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1.503 ian 19: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 ! cloder 22: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
! 23: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
! 24: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
! 25: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
! 26: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
! 27: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
! 28: <p>
! 29:
! 30: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 31: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
32: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
33: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
34: </strong></font><br>
35: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 ! cloder 36: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 37: is punctuated with examples.
38: Tunneling features are described, as well as
39: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
40: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
41: and
42: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 46: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
47: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
48: </strong></font><br>
49: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
50: further OpenSSH development.
51: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
52: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
53: project's funding needs for all time.
54: <p>
1.504 bernd 55: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
56: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
57: April 3, 2006
58: </strong></font><br>
59: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
60: this could compromise future hackathons.
61: <p>
1.503 ian 62:
63: </ul>
64:
1.487 ian 65: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
66: <ul>
1.495 ian 67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 68: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 69: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 70: </strong></font><br>
71: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
72: on topics including "Puffy",
73: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
74: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
75: what's new in 3.9,
76: and of course project expenses.
77: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
78: <!--
79: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
80: -->
81: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 85: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
86: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
87: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 88: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
89: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 90: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
91: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
92: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
93: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
94: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
95: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
96: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
97: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
98: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
99: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
100: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
101: but Matzan does - is that
102: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
103: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
104: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
105: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
106: <br/>
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
110: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
111: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
112: </strong></font><br>
113: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
114: "blob" drivers, and more.
115: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
116: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
117: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
118: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
119: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
120: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
121: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
122: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
123: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
124: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
125: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
126: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
127: <p>
128:
129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 130: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
131: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
132: </strong></font><br>
133: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
134: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
135: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
136: in general temperature and environmental issues.
137: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
138: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
139: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
140: other major operating systems." ...
141: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
142: machines running in
143: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
144: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
148: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
149: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
150: </strong></font><br>
151: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
152: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
153: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
154: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
155: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
156: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
157: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
158: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
159: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
160: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
161: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
162: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
163: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
164: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
165: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
166: <p>
167:
1.487 ian 168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 169: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
170: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
171: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 172: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 173: financial situation.
174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 177: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
178: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
179: </strong></font><br>
180: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
181: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
182: produce our favorite operating system.
183: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
184: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
185: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
186: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
187: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 188: <br/>
189: Also online at
190: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
194: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
195: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
196: </strong></font><br>
197: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
198: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
199: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
200: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
201: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
202: sustain indefinitely."
203: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
204: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
205: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
206: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
207: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 208: <p>
209:
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 211: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
212: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
213: </strong></font><br>
214: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
215: with a reminder that
216: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
217: used nowadays almost everywhere."
218: Ends with this quote from Marco:
219: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
220: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
221: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
222: <p>
223:
224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 225: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 226: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
227: </strong></font><br>
228: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
229: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
230: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
231: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
232: a few of them each year.
233: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
234: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
235: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
236: to the OpenBSD project.
237: It's time for them to do so.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 241: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
242: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
243: </strong></font><br>
244: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
245: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
246: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
247: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
248: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
249: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
250: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 254: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
255: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 256: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
257: <!-- North America mirror:
258: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 259: -->
1.490 deraadt 260: European mirror:
261: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
262: <br>
263: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 267: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
268: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 269: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 270: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
271: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
272: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
273: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
274: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
275: designed to provide reliability and security.
276: <p>
277:
278: </ul>
279:
1.485 ian 280: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
281: <ul>
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 283: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
284: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
285: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 286: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 287: installations in about four minutes flat".
288: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
289: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 290: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 291: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
292: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
293: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
294: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
295: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
296: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
297: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
298: the steps in the article.
299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 302: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
303: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
304: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
305: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
306: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
307: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
308: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
309: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
310: happening in real life.
311: <p>
312:
313: </ul>
314:
1.492 ian 315: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
316: <ul>
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
318: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
319: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
320: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
321: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
322: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
323: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 324: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 325: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
326: </ul>
327:
1.483 ian 328: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
329: <ul>
330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 331: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
332: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
333: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
334: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
335: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 339: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 340: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
341: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
342: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
343: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
344: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
345: to sites with more information on most topics.
346: <p>
347:
348: </ul>
349:
350:
1.479 grunk 351: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
352: <ul>
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 354: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 355: Goes to Venice</a>,
356: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 357: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 358: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
359: <br/>
360: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
361: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
362: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 363: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 364: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
365: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
366: Contains a link to
367: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
368: pval's summary slides</a>.
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 372: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
373: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
374: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
375: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
376: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
377: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
378: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
379: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 380: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 381: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
382: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
383: the packages and ports system"</i>.
384: <p>
385:
386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
387: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
388: Return of The BSDs</a>,
389: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
390: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
391: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
392: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
393: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
394: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
395: quotes from Bob Beck.
396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 399: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
400: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
401: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 402: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
403: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 404: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
405: and Linux.<br>
406: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
407: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
408: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
409: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
410: of the release
411: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
412: <p>
413: </ul>
414:
1.476 ian 415: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
416: <ul>
417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
419: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
420: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
421: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
422: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
423: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
424: and too unreliable.
425: This quote will rattle some cages:
426: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
427: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
428: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
429: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
430: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
431: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
432: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
433: costs without any commercial lock-in."
434: <p>
435:
1.477 saad 436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
437: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
438: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
439: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
440: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
441: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
442: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
443: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
444: discussion about future plans.
445: <p>
446:
1.478 grunk 447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
448: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
449: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
450: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
451: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
452: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
453: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
454: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
455: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
456: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
457: <p>
458:
1.476 ian 459: </ul>
460:
1.470 saad 461: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
462: <ul>
463:
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 465: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
466: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
467: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
468: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
469: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
470: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
471: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
472: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
473: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
474: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 478: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
479: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
480: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
481: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
482: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
483: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
484: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
485: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
486: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
487: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 491: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
492: Big debate over small packets</a>,
493: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
494: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
495: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
496: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
497: draft.
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 501: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
502: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
503: ordinateur ?"</a>,
504: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
505: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
506: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
507: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
508: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
509: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
510: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
511: <p>
512:
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 514: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
515: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
516: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
517: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
518: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
519: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
520: performance data with pfstat.
521: <p>
522:
523: </ul>
524:
1.461 grunk 525: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
526: <ul>
527:
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 529: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
530: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 531: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 532: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
533: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
534: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 535: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 536: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 537: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
538: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
539: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 540: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
541: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 542: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 543: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
544: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 548: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
549: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 550: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 551: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
552: poor security:
1.467 grunk 553: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 554: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 555: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 556: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
557: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
558: <p>
559:
560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 561: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
562: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 563: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 564: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
565: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 566: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
567: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
568: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
569: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
570: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
571: commercial vendors.
572: <p>
573:
574: </ul>
575:
1.454 ian 576: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
577: <ul>
1.468 grunk 578:
579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
580: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
581: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
582: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
583: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
584: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
585: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 586: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 587: <br>
588: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
589: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
590: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
591: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
592: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 593: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 594: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
595: <p>
596:
1.454 ian 597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 598: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
599: Free Bird</a>,
600: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
601: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
602: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
603: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
604: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
605: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
606: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
607: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
608: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
609: room will only be available in the print edition.
