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1.503 ian 19: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 ! aanriot 22: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
! 23: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
! 24: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
! 27: basics. It begins with an history of the different implimentations, and
! 28: is punctuated with examples.
! 29: Tunneling features are described, as well as
! 30: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
! 31: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
! 32: and
! 33: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
! 34: <p>
! 35:
! 36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 37: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
38: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
41: further OpenSSH development.
42: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
43: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
44: project's funding needs for all time.
45: <p>
1.504 bernd 46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
47: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
48: April 3, 2006
49: </strong></font><br>
50: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
51: this could compromise future hackathons.
52: <p>
1.503 ian 53:
54: </ul>
55:
1.487 ian 56: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
57: <ul>
1.495 ian 58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 59: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 60: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 61: </strong></font><br>
62: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
63: on topics including "Puffy",
64: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
65: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
66: what's new in 3.9,
67: and of course project expenses.
68: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
69: <!--
70: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
71: -->
72: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
73: <p>
74:
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 76: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
77: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
78: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 79: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
80: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 81: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
82: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
83: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
84: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
85: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
86: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
87: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
88: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
89: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
90: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
91: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
92: but Matzan does - is that
93: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
94: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
95: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
96: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
97: <br/>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
101: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
102: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
103: </strong></font><br>
104: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
105: "blob" drivers, and more.
106: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
107: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
108: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
109: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
110: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
111: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
112: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
113: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
114: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
115: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
116: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
117: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 121: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
122: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
123: </strong></font><br>
124: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
125: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
126: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
127: in general temperature and environmental issues.
128: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
129: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
130: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
131: other major operating systems." ...
132: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
133: machines running in
134: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
135: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
139: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
140: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
141: </strong></font><br>
142: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
143: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
144: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
145: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
146: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
147: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
148: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
149: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
150: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
151: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
152: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
153: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
154: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
155: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
156: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
157: <p>
158:
1.487 ian 159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 160: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
161: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
162: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 163: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 164: financial situation.
165: <p>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 168: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
169: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
170: </strong></font><br>
171: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
172: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
173: produce our favorite operating system.
174: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
175: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
176: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
177: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
178: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 179: <br/>
180: Also online at
181: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
185: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
186: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
187: </strong></font><br>
188: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
189: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
190: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
191: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
192: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
193: sustain indefinitely."
194: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
195: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
196: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
197: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
198: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 199: <p>
200:
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 202: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
203: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
204: </strong></font><br>
205: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
206: with a reminder that
207: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
208: used nowadays almost everywhere."
209: Ends with this quote from Marco:
210: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
211: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
212: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 216: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 217: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
218: </strong></font><br>
219: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
220: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
221: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
222: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
223: a few of them each year.
224: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
225: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
226: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
227: to the OpenBSD project.
228: It's time for them to do so.
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 232: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
233: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
234: </strong></font><br>
235: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
236: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
237: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
238: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
239: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
240: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
241: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 245: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
246: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 247: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
248: <!-- North America mirror:
249: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
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1.490 deraadt 251: European mirror:
252: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
253: <br>
254: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 255: <p>
256:
257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 258: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
259: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 260: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 261: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
262: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
263: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
264: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
265: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
266: designed to provide reliability and security.
267: <p>
268:
269: </ul>
270:
1.485 ian 271: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
272: <ul>
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 274: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
275: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
276: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 277: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 278: installations in about four minutes flat".
279: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
280: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 281: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 282: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
283: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
284: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
285: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
286: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
287: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
288: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
289: the steps in the article.
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 293: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
294: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
295: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
296: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
297: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
298: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
299: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
300: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
301: happening in real life.
302: <p>
303:
304: </ul>
305:
1.492 ian 306: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
307: <ul>
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
309: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
310: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
311: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
312: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
313: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
314: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 315: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 316: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
317: </ul>
318:
1.483 ian 319: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
320: <ul>
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 322: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
323: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
324: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
325: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
326: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
327: <p>
328:
329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 330: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 331: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
332: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
333: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
334: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
335: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
336: to sites with more information on most topics.
337: <p>
338:
339: </ul>
340:
341:
1.479 grunk 342: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
343: <ul>
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 345: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 346: Goes to Venice</a>,
347: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 348: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 349: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
350: <br/>
351: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
352: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
353: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 354: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 355: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
356: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
357: Contains a link to
358: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
359: pval's summary slides</a>.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 363: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
364: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
365: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
366: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
367: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
368: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
369: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
370: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 371: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 372: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
373: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
374: the packages and ports system"</i>.
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
378: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
379: Return of The BSDs</a>,
380: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
381: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
382: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
383: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
384: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
385: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
386: quotes from Bob Beck.
387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 390: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
391: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
392: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 393: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
394: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 395: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
396: and Linux.<br>
397: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
398: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
399: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
400: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
401: of the release
402: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
403: <p>
404: </ul>
405:
1.476 ian 406: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
407: <ul>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
410: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
411: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
412: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
413: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
414: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
415: and too unreliable.
416: This quote will rattle some cages:
417: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
418: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
419: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
420: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
421: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
422: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
423: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
424: costs without any commercial lock-in."
425: <p>
426:
1.477 saad 427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
428: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
429: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
430: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
431: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
432: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
433: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
434: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
435: discussion about future plans.
436: <p>
437:
1.478 grunk 438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
439: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
440: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
441: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
442: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
443: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
444: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
445: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
446: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
447: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
448: <p>
449:
1.476 ian 450: </ul>
451:
1.470 saad 452: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
453: <ul>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 456: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
457: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
458: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
459: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
460: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
461: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
462: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
463: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
464: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
465: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 469: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
470: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
471: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
472: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
473: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
474: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
475: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
476: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
477: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
478: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 482: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
483: Big debate over small packets</a>,
484: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
485: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
486: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
487: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
488: draft.
489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 492: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
493: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
494: ordinateur ?"</a>,
495: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
496: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
497: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
498: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
499: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
500: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
501: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 505: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
506: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
507: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
508: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
509: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
510: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
511: performance data with pfstat.
512: <p>
513:
514: </ul>
515:
1.461 grunk 516: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
517: <ul>
518:
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 520: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
521: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 522: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 523: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
524: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
525: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 526: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 527: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 528: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
529: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
530: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 531: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
532: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 533: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 534: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
535: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 536: <p>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 539: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
540: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 541: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 542: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
543: poor security:
1.467 grunk 544: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 545: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 546: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 547: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
548: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 552: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
553: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 554: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 555: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
556: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 557: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
558: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
559: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
560: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
561: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
562: commercial vendors.
563: <p>
564:
565: </ul>
566:
1.454 ian 567: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
568: <ul>
1.468 grunk 569:
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
571: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
572: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
573: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
574: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
575: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
576: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 577: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 578: <br>
579: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
580: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
581: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
582: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
583: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 584: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 585: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
586: <p>
587:
1.454 ian 588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 589: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
590: Free Bird</a>,
591: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
592: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
593: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
594: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
595: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
596: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
597: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
598: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
599: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
600: room will only be available in the print edition.
601: <p>
1.459 deraadt 602:
1.458 niallo 603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 604: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
605: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
606: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
607: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
608: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
609: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
610: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
611: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
612: <p>
1.457 deraadt 613:
1.456 niallo 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 615: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 616: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
617: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
618: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
619: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
620: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
621: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 622: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 623: interview.</a>
624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 627: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
628: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
629: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
630: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
631: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
632: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
633: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
634: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
635: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
636: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
637: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
638: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
639: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
640: "I have never used it."
641: <p>
642:
643: </ul>
644:
1.441 deraadt 645: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
646: <ul>
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 648: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
649: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
650: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
651: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
652: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
653: future enhancements.
654: <p>
655:
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 657: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 658: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
659: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
660: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
661: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
662: North America mirror:
663: <ul>
1.452 marco 664: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 665: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
666: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 667: </ul>
668: European mirror:
669: <ul>
1.452 marco 670: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 671: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
672: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
673: </ul>
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 677: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
678: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
679: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
680: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
681: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
682: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
683: <p>
684:
685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 686: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
687: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
688: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
689: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
690: first-hand account.
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 694: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
695: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
696: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
697: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
698: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
699: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
700: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
701: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
702: <p>
703:
704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 705: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
706: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
707: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
708: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
709: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
710: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
711: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
712: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
713: <p>
714:
715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 716: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 717: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 718: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
719: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
720: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
721: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
722: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
723: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
724: <p>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
727: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 728: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 729: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
730: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
731: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
732: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
733: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 737: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
738: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
739: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 740: </strong></font><br>
741: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
742: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
743: with OpenBSD.
744: </ul>
745:
1.436 henning 746: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
747: <ul>
748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 749: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
750: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
751: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
752: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
753: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
754: than closed source, as we have long contended.
755: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
756: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
757: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
758: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
759: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
760: <p>
761: This article can also be found online as
762: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
763: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
764: <p>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 767: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
768: </strong></font><br>
769: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
770: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 774: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
775: </strong></font><br>
776: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
777: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 778: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 779: the issues we had with IETF.
