23 louis 5179:
1.69 deraadt 5180: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5181: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5182:
1.247 jufi 5183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5184: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5185: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5186:
5187: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5188: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5189: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5190:
1.247 jufi 5191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5192: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5193: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5194: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5195:
5196: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5197: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5198: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5199: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5200: </ul>
1.57 louis 5201:
1.69 deraadt 5202: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5203: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5204:
1.247 jufi 5205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5206: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5207: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5208: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5209:
5210: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5211: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5212: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5213: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5214: <p>
1.15 louis 5215:
1.247 jufi 5216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5217: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5218: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5219: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5220:
5221: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5222: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5223: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5224: columns."
1.113 naddy 5225: <p>
1.247 jufi 5226: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5227:
1.69 deraadt 5228: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5229: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5230:
1.247 jufi 5231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5232: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5233: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5234: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5235:
5236: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5237: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5238:
1.113 naddy 5239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5240: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5241: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5242:
5243: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5244: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5245: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5246: </ul>
1.57 louis 5247:
1.69 deraadt 5248: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5249: <ul>
1.301 jose 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5251: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5252: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5253: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5254:
5255: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5256: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5257: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5258: <p>
5259:
5260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5261: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5262: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5263: Nov 13, 1998 and
5264: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5265: Datateknik</a>,
5266: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5267:
1.380 saad 5268: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5269: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5270: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5271: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5272: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5273:
1.113 naddy 5274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5275: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5276: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5277: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5278:
1.222 miod 5279: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5280: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5281: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5282: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5283: <p>
1.247 jufi 5284: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5285:
1.69 deraadt 5286: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5287: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5288:
1.247 jufi 5289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5290: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5291: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5292:
1.69 deraadt 5293: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5294: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5295: <p>
1.247 jufi 5296: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5297:
1.69 deraadt 5298: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5299: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5300:
1.247 jufi 5301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5302: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5303: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5304: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5305:
1.383 jcs 5306: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5307: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5308: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5309:
1.247 jufi 5310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5311: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5312: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5313: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5314: <p>
1.247 jufi 5315: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5316:
1.69 deraadt 5317: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5318: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5319:
1.247 jufi 5320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5321: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5322: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5323: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5324: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5325: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5326:
5327: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5328: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5329: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5330: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5331: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5332: <p>
1.247 jufi 5333: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5334:
5335: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5336: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5337:
1.247 jufi 5338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5339: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5340: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5341:
1.69 deraadt 5342: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5343: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5344: <p>
1.112 naddy 5345:
1.247 jufi 5346: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5347: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5348:
1.292 camield 5349: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5350: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5351: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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