610: <p>
1.459 deraadt 611:
1.458 niallo 612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 613: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
614: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
615: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
616: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
617: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
618: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
619: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
620: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
621: <p>
1.457 deraadt 622:
1.456 niallo 623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 624: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 625: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
626: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
627: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
628: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
629: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
630: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 631: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 632: interview.</a>
633: <p>
634:
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 636: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
637: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
638: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
639: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
640: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
641: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
642: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
643: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
644: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
645: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
646: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
647: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
648: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
649: "I have never used it."
650: <p>
651:
652: </ul>
653:
1.441 deraadt 654: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
655: <ul>
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 657: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
658: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
659: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
660: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
661: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
662: future enhancements.
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 666: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 667: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
668: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
669: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
670: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
671: North America mirror:
672: <ul>
1.452 marco 673: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 674: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
675: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 676: </ul>
677: European mirror:
678: <ul>
1.452 marco 679: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 680: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
681: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
682: </ul>
683: <p>
684:
685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 686: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
687: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
688: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
689: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
690: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
691: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
692: <p>
693:
694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 695: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
696: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
697: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
698: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
699: first-hand account.
700: <p>
701:
702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 703: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
704: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
705: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
706: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
707: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
708: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
709: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
710: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
711: <p>
712:
713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 714: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
715: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
716: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
717: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
718: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
719: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
720: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
721: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 725: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 726: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 727: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
728: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
729: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
730: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
731: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
732: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
733: <p>
734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
736: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 737: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 738: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
739: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
740: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
741: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
742: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 746: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
747: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
748: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 749: </strong></font><br>
750: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
751: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
752: with OpenBSD.
753: </ul>
754:
1.436 henning 755: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
756: <ul>
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 758: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
759: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
760: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
761: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
762: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
763: than closed source, as we have long contended.
764: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
765: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
766: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
767: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
768: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
769: <p>
770: This article can also be found online as
771: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
772: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
773: <p>
774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 776: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
777: </strong></font><br>
778: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
779: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
780: <p>
781:
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 783: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
784: </strong></font><br>
785: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
786: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 787: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 788: the issues we had with IETF.
789: </ul>
790:
1.431 ian 791: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
792: <ul>
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 794: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
795: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
796: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
797: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
798: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
799: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
800: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
801: <p>
802:
803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 804: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
805: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
806: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
807: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
808: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
809: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 810: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 811: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
812: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
813: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
814: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
815: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
816: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
817: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
818: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
819:
820: </ul>
821:
1.427 matthieu 822: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
823: <ul>
824:
825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 826: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
827: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
828: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
829: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
830: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
831: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
832: firmware.
1.434 ian 833: Similar articles can be found online at:
834: <ul>
835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
836: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
837: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
838: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
840: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
841: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
842: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
844: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
845: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
846: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 848: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 849: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
850: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
851: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 852: </ul>
853:
1.426 ian 854: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
855: <ul>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
858: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
859: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
860: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
861: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 862: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 863: mechanism: what it is and why and
864: how to use it, with examples.
865: Another excerpt from the book
866: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
867: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
871: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
872: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
873: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
874: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
875: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
876: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
877: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
878: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
879: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
880: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
881: This article is a sample chapter from
882: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
883: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
884: <p>
1.443 ian 885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 887: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 888: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
889: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
890: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
891: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
892: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
893: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
894: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
895: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
896: ends with a sidebar on security.
897: <p>
1.426 ian 898: </ul>
899:
1.424 ian 900: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
901: <ul>
902:
903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 904: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
905: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
906: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
907: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
908: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
909: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
910: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
911: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
912: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
913: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
914: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
915: <p>
916: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
917: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
918: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
919: <p>
920:
921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 922: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
923: Closed Source Hardware</a>
924: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
925: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
926: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
927: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
928: operating systems.
929: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
930: OpenBSD on his firewall.
931: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
932: systems, he writes:
933: <blockquote>
934: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
935: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
936: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
937: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
938: to the operating system...
939: <br/>
940: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
941: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
942: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
943: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
944: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
945: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
946: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
947: in a closed source operating system).
948: <br/>
949: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
950: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
951: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
952: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
953: </blockquote>
954: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
955: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
956: their hardware and software operates.
957: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
958: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 959: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 960: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
961: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
962: <p>
963: </ul>
964:
1.417 pvalchev 965: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
966: <ul>
1.421 ian 967:
1.417 pvalchev 968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 969: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
970: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
971: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
972: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
973: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
974: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
975: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
976: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
977: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
978: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
979: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 980: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 981: <p>
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 983: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
984: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
985: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
986: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
987: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
988: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
989: it claims to do".
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 993: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 994: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
995: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
996: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
997: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 998: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 999: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1000: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1001: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1002: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1003: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1004: (yes, this is a hint).
1005: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1006: picked up on the
1007: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1008: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1009: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1010: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1011: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1012: <p>
1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1015: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1016: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1017: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1018: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1019: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1020: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1021: the current efforts.
1022: <p>
1023: </ul>
1024:
1.407 henning 1025: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1026: <ul>
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1028: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1029: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1030: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1031: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1032: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1033: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1034: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1035: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1036: <p>
1037:
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1039: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1040: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1041: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1042: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1043: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1044: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1045: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1046: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1047: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1048: <p>
1.415 ian 1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1051: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1052: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1053: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1054: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1055: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1056: overflow attacks... because
1057: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1058: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1059: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1060: and propolice.
1061: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1062: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1063: and that's when the science falls apart."
1064: <p>
1065:
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1067: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1068: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1069: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1070: Starts with the question:
1071: <blockquote>
1072: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1073: <br/>
1074: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1075: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1076: <br/>
1077: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1078: Should we believe them?"
1079: </blockquote>
1080: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1081: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1082: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1083: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1084: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1085: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1086: <p>
1087:
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1089: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1090: Simple Simon</a>,
1091: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1092: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1093: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1094: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1095: routing/firewall, and more.
1096: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1097: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1098: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1099: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1100: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1101: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1102: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1103: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1104: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1105: </blockquote>
1106: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1107: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1108: <p>
1109:
1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1111: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1112: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1113: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1114: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1115: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1116: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1117: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1118: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1119: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1120: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1121: in spite of it
1122: (registration required, but worth it).
1123: <p>
1124:
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1126: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1127: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1128: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1129: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1130: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1131: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1132: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1133: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1134: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1135: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1136: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1137: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1138: <p>
1139:
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1141: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1142: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1143: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1144: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1145: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1146: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1147: <blockquote>
1148: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1149: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1150: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1151: a lot of analysis.
1152: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1153: </blockquote>
1154: <p>
1155: </ul>
1156:
1.400 marco 1157: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1158: <ul>
1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1160: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1161: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1162: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1163: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1164: UNIX-like systems.