780: </ul>
781:
1.431 ian 782: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
783: <ul>
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 785: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
786: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
787: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
788: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
789: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
790: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
791: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 795: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
796: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
797: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
798: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
799: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
800: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 801: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 802: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
803: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
804: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
805: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
806: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
807: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
808: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
809: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
810:
811: </ul>
812:
1.427 matthieu 813: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
814: <ul>
815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 817: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
818: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
819: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
820: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
821: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
822: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
823: firmware.
1.434 ian 824: Similar articles can be found online at:
825: <ul>
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
827: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
828: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
829: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
831: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
832: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
833: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
835: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
836: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
837: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 839: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 840: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
841: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
842: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 843: </ul>
844:
1.426 ian 845: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
846: <ul>
847:
848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
849: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
850: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
851: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
852: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 853: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 854: mechanism: what it is and why and
855: how to use it, with examples.
856: Another excerpt from the book
857: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
858: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
862: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
863: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
864: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
865: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
866: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
867: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
868: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
869: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
870: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
871: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
872: This article is a sample chapter from
873: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
874: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
875: <p>
1.443 ian 876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 878: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 879: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
880: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
881: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
882: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
883: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
884: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
885: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
886: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
887: ends with a sidebar on security.
888: <p>
1.426 ian 889: </ul>
890:
1.424 ian 891: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
892: <ul>
893:
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 895: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
896: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
897: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
898: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
899: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
900: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
901: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
902: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
903: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
904: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
905: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
906: <p>
907: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
908: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
909: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 913: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
914: Closed Source Hardware</a>
915: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
916: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
917: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
918: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
919: operating systems.
920: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
921: OpenBSD on his firewall.
922: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
923: systems, he writes:
924: <blockquote>
925: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
926: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
927: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
928: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
929: to the operating system...
930: <br/>
931: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
932: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
933: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
934: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
935: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
936: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
937: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
938: in a closed source operating system).
939: <br/>
940: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
941: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
942: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
943: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
944: </blockquote>
945: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
946: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
947: their hardware and software operates.
948: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
949: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 950: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 951: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
952: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
953: <p>
954: </ul>
955:
1.417 pvalchev 956: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
957: <ul>
1.421 ian 958:
1.417 pvalchev 959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 960: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
961: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
962: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
963: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
964: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
965: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
966: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
967: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
968: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
969: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
970: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 971: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 972: <p>
973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 974: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
975: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
976: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
977: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
978: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
979: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
980: it claims to do".
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 984: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 985: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
986: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
987: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
988: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 989: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 990: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
991: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
992: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
993: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
994: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
995: (yes, this is a hint).
996: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
997: picked up on the
998: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
999: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1000: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1001: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1002: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1006: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1007: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1008: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1009: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1010: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1011: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1012: the current efforts.
1013: <p>
1014: </ul>
1015:
1.407 henning 1016: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1017: <ul>
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1019: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1020: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1021: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1022: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1023: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1024: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1025: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1026: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1027: <p>
1028:
1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1030: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1031: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1032: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1033: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1034: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1035: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1036: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1037: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1038: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1039: <p>
1.415 ian 1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1042: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1043: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1044: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1045: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1046: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1047: overflow attacks... because
1048: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1049: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1050: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1051: and propolice.
1052: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1053: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1054: and that's when the science falls apart."
1055: <p>
1056:
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1058: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1059: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1060: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1061: Starts with the question:
1062: <blockquote>
1063: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1064: <br/>
1065: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1066: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1067: <br/>
1068: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1069: Should we believe them?"
1070: </blockquote>
1071: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1072: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1073: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1074: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1075: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1076: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1077: <p>
1078:
1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1080: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1081: Simple Simon</a>,
1082: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1083: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1084: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1085: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1086: routing/firewall, and more.
1087: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1088: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1089: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1090: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1091: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1092: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1093: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1094: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1095: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1096: </blockquote>
1097: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1098: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1099: <p>
1100:
1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1102: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1103: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1104: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1105: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1106: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1107: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1108: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1109: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1110: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1111: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1112: in spite of it
1113: (registration required, but worth it).
1114: <p>
1115:
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1117: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1118: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1119: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1120: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1121: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1122: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1123: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1124: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1125: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1126: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1127: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1128: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1129: <p>
1130:
1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1132: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1133: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1134: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1135: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1136: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1137: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1138: <blockquote>
1139: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1140: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1141: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1142: a lot of analysis.
1143: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1144: </blockquote>
1145: <p>
1146: </ul>
1147:
1.400 marco 1148: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1149: <ul>
1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1151: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1152: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1153: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1154: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1155: UNIX-like systems.
1156: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1157: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1158: <p>
1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1160: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1161: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1162: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1163: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1164: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1165: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1166: At one point, the article states:
1167: <blockquote>
1168: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1169: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1170: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1171: </blockquote>
1172: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1173: <blockquote>
1174: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1175: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1176: </blockquote>
1177: <p>
1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1179: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1180: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1181: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1182: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1183: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1184: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1185: required).
1186: <p>
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1188: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1189: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1190: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1191: </strong></font><br>
1192: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1193: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1194: <p>
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1196: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1197: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1198: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1199: </strong></font><br>
1200: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1201: <p>
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1203: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1204: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1205: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1206: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1207: 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 1208: <p>
1209: </ul>
1210:
1.396 henning 1211: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1212: <ul>
1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1214: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1215: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1216: Unix Review, July, 2004
1217: </strong></font><br>
1218: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1219: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1220: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1221: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1222: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1223: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1224: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1225: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1226: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1227: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1228: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1229: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1230: and even spelling/wording errors.
1231: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1232: <p>
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1234: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1235: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1236: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1237: </strong></font><br>
1238: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1239: <p>
1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1241: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1242: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1243: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1246: <p>
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1248: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1249: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1250: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1251: </strong></font><br>
1252: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1253: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1254: <p>
1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1256: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1257: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1258: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1259: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1260: <p>
1261: </ul>
1262:
1.405 jolan 1263: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1264: <ul>
1265: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1266: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1267: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1268: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1269: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1270: details on how funds are dispersed.
1271: <p>
1272: </ul>
1273:
1.393 david 1274: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1275: <ul>
1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1277: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1278: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1279: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1280: </strong></font><br>
1281: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1282: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1283: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1284: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1285: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1286: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1287: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1291: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1292: Secure by Default</a>,
1293: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1294: </strong></font><br>
1295: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1296: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1297: <p>
1298:
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1300: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1301: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1302: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1305: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1306: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1307: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1308: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1309: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1310: <p>
1311:
1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1313: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1314: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1315: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1316: </strong></font><br>
1317: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1318: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1319: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1320: <p>
1321:
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1324: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1325: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1326: </strong></font><br>
1327: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1328: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1329: <p>
1330: </ul>
1331:
1.388 mcbride 1332: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1333: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1334:
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1336: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1337: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1338: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1339: </strong></font><br>
1340: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1341: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1342: available for sparc64.
1343: <p>
1344:
1.390 beck 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1346: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1347: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1348: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1349: </strong></font><br>
1350: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1351: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1352: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1353: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1354: <p>
1355:
1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1357: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1358: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1359: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1360: </strong></font><br>
1361: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1362: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1363: it does: CARP provides sharing
1364: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1365: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1366: detail to get you started using it.
1367: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1368: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1369: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1370: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1371: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1372: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1373: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1374: <p>
1.391 ian 1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1377: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1378: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1379: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1380: </strong></font><br>
1381: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1382: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1383: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1384: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1387: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1388: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1389: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1390: </strong></font><br>
1391: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1392: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1393: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1394: unencumbered by patents.
1395: <p>
1396: </ul>
1397:
1.378 henning 1398: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1399: <ul>
1.384 jose 1400:
1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1402: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1403: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1404: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1405: </strong></font><br>
1406: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1407: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1408: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1409: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1410: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1411: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1412: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1413: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1414: in the page tables."
1415: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1416: <p>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1419: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1420: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1423: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1424: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1425: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1426: <p>
1.384 jose 1427:
1.378 henning 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1429: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1430: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1431: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1432: </strong></font><br>
1433: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1434: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1435: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1436: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1437: (quote:
1438: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1439: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1440: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1441: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1442: the other developers for their work on the system.
1443: <p>
1444:
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1446: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1447: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1448: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1449: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1450: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1451: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1452: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1453: too.
1454: <p>
1455:
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1457: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1458: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1459: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1460: OpenBSD source code using
1461: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1462: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1463: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1464: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1465: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1466: <p>
1467: </ul>
1468:
1.374 jose 1469: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1470: <ul>
1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1472: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1473: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1474: </strong></font><br>
1475: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1476: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1477: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1478: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1479: it."