1165: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1166: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1167: <p>
1168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1169: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1170: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1171: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1172: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1173: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1174: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1175: At one point, the article states:
1176: <blockquote>
1177: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1178: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1179: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1180: </blockquote>
1181: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1182: <blockquote>
1183: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1184: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1185: </blockquote>
1186: <p>
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1188: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1189: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1190: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1191: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1192: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1193: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1194: required).
1195: <p>
1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1197: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1198: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1199: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1202: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1203: <p>
1204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1205: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1206: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1207: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1208: </strong></font><br>
1209: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1210: <p>
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1212: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1213: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1214: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1215: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1216: 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 1217: <p>
1218: </ul>
1219:
1.396 henning 1220: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1221: <ul>
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1223: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1224: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1225: Unix Review, July, 2004
1226: </strong></font><br>
1227: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1228: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1229: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1230: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1231: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1232: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1233: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1234: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1235: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1236: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1237: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1238: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1239: and even spelling/wording errors.
1240: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1241: <p>
1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1243: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1244: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1245: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1246: </strong></font><br>
1247: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1248: <p>
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1250: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1251: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1252: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1253: </strong></font><br>
1254: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1255: <p>
1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1257: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1258: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1259: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1260: </strong></font><br>
1261: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1262: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1263: <p>
1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1265: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1266: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1267: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1268: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1269: <p>
1270: </ul>
1271:
1.405 jolan 1272: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1273: <ul>
1274: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1275: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1276: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1277: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1278: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1279: details on how funds are dispersed.
1280: <p>
1281: </ul>
1282:
1.393 david 1283: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1284: <ul>
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1286: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1287: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1288: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1289: </strong></font><br>
1290: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1291: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1292: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1293: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1294: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1295: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1296: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1297: <p>
1298:
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1300: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1301: Secure by Default</a>,
1302: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1305: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1306: <p>
1307:
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1309: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1310: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1311: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1312: </strong></font><br>
1313: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1314: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1315: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1316: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1317: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1318: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1319: <p>
1320:
1321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1322: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1323: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1324: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1325: </strong></font><br>
1326: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1327: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1328: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1329: <p>
1330:
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1332: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1333: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1334: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1335: </strong></font><br>
1336: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1337: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1338: <p>
1339: </ul>
1340:
1.388 mcbride 1341: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1342: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1343:
1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1345: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1346: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1347: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1348: </strong></font><br>
1349: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1350: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1351: available for sparc64.
1352: <p>
1353:
1.390 beck 1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1355: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1356: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1357: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1358: </strong></font><br>
1359: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1360: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1361: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1362: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1363: <p>
1364:
1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1366: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1367: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1368: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1369: </strong></font><br>
1370: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1371: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1372: it does: CARP provides sharing
1373: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1374: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1375: detail to get you started using it.
1376: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1377: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1378: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1379: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1380: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1381: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1382: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1383: <p>
1.391 ian 1384:
1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1386: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1387: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1388: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1389: </strong></font><br>
1390: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1391: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1392: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1393: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1396: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1397: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1398: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1399: </strong></font><br>
1400: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1401: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1402: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1403: unencumbered by patents.
1404: <p>
1405: </ul>
1406:
1.378 henning 1407: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1408: <ul>
1.384 jose 1409:
1410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1411: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1412: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1413: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1414: </strong></font><br>
1415: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1416: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1417: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1418: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1419: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1420: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1421: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1422: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1423: in the page tables."
1424: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1425: <p>
1426:
1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1428: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1429: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1430: </strong></font><br>
1431: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1432: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1433: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1434: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1435: <p>
1.384 jose 1436:
1.378 henning 1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1438: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1439: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1440: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1441: </strong></font><br>
1442: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1443: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1444: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1445: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1446: (quote:
1447: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1448: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1449: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1450: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1451: the other developers for their work on the system.
1452: <p>
1453:
1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1455: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1456: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1457: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1458: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1459: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1460: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1461: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1462: too.
1463: <p>
1464:
1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1466: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1467: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1468: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1469: OpenBSD source code using
1470: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1471: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1472: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1473: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1474: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1475: <p>
1476: </ul>
1477:
1.374 jose 1478: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1479: <ul>
1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1481: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1482: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1483: </strong></font><br>
1484: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1485: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1486: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1487: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1488: it."
1489: <p>
1490:
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1492: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1493: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1494: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1495: </strong></font><br/>
1496: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1497: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1498: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1499: <p>
1500: </ul>
1501:
1.369 ian 1502: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1503: <ul>
1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1505: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1506: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1507: </strong></font><br/>
1508: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1509: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1510: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1511: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1515: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1516: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1517: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1518: </strong></font><br/>
1519: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1520: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1521: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1522: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1523: form factor.
1524: <p>
1525:
1526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1527: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1528: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1529: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1530: Features</a>,
1531: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1532: </strong></font><br/>
1533: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1534: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1535: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1536: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1537: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1538: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1539: <p>
1540: This article can also be found online at:
1541: <ul>
1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1543: <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 1544: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1545: </strong></font>
1546: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1547: </ul>
1548: <p>
1.392 david 1549:
1.371 jose 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1551: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1552: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1553: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1554: </strong></font><br/>
1555: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1556: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1557: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1558: <p>
1.371 jose 1559:
1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1561: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1562: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1563: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1564: </strong></font><br/>
1565: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1566: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1567: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1568: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1569: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1570: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1571: and its history with OpenBSD.
1572: </ul>
1573:
1.368 henning 1574: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1575: <ul>
1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1577: [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 1578: </strong></font><br>
1579: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1580: </ul>
1581:
1.364 jose 1582: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1583: <ul>
1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1585: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1586: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1587: UNIX Review,
1588: July, 2003.
1589: </strong></font><br>
1590: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1591: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1592: who want more information.
1593: <p>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1596: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1597: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1598: Government Computer News,
1599: July 22, 2003.
1600: </strong></font><br>
1601: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1602: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1603: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1604: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1605: <p>
1606:
1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1608: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1609: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1610: SANS Institute,
1611: July 22, 2003.
1612: </strong></font><br>
1613: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1614: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1615: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1616: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1617: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1618: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1619: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1620: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1621: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1622: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1623: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1624: <p>
1625:
1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1627: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1628: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1629: OnLamp.com,
1630: July 17, 2003.
1631: </strong></font><br>
1632: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1633: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1634: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1635: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1636: have been working on.
1637:
1638: </ul>
1639:
1.356 jose 1640: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1641: <ul>
1642:
1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1644: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1645: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1646: UNIX Review,
1647: June, 2003.
1648: </strong></font><br>
1649: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1650: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1651: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1652: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1653: <p>
1654:
1655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1656: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1657: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1658: eWeek,
1659: June 23, 2003.
1660: </strong></font><br>
1661: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1662: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1663: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1664: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1665: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1666: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1667: <p>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1670: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1671: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1672: Software Development Online,
1673: June, 2003.
1674: </strong></font><br>
1675: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1676: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1677: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1678: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1679: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1680: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1681: current activities.
1682: <p>
1683:
1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1685: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1686: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1687: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1688: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1689: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1690: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1691: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1692: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1693: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1694: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1695: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1696: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1697: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1698: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1699: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1700: decisions.