1480: <p>
1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1483: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1484: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1485: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1486: </strong></font><br/>
1487: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1488: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1489: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1490: <p>
1491: </ul>
1492:
1.369 ian 1493: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1494: <ul>
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1496: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1497: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1498: </strong></font><br/>
1499: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1500: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1501: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1502: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1503: <p>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1506: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1507: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1508: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1509: </strong></font><br/>
1510: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1511: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1512: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1513: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1514: form factor.
1515: <p>
1516:
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1518: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1519: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1520: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1521: Features</a>,
1522: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1523: </strong></font><br/>
1524: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1525: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1526: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1527: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1528: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1529: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1530: <p>
1531: This article can also be found online at:
1532: <ul>
1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1534: <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 1535: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1536: </strong></font>
1537: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1538: </ul>
1539: <p>
1.392 david 1540:
1.371 jose 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1542: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1543: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1544: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1545: </strong></font><br/>
1546: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1547: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1548: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1549: <p>
1.371 jose 1550:
1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1552: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1553: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1554: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1555: </strong></font><br/>
1556: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1557: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1558: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1559: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1560: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1561: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1562: and its history with OpenBSD.
1563: </ul>
1564:
1.368 henning 1565: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1566: <ul>
1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1568: [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 1569: </strong></font><br>
1570: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1571: </ul>
1572:
1.364 jose 1573: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1574: <ul>
1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1576: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1577: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1578: UNIX Review,
1579: July, 2003.
1580: </strong></font><br>
1581: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1582: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1583: who want more information.
1584: <p>
1585:
1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1587: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1588: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1589: Government Computer News,
1590: July 22, 2003.
1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1593: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1594: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1595: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1596: <p>
1597:
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1599: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1600: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1601: SANS Institute,
1602: July 22, 2003.
1603: </strong></font><br>
1604: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1605: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1606: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1607: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1608: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1609: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1610: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1611: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1612: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1613: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1614: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1615: <p>
1616:
1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1618: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1619: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1620: OnLamp.com,
1621: July 17, 2003.
1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1624: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1625: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1626: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1627: have been working on.
1628:
1629: </ul>
1630:
1.356 jose 1631: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1632: <ul>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1635: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1636: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1637: UNIX Review,
1638: June, 2003.
1639: </strong></font><br>
1640: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1641: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1642: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1643: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1644: <p>
1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1647: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1648: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1649: eWeek,
1650: June 23, 2003.
1651: </strong></font><br>
1652: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1653: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1654: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1655: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1656: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1657: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1658: <p>
1659:
1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1661: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1662: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1663: Software Development Online,
1664: June, 2003.
1665: </strong></font><br>
1666: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1667: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1668: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1669: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1670: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1671: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1672: current activities.
1673: <p>
1674:
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1676: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1677: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1678: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1679: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1680: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1681: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1682: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1683: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1684: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1685: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1686: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1687: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1688: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1689: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1690: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1691: decisions.
1692: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1693: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1694: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1695: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1696: <p>
1697:
1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1699: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1700: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1701: Page 58, eWeek,
1702: June 2, 2003.
1703: </strong></font><br>
1704: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1705: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1706: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1707: been addressed in -current.
1708: <p>
1709:
1.356 jose 1710: </ul>
1711:
1712: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1713: <ul>
1714:
1.355 jose 1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1716: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1717: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1718: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1719: </strong></font><br>
1720: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1721: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1722: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1723: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1724: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1725: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1726: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1730: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1731: Beyond Linux</a>,
1732: InfoWorld,
1733: May 23, 2003.
1734: </strong></font><br>
1735: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1736: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1737: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1738: compared to the GPL.
1739: <p>
1740:
1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1742: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1743: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1744: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1745: May 17, 2003.
1746: </strong></font><br>
1747: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1748: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1749: the business section and half of another page inside
1750: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1751: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1752: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1753: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1754: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1755: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1756: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1757: <br>
1758: This article can also be found online at:
1759: <ul>
1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1761: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1762: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1763: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1764: May 17, 2003
1765: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1766: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1768: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1769: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1770: Montreal Gazette,
1771: May 21, 2003
1772: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1773: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1774: <p>
1.346 ian 1775:
1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1777: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1778: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1779: May 7, 2003.
1780: </strong></font><br>
1781: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1782: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1783: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1784: <p>
1785:
1786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1787: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1788: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1789: OsOpinion,
1790: May 6, 2003.
1791: </strong></font><br>
1792: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1793: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1794: <br>
1795: This article can also be found online at:
1796: <ul>
1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1798: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1799: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1800: NewsFactor Network.
1801: </strong></font>
1802: </ul>
1803: <p>
1804:
1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1806: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1807: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1808: ITBusiness,
1809: May 2, 2003.
1810: </strong></font><br>
1811: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1812: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1813: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1814: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1815: <p>
1816:
1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1818: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1819: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1820: InfoWorld,
1821: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1822: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1823: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1824: <br>
1825: This article can also be found online at:
1826: <ul>
1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1828: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1829: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1830: IDG Singapore.
1831: </strong></font>
1832: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1833: <p>
1834:
1.339 jose 1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1836: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1837: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1838: ZDNet,
1839: May 1, 2003.
1840: </strong></font><br>
1841: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1842: someone using parts from previous articles.
1843: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1844: This article can also be found online at:
1845: <ul>
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1847: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1848: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1849: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1850: </strong></font>
1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1852: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1853: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1854: CNET News.com.
1855: </strong></font>
1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1857: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1858: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1859: ZDNet UK.
1860: </strong></font>
1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1862: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1863: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1864: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1865: </strong></font>
1866: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1867: <p>
1.339 jose 1868:
1.341 deraadt 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1870: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1871: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1872: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1873: May 1, 2003.
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1876: that have been added
1877: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1878: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1879: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1880: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1881: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1882: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1883: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1884: <p>
1885:
1886: </ul>
1887:
1.253 ian 1888: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1889: <ul>
1.255 ian 1890:
1.260 ian 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1892: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1893: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1894: TechRepublic,
1895: April 28, 2003.
1896: </strong></font><br>
1897: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1898: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1899: work.<br>
1900: Can also be found online at:
1901: <ul>
1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1903: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1904: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1905: ZDNet UK.
1906: </strong></font>
1907: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1908: <p>
1909:
1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1911: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1912: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1913: IDG,
1914: April 24, 2003.
1915: </strong></font><br>
1916: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1917: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1918: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1919: Can also be found online at:
1920: <ul>
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1922: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1923: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1924: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1925: </strong></font>
1926: </ul>
1927: <p>
1928:
1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1930: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1931: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1932: Slate,
1933: April 24, 2003.
1934: </strong></font><br>
1935: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1936: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1937: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1938: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1939: <p>
1940:
1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1942: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1943: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1944: April 24, 2003.
1945: </strong></font><br>
1946: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1947: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1948: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1949: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1950: <p>
1951:
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1953: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1954: April 24, 2003.
1955: </strong></font><br>
1956: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1957: the free software community".
1958: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1959: other articles.
1960: <p>
1961:
1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1963: <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 1964: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1965: </strong></font><br>
1966: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1967: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1968: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1969: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1970: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1971: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1972: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1973: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1974: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1975: <br/>
1976: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1977: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1978: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1979: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1980: <br>
1981: Can also be found online at:
1982: <ul>
1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1984: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1985: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1986: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1987: </strong></font>
1988: </ul>
1.324 ian 1989: <p>
1990:
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1992: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1993: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1994: </strong></font><br>
1995: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1996: article above.
1997: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1998: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1999: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2000: <br>
2001: Can also be found online at:
2002: <ul>
2003: <li>
2004: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2005: </strong></font>
2006: </ul>
1.324 ian 2007: <p>
2008:
2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2010: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2011: </strong></font><br>
2012: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2013: <p>
2014:
2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2016: <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.
2017: </strong></font><br>
2018: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2019: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2020: <p>
2021:
2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2023: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2024: April 23, 2003.
2025: </strong></font><br>
2026: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2027: <p>
2028:
2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2030: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2031: April 22, 2003.
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2034: <p>
2035:
2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2037: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2038: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2039: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2040: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2041: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2042: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2043: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2044: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2045: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2046: Can also be found online at:
2047: <ul>
2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2049: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2050: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2051: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2052: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2054: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2055: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2056: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2057: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2058: </ul>
2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2062: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2063: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2064: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2065: </strong></font><br>
2066: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2067: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2068: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2069: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2070: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2071: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2072: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2073: <p>
2074:
2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2076: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2077: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2078: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2079: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2080: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2081: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2082: at UPenn and DARPA.
2083: <p>
2084:
2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2086: [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,
2087: France
1.315 deraadt 2088: April 18, 2003.
2089: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2090: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2091: <p>
2092:
2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2094: [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 2095: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2098: <p>
2099:
2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2101: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2102: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2103: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2104: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2105: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2106: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2107: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2108: <p>
2109:
2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2111: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2112: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2113: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2114: </strong></font><br>
2115: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2116: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2117: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2118: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2119: <p>
2120:
2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2122: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2123: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2124: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2125: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2126: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2127: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2128: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2129: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2130: Can also be found online at:
2131: <ul>
2132: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2133: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2134: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2135: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2136: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2137: <p>
2138:
2139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2140: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2141: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2142: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2143: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2144: </strong></font><br>
2145: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2146: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2147: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2148: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2149: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2150:
2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2152: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2153: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2154: New York Times.
2155: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2156:
1.273 deraadt 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2158: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2159: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2160: ABC News.
2161: </strong></font>
2162:
2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2164: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2165: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2166: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2167: </strong></font>
2168:
2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2170: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2171: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2172: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2173: </strong></font>
2174:
2175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2176: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2177: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2178: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2179: </strong></font>
2180:
2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2182: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2183: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2184: Times Daily, AL.
2185: </strong></font>
2186:
2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2188: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2189: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2190: Boston.com, MA.
2191: </strong></font>
2192:
2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2194: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2195: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2196: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2197: </strong></font>
2198:
2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2200: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2201: [Article was pulled]</a>
2202: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2203: </strong></font>
2204:
2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2206: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2207: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2208: Infoshop News.
2209: </strong></font>
2210:
2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2212: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2213: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2214: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2215: </strong></font>
2216:
2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2218: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2219: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2220: Raleigh News, NC.
2221: </strong></font>
2222:
2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2224: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2225: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2226: Napa News, CA.
2227: </strong></font>
2228:
2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2230: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2231: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2232: NEPA News, PA.
2233: </strong></font>
2234:
2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2236: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2237: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2238: Wired News.
2239: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2240: <br>
2241: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2242: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2243: [JAPANESE]
2244: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2245: Wired News Japan</a>
2246: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2247:
1.271 deraadt 2248: </ul>
2249: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2250: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2251: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2252: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2253: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2254: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2255: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2256: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2257: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2258: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2259: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2260: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2261: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2262: <p>
2263: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2264:
2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2266: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2267: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2268: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2269: </strong></font>
2270:
2271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2272: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2273: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2274: Miami Herald, FL.
2275: </strong></font>
2276:
2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2278: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2279: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2280: </strong></font>
2281:
2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2283: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2284: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2285: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2286: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2287:
2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2289: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2290: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2291: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2292: ABC News.
2293: </strong></font>
2294:
1.276 deraadt 2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2296: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2297: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2298: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2299: </strong></font>
2300:
1.286 dhartmei 2301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2302: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2303: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2304: Wilmington Star, NC.
2305: </strong></font>
2306:
1.300 jose 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2308: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2309: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2310: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2311: </strong></font>
2312:
1.309 jose 2313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2314: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2315: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2316: Globe Technology.
2317: </strong></font>
2318:
1.263 deraadt 2319: </ul>
1.262 beck 2320: <p>
2321:
2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2323: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2324: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2325: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2326: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2327: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2328: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2329: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2330: <p>
2331:
2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2333: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2334: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2335: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2336: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2337: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2338: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2339: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2340: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2341: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2342: and simply restates other press reports.
2343: <p>
2344:
2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2346: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2347: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2348: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2349: </strong></font><br>
2350: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2351: <p>
2352:
2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2354: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2355: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2356: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2357: </strong></font><br>
2358: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2359: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2360: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2361: <p>
2362:
2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2364: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2365: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2366: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2367: April 17, 2003.
2368: </strong></font><br>
2369: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2370: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2371: Tech Anthems</a>
2372: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2373: 4 so far.
2374: <p>
2375:
2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2377: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2378: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2379: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2380: </strong></font><br>
2381: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2382: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2383: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2384: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2385: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2386: Goes on to say:
2387: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2388: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2389: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2390: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2391: This article is also found online at:
2392: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2394: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2395: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2396: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2397: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2399: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2400: ZDnet</a>,
2401: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2402: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2404: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2405: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2406: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2407: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2408: </ul>
1.260 ian 2409: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2410:
1.260 ian 2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2412: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2413: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2414: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2415: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2416: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2417: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2418: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2419: without notice or justification.
2420: <p>
2421:
2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2423: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2424: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2425: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2426: </strong></font><br>
2427: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2428: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2429: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2430: effective today, without any warning..."
2431: <p>
1.257 ian 2432:
2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2434: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2435: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2436: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2437: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2438: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2439: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2440: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2441: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2442: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2443: <p>
2444:
2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2446: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2447: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2448: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2449: </strong></font><br>
2450: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2451: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2452: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2453: quoting two of them:
2454: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2455: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2456: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2457: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2458: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2459: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2460: <p>
2461:
1.255 ian 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2463: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2464: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2465: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2466: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2467: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2468: <p>
2469:
2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2471: [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 2472: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2473: </strong></font><br>
2474: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2475: <p>
2476:
2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2478: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2479: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2480: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2481: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2482: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2483: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2484: security experts for more than three decades."
2485: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2486: <p>
1.261 ian 2487:
1.254 drahn 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2489: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2490: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2491: </strong></font><br>
2492: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2493: <p>
2494:
2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2496: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2497: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2498: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2499: </strong></font><br>
2500: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2501: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2502: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2503: <p>
2504:
2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2506: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2507: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2508: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2509: </strong></font><br>
2510: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2511: from US DARPA.
2512: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2513: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2514: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2515: the BSD license.
2516: <p>
2517: </ul>
2518:
1.251 ian 2519: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2520: <ul>
2521:
2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2523: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2524: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2525: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2526: </strong></font><br>
2527:
2528: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2529: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2530: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2531: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2532: <p>
2533:
2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2536: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2537: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2538: </strong></font><br>
2539: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2540: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2541: Mentions
2542: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2543: and
2544: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2545: programs.
2546: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2547: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2548: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2549: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2550: <p>
1.325 ian 2551: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2552: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2553:
2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2555: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2556: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2557: </strong></font><br>
2558: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2559: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2560: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2561: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2562: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2563: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2564: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2565: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2566: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2567: put into service."
2568: <p>
2569: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2570: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2571: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2572: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2573: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2574: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2575: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2576: computers with security features."
2577: <p>
1.329 ian 2578:
2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2580: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2581: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2582: Slate,
2583: March 3, 2003.
2584: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2585: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2586: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2587: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2588: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2589: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2590: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2591: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2592: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2593: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2594: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2595: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2596: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2597: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2598: of more secure open-source solutions like
2599: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2600: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2601: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2602: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2603: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2604: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2605: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2606: the Beltway."
2607: <p>
1.251 ian 2608: </ul>
2609:
1.249 jufi 2610: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2611: <ul>
2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2613: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2614: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2615: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2616: </strong></font><br>
2617: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2618: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2619: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2620: <p>
1.334 ian 2621:
2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2623: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2624: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2625: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2626: </strong></font><br>
2627: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2628: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2629: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2630: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2631: "... the hypothetical question ...
2632: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2633: <br>
2634: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2635: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2636: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2637: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2638: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2639: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2640: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2641: support network security.
2642: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2643: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2644: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2645: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2646: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2647: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2648: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2649: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2650: <br>
2651: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2652: <p>
2653:
1.249 jufi 2654: </ul>
2655:
1.246 jufi 2656: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2657: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2660: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2661: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2662: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2663: </strong></font><br>
2664: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2665: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2666: <p>
2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2669: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2670: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2671: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2672: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2673: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2674: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2675: <p>
2676:
2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2678: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2679: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2680: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2681: </strong></font><br>
2682: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2683: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2684: <p>
1.247 jufi 2685: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2686:
1.244 jufi 2687: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2688: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2689:
1.247 jufi 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2691: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2692: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2693: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2694: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2695: </strong></font><br>
2696: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2697: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2698: md5 digests.
2699: <p>
2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2702: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2703: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2704: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2705: </strong></font><br>
2706: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2707: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2708: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2709: right the first time."
2710: <p>
1.247 jufi 2711: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2712:
2713:
2714: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2718: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2719: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2720: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2721: </strong></font><br>
2722: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2723: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2724: part 6</a>.
2725: <p>
2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2728: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2729: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2730: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2731: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2732: </strong></font><br>
2733: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2734: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2735: <p>
1.301 jose 2736:
2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2738: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2739: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2740: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2741: </strong></font><br>
2742:
2743: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2744: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2745: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2746: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2747: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2748: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2749: <i>Here's the
2750: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2751: <p>
1.247 jufi 2752: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2753:
2754: <h2>July, 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/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2759: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2760: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2761: </strong></font><br>
2762: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2763: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2764: <p>
2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2767: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2768: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2769: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2770: </strong></font><br>
2771: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2772: this time using pf.
2773: <p>
1.247 jufi 2774: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2775:
2776: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2777: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2781: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2782: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2783: </strong></font><br>
2784: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2785: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2786: their rotation.