1701: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1702: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1703: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1704: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1708: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1709: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1710: Page 58, eWeek,
1711: June 2, 2003.
1712: </strong></font><br>
1713: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1714: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1715: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1716: been addressed in -current.
1717: <p>
1718:
1.356 jose 1719: </ul>
1720:
1721: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1722: <ul>
1723:
1.355 jose 1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1725: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1726: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1727: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1728: </strong></font><br>
1729: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1730: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1731: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1732: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1733: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1734: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1735: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1736: <p>
1737:
1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1739: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1740: Beyond Linux</a>,
1741: InfoWorld,
1742: May 23, 2003.
1743: </strong></font><br>
1744: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1745: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1746: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1747: compared to the GPL.
1748: <p>
1749:
1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1751: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1752: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1753: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1754: May 17, 2003.
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1757: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1758: the business section and half of another page inside
1759: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1760: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1761: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1762: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1763: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1764: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1765: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1766: <br>
1767: This article can also be found online at:
1768: <ul>
1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1770: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1771: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1772: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1773: May 17, 2003
1774: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1775: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1777: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1778: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1779: Montreal Gazette,
1780: May 21, 2003
1781: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1782: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1783: <p>
1.346 ian 1784:
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1786: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1787: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1788: May 7, 2003.
1789: </strong></font><br>
1790: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1791: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1792: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1793: <p>
1794:
1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1796: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1797: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1798: OsOpinion,
1799: May 6, 2003.
1800: </strong></font><br>
1801: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1802: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1803: <br>
1804: This article can also be found online at:
1805: <ul>
1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1807: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1808: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1809: NewsFactor Network.
1810: </strong></font>
1811: </ul>
1812: <p>
1813:
1814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1815: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1816: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1817: ITBusiness,
1818: May 2, 2003.
1819: </strong></font><br>
1820: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1821: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1822: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1823: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1824: <p>
1825:
1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1827: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1828: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1829: InfoWorld,
1830: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1832: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1833: <br>
1834: This article can also be found online at:
1835: <ul>
1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1837: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1838: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1839: IDG Singapore.
1840: </strong></font>
1841: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1842: <p>
1843:
1.339 jose 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1845: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1846: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1847: ZDNet,
1848: May 1, 2003.
1849: </strong></font><br>
1850: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1851: someone using parts from previous articles.
1852: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1853: This article can also be found online at:
1854: <ul>
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1856: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1857: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1858: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1859: </strong></font>
1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1861: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1862: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1863: CNET News.com.
1864: </strong></font>
1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1866: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1867: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1868: ZDNet UK.
1869: </strong></font>
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1871: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1872: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1873: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1874: </strong></font>
1875: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1876: <p>
1.339 jose 1877:
1.341 deraadt 1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1879: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1880: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1881: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1882: May 1, 2003.
1883: </strong></font><br>
1884: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1885: that have been added
1886: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1887: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1888: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1889: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1890: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1891: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1892: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1893: <p>
1894:
1895: </ul>
1896:
1.253 ian 1897: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1898: <ul>
1.255 ian 1899:
1.260 ian 1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1901: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1902: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1903: TechRepublic,
1904: April 28, 2003.
1905: </strong></font><br>
1906: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1907: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1908: work.<br>
1909: Can also be found online at:
1910: <ul>
1911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1912: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1913: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1914: ZDNet UK.
1915: </strong></font>
1916: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1917: <p>
1918:
1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1920: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1921: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1922: IDG,
1923: April 24, 2003.
1924: </strong></font><br>
1925: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1926: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1927: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1928: Can also be found online at:
1929: <ul>
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1931: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1932: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1933: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1934: </strong></font>
1935: </ul>
1936: <p>
1937:
1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1939: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1940: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1941: Slate,
1942: April 24, 2003.
1943: </strong></font><br>
1944: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1945: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1946: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1947: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1948: <p>
1949:
1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1951: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1952: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1953: April 24, 2003.
1954: </strong></font><br>
1955: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1956: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1957: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1958: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1959: <p>
1960:
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1962: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1963: April 24, 2003.
1964: </strong></font><br>
1965: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1966: the free software community".
1967: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1968: other articles.
1969: <p>
1970:
1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1972: <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 1973: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1974: </strong></font><br>
1975: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1976: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1977: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1978: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1979: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1980: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1981: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1982: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1983: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1984: <br/>
1985: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1986: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1987: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1988: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1989: <br>
1990: Can also be found online at:
1991: <ul>
1992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1993: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1994: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1995: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1996: </strong></font>
1997: </ul>
1.324 ian 1998: <p>
1999:
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2001: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2002: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2003: </strong></font><br>
2004: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2005: article above.
2006: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2007: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2008: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2009: <br>
2010: Can also be found online at:
2011: <ul>
2012: <li>
2013: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2014: </strong></font>
2015: </ul>
1.324 ian 2016: <p>
2017:
2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2019: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2020: </strong></font><br>
2021: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2022: <p>
2023:
2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2025: <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.
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2028: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2029: <p>
2030:
2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2032: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2033: April 23, 2003.
2034: </strong></font><br>
2035: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2036: <p>
2037:
2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2039: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2040: April 22, 2003.
2041: </strong></font><br>
2042: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2043: <p>
2044:
2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2046: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2047: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2048: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2049: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2050: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2051: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2052: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2053: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2054: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2055: Can also be found online at:
2056: <ul>
2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2058: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2059: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2060: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2061: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2063: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2064: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2065: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2066: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2067: </ul>
2068: <p>
2069:
2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2071: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2072: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2073: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2076: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2077: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2078: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2079: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2080: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2081: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2082: <p>
2083:
2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2085: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2086: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2087: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2088: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2089: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2090: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2091: at UPenn and DARPA.
2092: <p>
2093:
2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2095: [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,
2096: France
1.315 deraadt 2097: April 18, 2003.
2098: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2099: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2100: <p>
2101:
2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2103: [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 2104: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2105: </strong></font><br>
2106: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2107: <p>
2108:
2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2110: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2111: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2112: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2114: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2115: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2116: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2117: <p>
2118:
2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2120: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2121: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2122: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2125: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2126: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2127: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2128: <p>
2129:
2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2131: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2132: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2133: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2135: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2136: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2137: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2138: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2139: Can also be found online at:
2140: <ul>
2141: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2142: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2143: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2144: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2145: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2146: <p>
2147:
2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2149: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2150: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2151: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2152: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2153: </strong></font><br>
2154: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2155: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2156: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2157: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2158: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2159:
2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2161: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2162: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2163: New York Times.
2164: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2165:
1.273 deraadt 2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2167: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2168: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2169: ABC News.
2170: </strong></font>
2171:
2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2173: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2174: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2175: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2176: </strong></font>
2177:
2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2179: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2180: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2181: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2182: </strong></font>
2183:
2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2185: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2186: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2187: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2188: </strong></font>
2189:
2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2191: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2192: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2193: Times Daily, AL.
2194: </strong></font>
2195:
2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2197: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2198: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2199: Boston.com, MA.