2787: <p>
2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2790: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2791: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2792: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2793: </strong></font><br>
2794: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2795: <p>
1.247 jufi 2796: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2797:
1.239 jufi 2798: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2799: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2802: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2803: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2804: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2805: </strong></font><br>
2806: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2807: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2808: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2809: <p>
2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2812: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2813: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2814: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2816: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2817: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2818: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2819: <p>
1.247 jufi 2820: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2821:
1.235 lebel 2822: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2823: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2824:
1.239 jufi 2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2827: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2828: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2829: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2830: </strong></font><br>
2831: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2832: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2833: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2834: <p>
1.301 jose 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2837:
1.228 horacio 2838: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2839: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2842: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2843: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2844: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2845: </strong></font><br>
2846: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2847: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2848: <p>
2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2851: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2852: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2853: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2854: </strong></font><br>
2855: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2856: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2860: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2861: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2862: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2863: </strong></font><br>
2864: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2865: on the desktop of his parents.
2866: <p>
2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2869: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2870: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2871: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2872: </strong></font><br>
2873: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2874: using IPFilter.
2875:
2876: <p>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2879: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2880: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2881: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2882: </strong></font><br>
2883: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2884: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2885: perspectives of the four OS.
2886: <br>
2887: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2888: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2889: <p>
2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2892: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2893: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2894: software and security</a>,
2895: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2896: </strong></font><br>
2897:
2898: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2899: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2900: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2901: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2902: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2903: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2904: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2905: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2906: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2907: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2908: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2909: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2910: <p>
1.247 jufi 2911: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2912:
1.225 horacio 2913: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2914: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2917: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2918: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2919: Interview</a>,
2920: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2921: </strong></font><br>
2922:
2923: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2924: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2925: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2926: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2927: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2928: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2929: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2930: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2931: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2932: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2933: of choice.
2934: <p>
1.247 jufi 2935: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2936:
2937: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2938: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2941: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2942: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2943: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2944: </strong></font><br>
2945:
2946: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2947: <p>
2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2950: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2951: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2952: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2953: </strong></font><br>
2954:
2955: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2956: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2957: <p>
1.247 jufi 2958: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2959:
1.218 horacio 2960: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2961: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2962:
1.247 jufi 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2964: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2965: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2966: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2967: </strong></font><br>
2968:
2969: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2970: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2971: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2972: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2973: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2974: subjects. Worth a read.
2975: <p>
2976:
2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2979: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2980: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2981: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2982: </strong></font><br>
2983:
2984: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2985: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2986: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2987: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2988: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2989: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2990: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2991: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2992: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2993: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2994: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2995: on other operating systems.<br>
2996: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2997: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2998: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2999: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3000: <p>
3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3003: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3004: Operating System 2010</a>,
3005: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3006: </strong></font><br>
3007:
3008: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3009: covering the level of software integration into the core
3010: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3011: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3012: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3013: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3014: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3015: <p>
3016:
1.247 jufi 3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3018: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3019: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3020: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3021: </strong></font><br>
3022:
3023: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3024: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3025: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3026: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3027: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3028: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3029: <p>
1.247 jufi 3030: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3031:
1.210 jufi 3032: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3033: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3034:
1.247 jufi 3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3036: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3037: Already a Contender</a>,
3038: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3039: </strong></font><br>
3040:
3041: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3042: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3043: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3044: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3045: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3046: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3047: <p>
3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3050: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3051: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3052: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3053: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3054:
1.224 horacio 3055: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3056: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3057: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3058: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3059: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3060: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3061: <p>
1.247 jufi 3062: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3063:
3064: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3065: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3068: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3069: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3070: Division</a>,
3071: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3072: </strong></font><br>
3073:
3074: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3075: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3076: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3077: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3078: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3079: investment</em>.<br>
3080: The implementation details can be seen on their
3081: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3082: <p>
3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3085: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3086: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3087: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
3090: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3091: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3092: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3093: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3094: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3095: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3096: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3097: <p>
3098:
3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3100: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3101: Thinking about Security</a>,
3102: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3103: </strong></font><br>
3104:
3105: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3106: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3107: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3108: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3109: to time.<br>
3110: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3111: system and just the most secure system.
3112: <p>
3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3115: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3116: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3117: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3121: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3122: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3123: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3124: choice:<br>
3125: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3126: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3127: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3128: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3129: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3130: network security devices and as such must be well
3131: armored."</em><br>
3132: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3133: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3134: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3135: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3136: <br>
3137: Bravo!
3138: <p>
1.247 jufi 3139: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3140:
1.207 ian 3141: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3142: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3145: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3146: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3147: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3148:
1.207 ian 3149: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3150: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3151: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3152: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3153: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3154: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3155: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3156: <p>
1.247 jufi 3157: </ul>
1.207 ian 3158:
1.194 jufi 3159: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3160: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3161:
1.247 jufi 3162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3163: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3164: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3165: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3166: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3167:
1.240 miod 3168: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3169: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3170: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3171: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3172: <p>
3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3175: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3176: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3177: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3178:
3179: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3180: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3181: <p>
3182:
3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3184: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3185: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3186: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3187:
3188: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3189: <p>
3190:
3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3192: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3193: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3194: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3195: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3196:
1.240 miod 3197: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3198: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3199: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3200: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3201: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3202: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3203: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3204: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3205: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3206: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3207: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3208: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3209: <p>
3210:
1.247 jufi 3211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3212: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3213: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3214: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3215: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3216:
1.194 jufi 3217: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3218: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3219: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3220: <br>
3221: The new
3222: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3223: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3224: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3225: <p>
1.247 jufi 3226: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3227:
1.190 horacio 3228: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3229: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3230:
1.247 jufi 3231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3232:
3233: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3234: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3235:
1.301 jose 3236:
1.191 jufi 3237: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3238: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3239:
3240: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3241: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3242:
1.212 horacio 3243: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3244: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3245: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3246:
1.211 horacio 3247: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3248: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3249: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3250:
1.247 jufi 3251: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3252: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3255: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3256:
1.212 horacio 3257: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3258: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3259: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3260:
3261: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3262: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3263:
3264: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3265: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3266:
1.301 jose 3267: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3268: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3269:
1.191 jufi 3270: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3271: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3272:
3273: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3274: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3275:
1.192 jufi 3276: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3277: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3278: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3279:
1.193 deraadt 3280: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3281: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3282: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3283:
1.247 jufi 3284: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3285: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3288: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3289: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3290:
1.213 horacio 3291: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3292: 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 3293: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3294:
1.190 horacio 3295: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3296: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3297: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3298: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3299: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3300: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3301: <p>
1.190 horacio 3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3304: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3305: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3306: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3307: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3308:
1.195 jufi 3309: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3310: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3311: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3312: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3313: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3314: <p>
3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3317: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3318: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3319: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3320: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3321:
1.191 jufi 3322: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3323: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3324: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3325: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3326: <p>
3327:
3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3329: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3330: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3331: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3332:
3333: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3334: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3335: <p>
1.247 jufi 3336: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3337:
1.191 jufi 3338:
1.186 jufi 3339: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3340: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3343: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3344: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3345: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3346: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3347:
1.188 jufi 3348: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3349: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3350: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3351: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3352: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3353: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3354: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3355: <p>
3356:
1.301 jose 3357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3358: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3359: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3360: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3361:
3362: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3363: <p>
1.191 jufi 3364:
1.247 jufi 3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3366: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3367: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3368: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3369: </strong></font><br>
3370:
3371: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3372: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3373: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3374: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3375: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3376: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3377: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3378: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3379: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3380: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3381: familiar?
3382: <p>
1.247 jufi 3383: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3384:
1.178 louis 3385: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3386: <ul>
1.178 louis 3387:
1.247 jufi 3388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3389: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3390: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3391: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3392: </strong></font><br>
3393:
3394: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3395: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3396: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3397: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3398: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3399: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3400: <p>
3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3403: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3404: Open source under the hood</a>,
3405: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3406: </strong></font><br>
3407:
3408: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3409: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3410: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3411: <p>
3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3414: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3415: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3416: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3417: </strong></font><br>
3418:
3419: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3420: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3421: <p>
1.247 jufi 3422: </ul>
1.179 louis 3423:
1.174 louis 3424:
1.175 louis 3425: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3426: <ul>
1.175 louis 3427:
1.247 jufi 3428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3429: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3430: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3431: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3432: </strong></font><br>
3433:
3434: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3435: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3436: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3437: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3438: <p>
3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3441: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3442: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3443: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3444: </strong></font><br>
3445:
3446: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3447: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3448: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3449: <p>
1.247 jufi 3450: </ul>
1.175 louis 3451:
1.176 louis 3452:
1.172 mickey 3453: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3454: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3457: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3458: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3459: </strong></font><br>
3460:
3461: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3462: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3463: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3464: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3465: <p>
3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3468: <a
1.269 deraadt 3469: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3470: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3471: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3472: </strong></font><br>
3473:
3474: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3475: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3476: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3477: <p>
3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3480: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3481: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3482: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3483: </strong></font><br>
3484:
3485: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3486: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3487: <p>
3488:
1.247 jufi 3489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3490: <a
1.269 deraadt 3491: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3492: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3493: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3494: </strong></font><br>
3495:
3496: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3497: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3498: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3499: our own Theo de Raadt.