2200: </strong></font>
2201:
2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2203: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2204: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2205: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2206: </strong></font>
2207:
2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2209: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2210: [Article was pulled]</a>
2211: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2212: </strong></font>
2213:
2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2215: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2216: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2217: Infoshop News.
2218: </strong></font>
2219:
2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2221: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2222: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2223: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2224: </strong></font>
2225:
2226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2227: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2228: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2229: Raleigh News, NC.
2230: </strong></font>
2231:
2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2233: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2234: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2235: Napa News, CA.
2236: </strong></font>
2237:
2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2239: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2240: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2241: NEPA News, PA.
2242: </strong></font>
2243:
2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2245: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2246: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2247: Wired News.
2248: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2249: <br>
2250: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2251: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2252: [JAPANESE]
2253: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2254: Wired News Japan</a>
2255: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2256:
1.271 deraadt 2257: </ul>
2258: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2259: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2260: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2261: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2262: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2263: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2264: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2265: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2266: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2267: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2268: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2269: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2270: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2271: <p>
2272: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2273:
2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2275: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2276: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2277: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2278: </strong></font>
2279:
2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2281: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2282: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2283: Miami Herald, FL.
2284: </strong></font>
2285:
2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2287: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2288: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2289: </strong></font>
2290:
2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2292: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2293: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2294: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2295: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2296:
2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2298: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2299: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2300: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2301: ABC News.
2302: </strong></font>
2303:
1.276 deraadt 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2305: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2306: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2307: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2308: </strong></font>
2309:
1.286 dhartmei 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2311: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2312: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2313: Wilmington Star, NC.
2314: </strong></font>
2315:
1.300 jose 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2317: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2318: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2319: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2320: </strong></font>
2321:
1.309 jose 2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2323: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2324: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2325: Globe Technology.
2326: </strong></font>
2327:
1.263 deraadt 2328: </ul>
1.262 beck 2329: <p>
2330:
2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2332: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2333: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2334: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2335: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2336: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2337: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2338: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2339: <p>
2340:
2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2342: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2343: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2344: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2345: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2346: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2347: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2348: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2349: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2350: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2351: and simply restates other press reports.
2352: <p>
2353:
2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2355: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2356: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2357: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2358: </strong></font><br>
2359: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2360: <p>
2361:
2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2363: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2364: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2365: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2366: </strong></font><br>
2367: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2368: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2369: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2370: <p>
2371:
2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2373: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2374: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2375: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2376: April 17, 2003.
2377: </strong></font><br>
2378: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2379: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2380: Tech Anthems</a>
2381: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2382: 4 so far.
2383: <p>
2384:
2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2386: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2387: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2388: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2389: </strong></font><br>
2390: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2391: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2392: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2393: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2394: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2395: Goes on to say:
2396: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2397: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2398: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2399: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2400: This article is also found online at:
2401: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2403: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2404: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2405: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2406: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2408: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2409: ZDnet</a>,
2410: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2411: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2413: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2414: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2415: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2416: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2417: </ul>
1.260 ian 2418: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2419:
1.260 ian 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2421: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2422: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2423: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2424: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2425: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2426: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2427: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2428: without notice or justification.
2429: <p>
2430:
2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2432: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2433: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2434: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2435: </strong></font><br>
2436: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2437: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2438: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2439: effective today, without any warning..."
2440: <p>
1.257 ian 2441:
2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2443: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2444: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2445: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2446: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2447: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2448: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2449: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2450: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2451: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2452: <p>
2453:
2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2455: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2456: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2457: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2458: </strong></font><br>
2459: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2460: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2461: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2462: quoting two of them:
2463: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2464: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2465: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2466: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2467: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2468: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2469: <p>
2470:
1.255 ian 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2472: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2473: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2474: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2475: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2476: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2477: <p>
2478:
2479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2480: [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 2481: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2482: </strong></font><br>
2483: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2484: <p>
2485:
2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2487: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2488: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2489: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2490: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2491: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2492: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2493: security experts for more than three decades."
2494: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2495: <p>
1.261 ian 2496:
1.254 drahn 2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2498: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2499: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2500: </strong></font><br>
2501: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2502: <p>
2503:
2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2505: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2506: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2507: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2508: </strong></font><br>
2509: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2510: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2511: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2512: <p>
2513:
2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2515: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2516: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2517: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2518: </strong></font><br>
2519: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2520: from US DARPA.
2521: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2522: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2523: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2524: the BSD license.
2525: <p>
2526: </ul>
2527:
1.251 ian 2528: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2529: <ul>
2530:
2531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2532: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2533: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2534: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2535: </strong></font><br>
2536:
2537: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2538: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2539: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2540: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2541: <p>
2542:
2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2544: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2545: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2546: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2547: </strong></font><br>
2548: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2549: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2550: Mentions
2551: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2552: and
2553: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2554: programs.
2555: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2556: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2557: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2558: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2559: <p>
1.325 ian 2560: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2561: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2562:
2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2564: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2565: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2566: </strong></font><br>
2567: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2568: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2569: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2570: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2571: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2572: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2573: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2574: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2575: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2576: put into service."
2577: <p>
2578: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2579: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2580: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2581: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2582: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2583: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2584: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2585: computers with security features."
2586: <p>
1.329 ian 2587:
2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2589: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2590: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2591: Slate,
2592: March 3, 2003.
2593: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2594: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2595: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2596: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2597: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2598: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2599: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2600: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2601: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2602: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2603: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2604: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2605: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2606: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2607: of more secure open-source solutions like
2608: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2609: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2610: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2611: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2612: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2613: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2614: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2615: the Beltway."
2616: <p>
1.251 ian 2617: </ul>
2618:
1.249 jufi 2619: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2620: <ul>
2621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2622: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2623: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2624: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2625: </strong></font><br>
2626: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2627: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2628: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2629: <p>
1.334 ian 2630:
2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2632: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2633: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2634: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2635: </strong></font><br>
2636: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2637: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2638: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2639: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2640: "... the hypothetical question ...
2641: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2642: <br>
2643: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2644: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2645: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2646: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2647: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2648: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2649: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2650: support network security.
2651: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2652: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2653: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2654: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2655: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2656: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2657: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2658: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2659: <br>
2660: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2661: <p>
2662:
1.249 jufi 2663: </ul>
2664:
1.246 jufi 2665: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2666: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2669: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2670: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2671: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2672: </strong></font><br>
2673: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2674: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2675: <p>
2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2678: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2679: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2680: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2681: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2682: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2683: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2684: <p>
2685:
2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2687: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2688: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2689: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2690: </strong></font><br>
2691: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2692: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2693: <p>
1.247 jufi 2694: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2695:
1.244 jufi 2696: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2697: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2700: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2701: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2702: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2703: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2704: </strong></font><br>
2705: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2706: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2707: md5 digests.
2708: <p>
2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2711: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2712: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2713: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2714: </strong></font><br>
2715: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2716: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2717: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2718: right the first time."
2719: <p>
1.247 jufi 2720: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2721:
2722:
2723: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2724: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2727: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2728: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2729: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2730: </strong></font><br>
2731: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2732: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2733: part 6</a>.
2734: <p>
2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2737: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2738: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2739: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2740: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2741: </strong></font><br>
2742: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2743: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2744: <p>
1.301 jose 2745:
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2747: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2748: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2749: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751:
2752: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2753: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2754: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2755: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2756: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2757: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2758: <i>Here's the
2759: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2760: <p>
1.247 jufi 2761: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2762:
2763: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2764: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2767: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2768: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2769: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2770: </strong></font><br>
2771: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2772: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2773: <p>
2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2776: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2777: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2778: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2779: </strong></font><br>
2780: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2781: this time using pf.
2782: <p>
1.247 jufi 2783: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2784:
2785: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2786: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2789: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2790: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2791: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2792: </strong></font><br>
2793: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2794: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2795: their rotation.
2796: <p>
2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2799: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2800: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2801: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2802: </strong></font><br>
2803: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2804: <p>
1.247 jufi 2805: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2806:
1.239 jufi 2807: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2808: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2811: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2812: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2813: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2814: </strong></font><br>
2815: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2816: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2817: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2818: <p>
2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2821: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2822: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2823: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2824: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2825: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2826: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2827: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2828: <p>
1.247 jufi 2829: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2830:
1.235 lebel 2831: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2832: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2833:
1.239 jufi 2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2836: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2837: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2838: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2839: </strong></font><br>
2840: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2841: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2842: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2843: <p>
1.301 jose 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2846:
1.228 horacio 2847: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2848: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2851: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2852: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2853: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2854: </strong></font><br>
2855: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2856: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2860: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2861: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2862: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2863: </strong></font><br>
2864: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2865: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2866: <p>
2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2869: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2870: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2871: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2872: </strong></font><br>
2873: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2874: on the desktop of his parents.
2875: <p>
2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2878: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2879: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2880: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2881: </strong></font><br>
2882: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2883: using IPFilter.
2884:
2885: <p>
2886:
1.247 jufi 2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2888: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2889: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2890: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2891: </strong></font><br>
2892: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2893: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2894: perspectives of the four OS.
2895: <br>
2896: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2897: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2898: <p>
2899:
1.247 jufi 2900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2901: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2902: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2903: software and security</a>,
2904: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2905: </strong></font><br>
2906:
2907: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2908: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2909: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2910: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2911: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2912: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2913: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2914: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2915: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2916: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2917: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2918: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2919: <p>
1.247 jufi 2920: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2921:
1.225 horacio 2922: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2923: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2924:
1.247 jufi 2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2926: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2927: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2928: Interview</a>,
2929: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2930: </strong></font><br>
2931:
2932: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2933: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2934: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2935: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2936: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2937: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2938: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2939: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2940: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2941: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2942: of choice.
2943: <p>
1.247 jufi 2944: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2945:
2946: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2947: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2950: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2951: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2952: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2953: </strong></font><br>
2954:
2955: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2959: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2960: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2961: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2962: </strong></font><br>
2963:
2964: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2965: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2966: <p>
1.247 jufi 2967: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2968:
1.218 horacio 2969: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2970: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2973: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2974: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2975: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2976: </strong></font><br>
2977:
2978: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2979: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2980: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2981: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2982: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2983: subjects. Worth a read.
2984: <p>
2985:
2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2988: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2989: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2990: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2991: </strong></font><br>
2992:
2993: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2994: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2995: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2996: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2997: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2998: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2999: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3000: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3001: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3002: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3003: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3004: on other operating systems.<br>
3005: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3006: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3007: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3008: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3009: <p>
3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3012: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3013: Operating System 2010</a>,
3014: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3018: covering the level of software integration into the core
3019: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3020: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3021: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3022: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3023: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3024: <p>
3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3027: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3028: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3029: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3030: </strong></font><br>
3031:
3032: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3033: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3034: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3035: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3036: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3037: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3038: <p>
1.247 jufi 3039: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3040:
1.210 jufi 3041: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3042: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3045: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3046: Already a Contender</a>,
3047: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3048: </strong></font><br>
3049:
3050: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3051: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3052: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3053: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3054: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3055: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3056: <p>
3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3059: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3060: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3061: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3062: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3063:
1.224 horacio 3064: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3065: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3066: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3067: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3068: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3069: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3070: <p>
1.247 jufi 3071: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3072:
3073: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3074: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3077: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3078: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3079: Division</a>,
3080: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3081: </strong></font><br>
3082:
3083: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3084: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3085: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3086: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3087: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3088: investment</em>.<br>
3089: The implementation details can be seen on their
3090: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3091: <p>
3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3094: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3095: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3096: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3097: </strong></font><br>
3098:
3099: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3100: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3101: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3102: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3103: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3104: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3105: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3106: <p>
3107:
3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3109: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3110: Thinking about Security</a>,
3111: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3112: </strong></font><br>
3113:
3114: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3115: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3116: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3117: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3118: to time.<br>
3119: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3120: system and just the most secure system.
3121: <p>
3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3124: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3125: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3126: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3127: </strong></font><br>
3128:
3129: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3130: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3131: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3132: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3133: choice:<br>
3134: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3135: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3136: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3137: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3138: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3139: network security devices and as such must be well
3140: armored."</em><br>
3141: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3142: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3143: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3144: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3145: <br>
3146: Bravo!
3147: <p>
1.247 jufi 3148: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3149:
1.207 ian 3150: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3151: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3154: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3155: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3156: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3157:
1.207 ian 3158: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3159: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3160: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3161: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3162: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3163: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3164: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3165: <p>
1.247 jufi 3166: </ul>
1.207 ian 3167:
1.194 jufi 3168: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3169: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3172: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3173: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3174: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3175: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3176:
1.240 miod 3177: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3178: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3179: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3180: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3181: <p>
3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3184: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3185: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3186: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3187:
3188: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3189: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3190: <p>
3191:
3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3193: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3194: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3195: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3198: <p>
3199:
3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3201: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3202: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3203: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3204: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3205:
1.240 miod 3206: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3207: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3208: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3209: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3210: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3211: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3212: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3213: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3214: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3215: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3216: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3217: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3218: <p>
3219:
1.247 jufi 3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3221: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3222: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3223: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3224: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3225:
1.194 jufi 3226: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3227: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3228: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3229: <br>
3230: The new
3231: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3232: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3233: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3234: <p>
1.247 jufi 3235: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3236:
1.190 horacio 3237: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3238: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3241:
3242: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3243: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3244:
1.301 jose 3245:
1.191 jufi 3246: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3247: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3248:
3249: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3250: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3251:
1.212 horacio 3252: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3253: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3254: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3255:
1.211 horacio 3256: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3257: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3258: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3261: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3264: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3265:
1.212 horacio 3266: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3267: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3268: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3269:
3270: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3271: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3272:
3273: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3274: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3275:
1.301 jose 3276: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3277: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3278:
1.191 jufi 3279: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3280: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3281:
3282: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3283: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3284:
1.192 jufi 3285: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3286: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3287: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3288:
1.193 deraadt 3289: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3290: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3291: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3294: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3297: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3298: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3299:
1.213 horacio 3300: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3301: 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 3302: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3303:
1.190 horacio 3304: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3305: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3306: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3307: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3308: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3309: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3310: <p>
1.190 horacio 3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3313: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3314: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3315: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3316: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3317:
1.195 jufi 3318: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3319: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3320: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3321: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3322: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3323: <p>
3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3326: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3327: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3328: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3329: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3330:
1.191 jufi 3331: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3332: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3333: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3334: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3335: <p>
3336:
3337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3338: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3339: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3340: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3341:
3342: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3343: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3344: <p>
1.247 jufi 3345: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3346:
1.191 jufi 3347:
1.186 jufi 3348: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3349: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3352: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3353: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3354: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3355: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3356:
1.188 jufi 3357: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3358: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3359: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3360: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3361: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3362: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3363: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3364: <p>
3365:
1.301 jose 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3367: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3368: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3369: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3370:
3371: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3372: <p>
1.191 jufi 3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3375: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3376: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3377: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3378: </strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3381: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3382: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3383: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3384: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3385: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3386: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3387: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3388: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3389: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3390: familiar?