3500: <p>
3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3503: <a
1.269 deraadt 3504: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3505: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3506: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3507: </strong></font><br>
3508:
3509: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3510: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3511: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3512: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3513: shut down.]
3514: <p>
3515:
1.247 jufi 3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3517: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3518: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3519: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3520: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3521: </strong></font><br>
3522:
3523: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3524: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3525: <p>
1.247 jufi 3526: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3527:
1.161 louis 3528: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3529: <ul>
1.161 louis 3530:
1.247 jufi 3531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3532: <a
1.269 deraadt 3533: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3534: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3535: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3536: </strong></font><br>
3537:
3538: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3539: by John Wolley
3540: <p>
3541:
1.247 jufi 3542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3543: <a
1.269 deraadt 3544: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3545: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3546: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3547: </strong></font><br>
3548:
3549: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3550: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3551: OpenBSD).
3552: <p>
3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3555: <a
1.247 jufi 3556: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3557: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3558: </strong></font><br>
3559:
3560: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3561: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3562: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3563: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3564: and hindsight.
3565: <p>
3566:
1.247 jufi 3567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3568: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3569: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3570: </strong></font><br>
3571:
3572: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3573: <p>
3574:
1.247 jufi 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3576: <a
1.168 provos 3577: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3578: December 7, 2000
3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3582: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3583: us explain.
3584: <p>
3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3587: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3588: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3589: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3590: December 6, 2000
3591: </strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3594: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3595: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3596: <p>
3597:
1.247 jufi 3598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3599: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3600: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3601: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3602: </strong></font><br>
3603:
3604: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3605: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3606: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3607: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3608: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3609: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3610: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3611: <p>
3612:
3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3614: <a
1.226 horacio 3615: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3616: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3617: </strong></font><br>
3618:
3619: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3620: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3621: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3622: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3623: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3624: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3625: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3626: <p>
1.162 millert 3627:
1.247 jufi 3628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3629: <a
1.161 louis 3630: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3631: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3632: </strong></font><br>
3633:
3634: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3635: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3636: <p>
3637:
1.247 jufi 3638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3639: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3640: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3641: </strong></font><br>
3642:
3643: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3644: <p>
3645:
3646:
1.247 jufi 3647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3648: <a
1.226 horacio 3649: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3650: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3651: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3652: </strong></font><br>
3653:
3654: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3655: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3656: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3657: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3658: <p>
1.247 jufi 3659: </ul>
1.169 louis 3660:
1.158 louis 3661: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3662: <ul>
1.147 louis 3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3665: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3666: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3667: </strong></font><br>
3668:
3669: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3670: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3671: <p>
3672:
1.247 jufi 3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3674: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3675: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3676: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3677: </strong></font><br>
3678: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3679: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3680: <p>
3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3683: <a
3684: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3685: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3686: </strong></font><br>
3687:
3688: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3689: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3690: <p>
3691:
1.247 jufi 3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3693: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3694: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3695: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3696:
1.213 horacio 3697: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3698: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3699: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3700: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3701: <p>
1.215 horacio 3702:
1.247 jufi 3703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3704: <a
3705: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3706: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3707: </strong></font><br>
3708:
3709: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3710: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3711: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3712: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3713: much of the attitude too).
3714: <p>
1.161 louis 3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3717: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3718: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3719: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3720:
1.157 louis 3721: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3722: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3723: <p>
1.247 jufi 3724: </ul>
1.157 louis 3725:
3726: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3727: <ul>
1.157 louis 3728:
1.247 jufi 3729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3730: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3731: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3732: </strong></font><br>
3733:
3734: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3735: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3736: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3737: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3738: <p>
3739:
1.247 jufi 3740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3741: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3742: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3743: </strong></font><br>
3744:
3745: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3746: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3747: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3748: it because they love coding...
3749: <p>
3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3752: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3753: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3754: </strong></font><br>
3755:
3756: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3757: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3758: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3759: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3760: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3761: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3762: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3763: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3764: <p>
3765:
1.247 jufi 3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3767: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3768: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3769: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3770: </strong></font><br>
3771:
3772: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3773: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3774: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3775: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3776: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3777: the pizza.
3778: <p>
3779:
1.247 jufi 3780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3781: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3782: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3783: </strong></font><br>
3784:
3785: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3786: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3787: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3788: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3789: problems.
3790: <p>
3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3793: <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 3794: </strong></font><br>
3795:
1.222 miod 3796: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3797: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3798: - whether they like it or not.
3799: <p>
3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3802: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3803: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3804: </strong></font><br>
3805:
3806: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3807: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3808: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3809: <p>
1.148 aaron 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3812: <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 3813: </strong></font><br>
3814:
3815: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3816: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3817: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3818: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3819: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3820: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3821: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3822: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3823: <p>
3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3826: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3827: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3828: </strong></font><br>
3829:
3830: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3831: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3832: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3833: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3834: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3835: <p>
1.247 jufi 3836: </ul>
1.147 louis 3837:
1.138 louis 3838: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3839: <ul>
1.138 louis 3840:
1.247 jufi 3841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3842: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3843: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3844: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3845: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3846: </strong></font><br>
3847:
1.227 horacio 3848: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3849: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3850: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3851: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3852: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3853: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3854: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3855: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3856: <p>
3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3859: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3860: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3861: </strong></font><br>
3862:
3863: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3864: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3865: groups, and even Linux.
3866: <p>
3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3869: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3870: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3871: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3872: </strong></font><br>
3873:
3874: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3875: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3876: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3877: library after installing the OS.
3878: <p>
3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3881: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3882: Sys Admin, September 2000
3883: </strong></font><br>
3884:
3885: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3886: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3887: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3888: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3889: (<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>,
3890: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3891: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3892: <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 3893: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3894: out of the system.
3895: <p>
3896:
1.247 jufi 3897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3898: <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
3899: </strong></font><br>
3900:
3901: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3902: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3903: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3904: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3905: the IP filtering and address translation.
3906: <p>
1.301 jose 3907:
3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3909: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3910: </strong></font><br>
3911:
3912: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3913: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3914: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3915: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3916: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3917: <p>
1.247 jufi 3918: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3919:
1.131 louis 3920: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3921: <ul>
1.131 louis 3922:
1.247 jufi 3923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3924: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3925: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3926: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3927: </strong></font><br>
3928:
3929: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3930: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3931: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3932: <p>
3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3935: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3936: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3937: </strong></font><br>
3938:
3939: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3940: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3941: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3942: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3943: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3944: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3945: note of"</i>.
3946: <p>
3947:
1.247 jufi 3948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3949: <a
1.247 jufi 3950: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3951: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3952: </strong></font><br>
3953:
3954: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3955: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3956: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3957: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3958: <p>
3959:
1.247 jufi 3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3961: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3962: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3963: </strong></font><br>
3964:
3965: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3966: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3967: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3968: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3969: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3970: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3971: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3972: <p>
3973:
1.247 jufi 3974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3975: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3976: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3977: 2000
3978: </strong></font><br>
3979:
3980: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3981: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3982: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3983: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3984: against current industry practices.
3985: <p>
3986:
1.247 jufi 3987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3988: <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
3989: </strong></font><br>
3990:
3991: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3992: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3993: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3994: <p>
3995:
1.247 jufi 3996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3997: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3998: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3999: </strong></font><br>
4000:
4001: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4002: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4003: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4004: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4005: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4006: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4007: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4008: <p>
4009:
1.247 jufi 4010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4011: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4012: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4013: </strong></font><br>
4014:
4015: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4016: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4017: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4018: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4019: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4020: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4021: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4022: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4023: <p>
1.247 jufi 4024: </ul>
1.131 louis 4025:
1.118 louis 4026: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4027: <ul>
1.118 louis 4028:
1.247 jufi 4029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4030: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4031: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4032: </strong></font><br>
4033:
4034: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4035: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4036: about time. The article mentions that
4037: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4038: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4039: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4040: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4041: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4042: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4043: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4044: <p>
4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4047: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4048: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4049: </strong></font><br>
4050:
4051: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4052: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4053: of OpenSSH.
4054: <p>
4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4057: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4058: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4059: </strong></font><br>
4060:
4061: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4062: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4063: bridging.
4064: <p>
4065:
1.247 jufi 4066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4067: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4068: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4069: </strong></font><br>
4070:
1.121 deraadt 4071: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4072: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4073: <p>
4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4076: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4077: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4078: </strong></font><br>
4079:
4080: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4081: <p>
4082:
1.247 jufi 4083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4084: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4085: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4086: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4087: </strong></font><br>
4088:
1.120 deraadt 4089: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4090: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4091: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4092: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4093: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4094: <p>
4095:
1.247 jufi 4096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4097: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4098: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4099: </strong></font><br>
4100:
1.222 miod 4101: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4102: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4103: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4104: protocols and their quirks.
4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4108: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4109: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4110: </strong></font><br>
4111:
4112: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4113: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4114: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4115: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4116: <p>
4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4119: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4120: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4121: </strong></font><br>
4122:
4123: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4124: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4125: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4126: <p>
4127:
1.247 jufi 4128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4129: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4130: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4131: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4132: </strong></font><br>
4133:
4134: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4135: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4136: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4137: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4138: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4139: <p>
1.247 jufi 4140: </ul>
1.118 louis 4141:
1.104 louis 4142: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4143: <ul>
1.104 louis 4144:
1.247 jufi 4145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4146: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4147: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4148: </strong></font><br>
4149:
4150: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4151: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4152: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4153: be a bit dry.
4154: <p>
4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4157: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4158: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4159: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4160: </strong></font><br>
4161: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4162: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4163: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4164: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4165: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4166: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4167: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4168: <p>
4169:
1.247 jufi 4170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4171: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4172: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4173: 2000
1.128 louis 4174: </strong></font><br>
4175:
4176: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4177: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4178: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4179: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4180: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4181: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4182: <p>
4183:
1.247 jufi 4184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4185: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4186: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4187: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4188:
4189: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4190: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4191: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4192: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4193: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4194: <p>
1.110 louis 4195:
1.247 jufi 4196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4197: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4198: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4199: </strong></font><br>
4200:
4201: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4202: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4203: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4204: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4205: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4206: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4207: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4208: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4209: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4210: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4211: <p>
4212:
1.247 jufi 4213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4214: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4215: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4216:
4217: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4218: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4219: <p>
1.108 louis 4220:
1.247 jufi 4221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4222: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4223: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4224: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4225:
4226: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4227: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4228: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4229: <p>
1.106 louis 4230:
1.247 jufi 4231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4232: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4233: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4234: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4235:
4236: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4237: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4238: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4239: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4240: <p>
1.107 louis 4241:
1.247 jufi 4242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4243: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4244: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4245: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4246:
4247: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4248: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4249: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4250: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4251: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4252: <p>
1.105 louis 4253:
1.247 jufi 4254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4255: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4256: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4257: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4258:
1.113 naddy 4259: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4260: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4261: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4262: <p>
1.104 louis 4263:
1.247 jufi 4264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4265: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4266: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4267: </strong></font><br>
4268:
4269: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4270: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4271: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4272: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4273: <p>
1.301 jose 4274:
4275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4276: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4277: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4278: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4279:
4280: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4281: hardware-supported cryptography.
4282: <p>
1.247 jufi 4283: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4284:
1.85 louis 4285: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4286: <ul>
1.85 louis 4287:
1.247 jufi 4288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4289: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4290: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4291: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4292:
4293: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4294: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4295: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4296: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4297: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4298: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4299: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4300: <p>
1.99 louis 4301:
1.247 jufi 4302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4303: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4304: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4305: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4306:
4307: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4308: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4309: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4310: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4311: <p>
1.100 louis 4312:
1.247 jufi 4313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4314: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4315: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4316: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4317:
4318: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4319: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4320: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4321: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4322: <p>
1.95 louis 4323:
1.247 jufi 4324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4325: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4326: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4327: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4328:
4329: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4330: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4331: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4332: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4333: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4334: <p>
1.92 louis 4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4337: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4338: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4339: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4340:
4341: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4342: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4343: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4344: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4345: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4346: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4347: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4348: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4349: <p>
1.91 louis 4350:
1.247 jufi 4351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4352: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4353: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4354: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4355:
4356: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4357: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4358: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4359: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4360: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4361: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4362: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4363: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4364: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4365: <p>
1.90 louis 4366:
1.247 jufi 4367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4368: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4369: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4370: </strong></font><br>
4371: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4372: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4373: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4374: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4375: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4376: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4377: <p>
4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4380: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4381: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4382: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4383:
1.113 naddy 4384: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4385: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4386: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4387: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4388: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4389: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4390: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4391: <p>
1.87 louis 4392:
1.247 jufi 4393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4394: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4395: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4396: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4397:
4398: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4399: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4400: <p>
1.85 louis 4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4403: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4404: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4405: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4406:
4407: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4408: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4409: <p>
4410:
4411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4412: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4413: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4414: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4415:
4416: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4417: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4418: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4419: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4420: <p>
1.89 louis 4421:
1.247 jufi 4422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4423: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4424: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4425: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4426:
4427: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4428: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4429: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4430: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4431: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4432: </ul>
1.85 louis 4433:
1.78 deraadt 4434: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4435: <ul>
1.74 louis 4436:
1.247 jufi 4437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4438: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4439: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4440: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4441: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4442:
4443: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4444: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4445: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4446: <p>
1.83 louis 4447:
1.247 jufi 4448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4449: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4450: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4451: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4452:
4453: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4454: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4455: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4456: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4457: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4458: <p>
1.93 louis 4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4461: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4462: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4463: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4464: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4465:
1.83 louis 4466: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4467: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4468: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4469: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4470: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4471: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4472: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4473: <p>
1.82 aaron 4474:
1.247 jufi 4475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4476: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4477: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4478: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4479:
1.83 louis 4480: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4481: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4482: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4483: <p>
1.80 louis 4484:
1.247 jufi 4485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4486: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4487: Bad Press</a>,
4488: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4489: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4490:
4491: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4492: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4493: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4494: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4495: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4496: <p>
1.247 jufi 4497: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4498:
4499: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4500: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4503: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4504: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4505: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4506: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4507:
4508: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4509: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4510: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4511: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4512: <p>
1.74 louis 4513:
1.247 jufi 4514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4515: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4516: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4517: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4518:
1.219 horacio 4519: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4520: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4521: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4522: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4523: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4524: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4525: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4526: <p>
1.88 louis 4527:
1.247 jufi 4528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4529: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4530: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4531: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4532:
4533: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4534: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4535: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4536: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4537: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4538: <p>
1.81 louis 4539:
1.247 jufi 4540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4541: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4542: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4543: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4544:
4545: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4546: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4547: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4548: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4549: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4550: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4551: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4552: <p>
1.90 louis 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4555: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4556: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4557: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4558:
4559: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4560: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4561: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4562: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4563: <p>
1.247 jufi 4564: </ul>
1.71 louis 4565:
1.69 deraadt 4566: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4567: <ul>
1.70 louis 4568:
1.247 jufi 4569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4570: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4571: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4572: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4573:
4574: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4575: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4576: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4577: <p>
1.70 louis 4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4580: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4581: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4582: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4583:
4584: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4585: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4586: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4587: <p>
1.68 louis 4588:
1.247 jufi 4589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4590: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4591: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4592: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4593: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4594:
1.111 jufi 4595: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4596: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4597: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4598: "secure by default" installation.
4599: <p>
1.64 louis 4600:
1.247 jufi 4601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4602: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4603: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4604: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4605:
1.113 naddy 4606: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4607: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4608: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4609: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4610: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4611: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4612: <p>
1.66 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4615: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4616: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4617: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4618:
4619: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4620: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4621: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4622: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4623: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4624: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4625: <p>
1.83 louis 4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4628: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4629: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4630: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4631:
4632: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4633: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4634: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4635: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4636: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4637: <p>
1.64 louis 4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4640: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4641: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4642: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4643:
4644: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4645: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4646: <p>
1.301 jose 4647:
4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4649: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4650: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4651: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4652: </strong></font><br>
4653:
4654: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4655: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4656: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4657: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4658: Giving way to
4659: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4660: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4661: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4662: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4663: <p>
1.247 jufi 4664: </ul>
1.65 louis 4665:
1.69 deraadt 4666: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4667: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4668:
1.247 jufi 4669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4670: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4671: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4672: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4673:
4674: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4675: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4676: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4677: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4678: <p>
1.88 louis 4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4681: <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 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4683:
4684: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4685: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4686: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4687: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4688: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4689: <p>
1.60 louis 4690:
1.247 jufi 4691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4692: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4693: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4694: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4695: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4696:
4697: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4698: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4699: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4700: <p>
1.58 louis 4701:
1.247 jufi 4702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4703: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4704: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4705:
4706: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4707: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4708: <p>
1.53 louis 4709:
1.247 jufi 4710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4711: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4712: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4713: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4714:
4715: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4716: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4717: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4718: <p>
1.99 louis 4719:
1.247 jufi 4720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4721: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4722: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4723:
4724: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4725: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4726: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4727: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4728: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4729:
1.247 jufi 4730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4731: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4732: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4733: </strong></font><br>
4734:
4735: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4736: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4737: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4738: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4739: <p>
4740:
1.247 jufi 4741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4742: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4743: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4744: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4745:
4746: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4747: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4748: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4751: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4752: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4753:
4754: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4755: in
1.247 jufi 4756: <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 4757: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4758: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4759: <p>
1.53 louis 4760:
1.247 jufi 4761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4762: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4763: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4764: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4765: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4766:
1.58 louis 4767: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4768: <p>
1.301 jose 4769:
4770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4771: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4772: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4773: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4774: Informacyjny, January 2000
4775: </strong></font><br>
4776:
4777: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4778: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4779: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4780: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4781: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4782: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4783: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4784: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4785: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4786: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4787: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4788: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4789: <p>
4790:
4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4792: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4793: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4794: </strong></font><br>
4795:
4796: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4797: <p>
4798: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4799:
1.69 deraadt 4800: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4801: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4802:
1.247 jufi 4803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4804: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4805: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4806: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4807: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4808:
1.58 louis 4809: Kurt Seifried
4810: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4811: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4812: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4813: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4814:
1.247 jufi 4815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4816: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4817: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4818: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4819:
4820: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4821: <p>
1.96 louis 4822:
1.247 jufi 4823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4824: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4825: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4826: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4827: </strong></font><br>
4828:
4829: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4830: <p>
4831:
4832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4833: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4834: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4835: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4836:
4837: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4838: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4839: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4840: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4841: <p>
1.247 jufi 4842: </ul>
1.86 louis 4843:
1.69 deraadt 4844: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4845: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4846:
1.247 jufi 4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4848: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4849: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4850: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4851:
4852: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4853: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4854: <p>
1.61 louis 4855:
1.247 jufi 4856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4857: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4858: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4859: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4860: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4861:
4862: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4863: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4864: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4865: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4866: right -- or at least strives to".