3391: <p>
1.247 jufi 3392: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3393:
1.178 louis 3394: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3395: <ul>
1.178 louis 3396:
1.247 jufi 3397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3398: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3399: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3400: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3401: </strong></font><br>
3402:
3403: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3404: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3405: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3406: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3407: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3408: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3409: <p>
3410:
1.247 jufi 3411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3412: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3413: Open source under the hood</a>,
3414: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3415: </strong></font><br>
3416:
3417: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3418: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3419: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3420: <p>
3421:
1.247 jufi 3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3423: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3424: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3425: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3426: </strong></font><br>
3427:
3428: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3429: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3430: <p>
1.247 jufi 3431: </ul>
1.179 louis 3432:
1.174 louis 3433:
1.175 louis 3434: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3435: <ul>
1.175 louis 3436:
1.247 jufi 3437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3438: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3439: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3440: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3441: </strong></font><br>
3442:
3443: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3444: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3445: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3446: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3447: <p>
3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3450: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3451: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3452: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3453: </strong></font><br>
3454:
3455: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3456: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3457: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3458: <p>
1.247 jufi 3459: </ul>
1.175 louis 3460:
1.176 louis 3461:
1.172 mickey 3462: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3463: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3464:
1.247 jufi 3465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3466: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3467: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3468: </strong></font><br>
3469:
3470: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3471: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3472: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3473: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3474: <p>
3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3477: <a
1.269 deraadt 3478: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3479: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3480: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3481: </strong></font><br>
3482:
3483: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3484: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3485: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3486: <p>
3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3489: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3490: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3491: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3492: </strong></font><br>
3493:
3494: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3495: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3496: <p>
3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3499: <a
1.269 deraadt 3500: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3501: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3502: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3503: </strong></font><br>
3504:
3505: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3506: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3507: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3508: our own Theo de Raadt.
3509: <p>
3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3512: <a
1.269 deraadt 3513: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3514: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3515: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3516: </strong></font><br>
3517:
3518: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3519: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3520: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3521: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3522: shut down.]
3523: <p>
3524:
1.247 jufi 3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3526: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3527: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3528: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3529: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3530: </strong></font><br>
3531:
3532: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3533: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3534: <p>
1.247 jufi 3535: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3536:
1.161 louis 3537: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3538: <ul>
1.161 louis 3539:
1.247 jufi 3540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3541: <a
1.269 deraadt 3542: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3543: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3544: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3545: </strong></font><br>
3546:
3547: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3548: by John Wolley
3549: <p>
3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3552: <a
1.269 deraadt 3553: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3554: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3555: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3556: </strong></font><br>
3557:
3558: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3559: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3560: OpenBSD).
3561: <p>
3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3564: <a
1.247 jufi 3565: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3566: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3567: </strong></font><br>
3568:
3569: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3570: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3571: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3572: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3573: and hindsight.
3574: <p>
3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3577: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3578: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3582: <p>
3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3585: <a
1.168 provos 3586: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3587: December 7, 2000
3588: </strong></font><br>
3589:
3590: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3591: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3592: us explain.
3593: <p>
3594:
1.247 jufi 3595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3596: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3597: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3598: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3599: December 6, 2000
3600: </strong></font><br>
3601:
3602: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3603: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3604: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3605: <p>
3606:
1.247 jufi 3607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3608: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3609: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3610: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3611: </strong></font><br>
3612:
3613: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3614: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3615: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3616: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3617: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3618: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3619: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3620: <p>
3621:
3622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3623: <a
1.226 horacio 3624: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3625: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3626: </strong></font><br>
3627:
3628: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3629: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3630: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3631: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3632: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3633: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3634: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3635: <p>
1.162 millert 3636:
1.247 jufi 3637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3638: <a
1.161 louis 3639: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3640: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3641: </strong></font><br>
3642:
3643: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3644: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3645: <p>
3646:
1.247 jufi 3647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3648: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3649: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3650: </strong></font><br>
3651:
3652: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3653: <p>
3654:
3655:
1.247 jufi 3656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3657: <a
1.226 horacio 3658: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3659: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3660: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3661: </strong></font><br>
3662:
3663: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3664: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3665: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3666: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3667: <p>
1.247 jufi 3668: </ul>
1.169 louis 3669:
1.158 louis 3670: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3671: <ul>
1.147 louis 3672:
1.247 jufi 3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3674: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3675: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3676: </strong></font><br>
3677:
3678: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3679: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3680: <p>
3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3683: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3684: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3685: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3686: </strong></font><br>
3687: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3688: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3689: <p>
3690:
1.247 jufi 3691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3692: <a
3693: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3694: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3695: </strong></font><br>
3696:
3697: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3698: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3699: <p>
3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3702: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3703: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3704: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3705:
1.213 horacio 3706: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3707: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3708: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3709: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3710: <p>
1.215 horacio 3711:
1.247 jufi 3712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3713: <a
3714: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3715: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3716: </strong></font><br>
3717:
3718: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3719: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3720: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3721: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3722: much of the attitude too).
3723: <p>
1.161 louis 3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3726: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3727: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3728: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3729:
1.157 louis 3730: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3731: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3732: <p>
1.247 jufi 3733: </ul>
1.157 louis 3734:
3735: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3736: <ul>
1.157 louis 3737:
1.247 jufi 3738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3739: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3740: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3741: </strong></font><br>
3742:
3743: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3744: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3745: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3746: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3747: <p>
3748:
1.247 jufi 3749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3750: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3751: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3752: </strong></font><br>
3753:
3754: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3755: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3756: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3757: it because they love coding...
3758: <p>
3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3761: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3762: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3763: </strong></font><br>
3764:
3765: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3766: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3767: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3768: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3769: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3770: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3771: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3772: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3773: <p>
3774:
1.247 jufi 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3776: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3777: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3778: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3779: </strong></font><br>
3780:
3781: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3782: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3783: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3784: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3785: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3786: the pizza.