4867: <p>
1.48 louis 4868:
1.247 jufi 4869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4870: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4871: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4872: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4873: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4874: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4875: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4876: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4877: <p>
1.61 louis 4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <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 4880: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4881: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4882:
4883: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4884: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4885: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4886: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4887: <p>
1.46 louis 4888:
1.247 jufi 4889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4890: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4891: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4892: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4893:
4894: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4895: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4896: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4897:
1.247 jufi 4898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4899: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4900: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4901: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4902:
4903: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4904: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4905: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4906: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4907: <p>
1.247 jufi 4908: </ul>
1.70 louis 4909:
1.69 deraadt 4910: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4911: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4912:
1.247 jufi 4913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4914: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4915: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4916: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4917: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4918:
4919: Kurt Seifried
4920: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4921: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4922: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4923: <p>
1.44 philen 4924:
1.247 jufi 4925: <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 4926: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4927: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4928:
4929: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4930: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4931:
1.247 jufi 4932: <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 4933: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4934: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4935:
4936: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4937: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4938:
1.247 jufi 4939: <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 4940: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4941: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4942:
4943: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4944: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4945: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4946: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4947: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4948:
1.247 jufi 4949: <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 4950: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4951: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4952:
1.36 louis 4953: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4954: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4955:
1.247 jufi 4956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4957: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4958: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4959: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4960:
4961: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4962: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4963: </ul>
1.38 louis 4964:
1.69 deraadt 4965: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4966: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4967:
1.247 jufi 4968: <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 4969: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4970: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4971:
4972: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4973: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4974: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4975:
1.113 naddy 4976: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4977: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4978: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4979: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4980:
4981: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4982: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4983: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4984: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4985: <blockquote>
4986: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4987: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4988: <br>
4989: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4990: </code>
4991: </blockquote>
4992: <p>
4993:
1.247 jufi 4994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4995: <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 4996: <p>
4997:
4998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4999: <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 5000: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5001:
5002: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5003: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5004: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5005: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5006:
1.247 jufi 5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5008: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5009: Sept. 28, 1999
5010: </strong></font><br>
5011:
5012: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5013: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5014: translating and reprinting articles from
5015: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5016: <p>
5017:
5018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5019: <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 5020: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5021:
5022: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5023: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5024: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5025: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5026: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5027: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5028: <p>
1.19 louis 5029:
1.113 naddy 5030: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5031: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5032: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5033:
5034: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5035: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5036: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5037: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5038: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5039: <p>
1.16 louis 5040:
1.247 jufi 5041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5042: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5043: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5044: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5045:
1.57 louis 5046: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5047: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5048: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5049: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5050:
1.247 jufi 5051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5052: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5053: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5054: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5055:
1.113 naddy 5056: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5057:
1.247 jufi 5058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5059: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5060: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5061: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5062:
1.23 louis 5063: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5064: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5065: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5066: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5067: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5068: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5069:
1.247 jufi 5070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5071: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5072: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5073: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5074:
1.199 pvalchev 5075: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5076: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5077: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5078: installation.
1.113 naddy 5079: <p>
1.47 louis 5080:
1.247 jufi 5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5082: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5083: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5084: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5085:
1.301 jose 5086: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5087: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5088: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5089: </ul>
1.57 louis 5090:
1.69 deraadt 5091: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5092: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5093:
1.247 jufi 5094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5095: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5096: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5097: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5098:
5099: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5100: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5101: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5102: <p>
1.12 louis 5103:
1.247 jufi 5104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5105: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5106: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5107: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5108:
5109: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5110: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5111: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5112: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5113: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5114: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5115: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5116: <p>
1.247 jufi 5117: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5118:
1.69 deraadt 5119: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5120: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5121:
1.247 jufi 5122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5123: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5124: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5125:
5126: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5127: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5128: available."
1.113 naddy 5129: <p>
1.301 jose 5130:
5131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5132: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5133: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5134: </strong></font><br>
5135:
5136: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5137: <p>
1.247 jufi 5138: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5139:
1.69 deraadt 5140: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5141: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5142:
1.247 jufi 5143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5144: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5145: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5146:
5147: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5148: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5149: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5150: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5151: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5152: <p>
1.33 louis 5153:
1.247 jufi 5154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5155: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5156: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5157: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5158:
1.113 naddy 5159: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5160: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5161: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5162: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5163: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5164: <p>
1.247 jufi 5165: </ul>
1.57 louis 5166:
1.69 deraadt 5167: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5168: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5169:
1.247 jufi 5170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5171: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5172: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5173: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5174:
5175: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5176: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5177: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5178:
1.247 jufi 5179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5180: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5181: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5182: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5183: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5184:
5185: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5186: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5187:
1.247 jufi 5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5189: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5190:
1.113 naddy 5191: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5192:
1.247 jufi 5193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5194: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5195: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5196: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5197:
5198: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5199: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5200: </ul>
1.23 louis 5201:
1.69 deraadt 5202: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5203: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5204:
1.247 jufi 5205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5206: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5207: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5208:
5209: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5210: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5211: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5212:
1.247 jufi 5213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5214: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5215: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5216: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5217:
5218: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5219: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5220: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5221: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5222: </ul>
1.57 louis 5223:
1.69 deraadt 5224: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5225: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5226:
1.247 jufi 5227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5228: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5229: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5230: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5231:
5232: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5233: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5234: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5235: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5236: <p>
1.15 louis 5237:
1.247 jufi 5238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5239: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5240: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5241: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5242:
5243: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5244: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5245: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5246: columns."
1.113 naddy 5247: <p>
1.247 jufi 5248: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5249:
1.69 deraadt 5250: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5251: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5252:
1.247 jufi 5253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5254: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5255: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5256: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5257:
5258: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5259: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5260:
1.113 naddy 5261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5262: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5263: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5264:
5265: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5266: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5267: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5268: </ul>
1.57 louis 5269:
1.69 deraadt 5270: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5271: <ul>
1.301 jose 5272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5273: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5274: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5275: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5276:
5277: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5278: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5279: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5280: <p>
5281:
5282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5283: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5284: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5285: Nov 13, 1998 and
5286: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5287: Datateknik</a>,
5288: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5289:
1.380 saad 5290: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5291: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5292: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5293: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5294: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5295:
1.113 naddy 5296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5297: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5298: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5299: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5300:
1.222 miod 5301: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5302: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5303: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5304: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5305: <p>
1.247 jufi 5306: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5307:
1.69 deraadt 5308: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5309: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5310:
1.247 jufi 5311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5312: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5313: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5314:
1.69 deraadt 5315: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5316: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5317: <p>
1.247 jufi 5318: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5319:
1.69 deraadt 5320: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5321: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5322:
1.247 jufi 5323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5324: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5325: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5326: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5327:
1.383 jcs 5328: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5329: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5330: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5331:
1.247 jufi 5332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5333: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5334: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5335: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5336: <p>
1.247 jufi 5337: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5338:
1.69 deraadt 5339: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5340: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5341:
1.247 jufi 5342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5343: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5344: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5345: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5346: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5347: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5348:
5349: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5350: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5351: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5352: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5353: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5354: <p>
1.247 jufi 5355: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5356:
5357: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5358: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5359:
1.247 jufi 5360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5361: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5362: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5363:
1.69 deraadt 5364: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5365: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5366: <p>
1.112 naddy 5367:
1.247 jufi 5368: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5369: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5370:
1.292 camield 5371: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5372: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5373: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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