3787: <p>
3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3790: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3791: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3792: </strong></font><br>
3793:
3794: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3795: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3796: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3797: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3798: problems.
3799: <p>
3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3802: <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 3803: </strong></font><br>
3804:
1.222 miod 3805: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3806: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3807: - whether they like it or not.
3808: <p>
3809:
1.247 jufi 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3811: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3812: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3813: </strong></font><br>
3814:
3815: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3816: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3817: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3818: <p>
1.148 aaron 3819:
1.247 jufi 3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3821: <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 3822: </strong></font><br>
3823:
3824: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3825: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3826: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3827: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3828: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3829: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3830: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3831: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3832: <p>
3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3835: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3836: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3837: </strong></font><br>
3838:
3839: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3840: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3841: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3842: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3843: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3844: <p>
1.247 jufi 3845: </ul>
1.147 louis 3846:
1.138 louis 3847: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3848: <ul>
1.138 louis 3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3851: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3852: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3853: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3854: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3855: </strong></font><br>
3856:
1.227 horacio 3857: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3858: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3859: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3860: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3861: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3862: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3863: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3864: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3865: <p>
3866:
1.247 jufi 3867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3868: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3869: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3870: </strong></font><br>
3871:
3872: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3873: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3874: groups, and even Linux.
3875: <p>
3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3878: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3879: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3880: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3881: </strong></font><br>
3882:
3883: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3884: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3885: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3886: library after installing the OS.
3887: <p>
3888:
1.247 jufi 3889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3890: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3891: Sys Admin, September 2000
3892: </strong></font><br>
3893:
3894: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3895: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3896: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3897: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3898: (<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>,
3899: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3900: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3901: <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 3902: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3903: out of the system.
3904: <p>
3905:
1.247 jufi 3906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3907: <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
3908: </strong></font><br>
3909:
3910: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3911: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3912: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3913: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3914: the IP filtering and address translation.
3915: <p>
1.301 jose 3916:
3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3918: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3919: </strong></font><br>
3920:
3921: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3922: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3923: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3924: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3925: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3926: <p>
1.247 jufi 3927: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3928:
1.131 louis 3929: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3930: <ul>
1.131 louis 3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3933: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3934: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3935: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3936: </strong></font><br>
3937:
3938: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3939: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3940: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3941: <p>
3942:
1.247 jufi 3943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3944: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3945: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3946: </strong></font><br>
3947:
3948: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3949: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3950: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3951: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3952: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3953: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3954: note of"</i>.
3955: <p>
3956:
1.247 jufi 3957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3958: <a
1.247 jufi 3959: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3960: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3961: </strong></font><br>
3962:
3963: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3964: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3965: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3966: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3967: <p>
3968:
1.247 jufi 3969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3970: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3971: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3972: </strong></font><br>
3973:
3974: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3975: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3976: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3977: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3978: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3979: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3980: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3981: <p>
3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3984: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3985: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3986: 2000
3987: </strong></font><br>
3988:
3989: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3990: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3991: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3992: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3993: against current industry practices.
3994: <p>
3995:
1.247 jufi 3996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3997: <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
3998: </strong></font><br>
3999:
4000: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4001: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4002: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4003: <p>
4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4006: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4007: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4008: </strong></font><br>
4009:
4010: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4011: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4012: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4013: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4014: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4015: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4016: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4017: <p>
4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4020: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4021: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4022: </strong></font><br>
4023:
4024: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4025: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4026: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4027: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4028: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4029: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4030: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4031: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4032: <p>
1.247 jufi 4033: </ul>
1.131 louis 4034:
1.118 louis 4035: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4036: <ul>
1.118 louis 4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4039: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4040: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4041: </strong></font><br>
4042:
4043: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4044: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4045: about time. The article mentions that
4046: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4047: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4048: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4049: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4050: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4051: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4052: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4053: <p>
4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4056: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4057: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4058: </strong></font><br>
4059:
4060: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4061: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4062: of OpenSSH.
4063: <p>
4064:
1.247 jufi 4065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4066: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4067: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4068: </strong></font><br>
4069:
4070: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4071: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4072: bridging.
4073: <p>
4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4076: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4077: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4078: </strong></font><br>
4079:
1.121 deraadt 4080: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4081: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4082: <p>
4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4085: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4086: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4087: </strong></font><br>
4088:
4089: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4090: <p>
4091:
1.247 jufi 4092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4093: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4094: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4095: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4096: </strong></font><br>
4097:
1.120 deraadt 4098: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4099: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4100: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4101: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4102: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4103: <p>
4104:
1.247 jufi 4105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4106: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4107: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4108: </strong></font><br>
4109:
1.222 miod 4110: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4111: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4112: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4113: protocols and their quirks.
4114: <p>
4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4117: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4118: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4119: </strong></font><br>
4120:
4121: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4122: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4123: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4124: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4125: <p>
4126:
1.247 jufi 4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4128: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4129: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4130: </strong></font><br>
4131:
4132: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4133: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4134: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4135: <p>
4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4138: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4139: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4140: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4141: </strong></font><br>
4142:
4143: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4144: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4145: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4146: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4147: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4148: <p>
1.247 jufi 4149: </ul>
1.118 louis 4150:
1.104 louis 4151: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4152: <ul>
1.104 louis 4153:
1.247 jufi 4154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4155: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4156: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4157: </strong></font><br>
4158:
4159: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4160: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4161: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4162: be a bit dry.
4163: <p>
4164:
1.247 jufi 4165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4166: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4167: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4168: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4169: </strong></font><br>
4170: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4171: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4172: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4173: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4174: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4175: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4176: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4177: <p>
4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4180: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4181: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4182: 2000
1.128 louis 4183: </strong></font><br>
4184:
4185: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4186: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4187: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4188: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4189: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4190: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4191: <p>
4192:
1.247 jufi 4193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4194: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4195: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4196: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4197:
4198: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4199: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4200: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4201: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4202: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4203: <p>
1.110 louis 4204:
1.247 jufi 4205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4206: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4207: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4208: </strong></font><br>
4209:
4210: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4211: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4212: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4213: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4214: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4215: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4216: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4217: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4218: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4219: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4220: <p>
4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4223: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4224: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4225:
4226: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4227: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4228: <p>
1.108 louis 4229:
1.247 jufi 4230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4231: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4232: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4233: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4234:
4235: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4236: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4237: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4238: <p>
1.106 louis 4239:
1.247 jufi 4240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4241: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4242: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4243: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4244:
4245: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4246: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4247: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4248: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4249: <p>
1.107 louis 4250:
1.247 jufi 4251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4252: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4253: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4254: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4255:
4256: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4257: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4258: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4259: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4260: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4261: <p>
1.105 louis 4262:
1.247 jufi 4263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4264: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4265: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4266: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4267:
1.113 naddy 4268: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4269: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4270: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4271: <p>
1.104 louis 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4274: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4275: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4276: </strong></font><br>
4277:
4278: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4279: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4280: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4281: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4282: <p>
1.301 jose 4283:
4284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4285: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4286: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4287: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4288:
4289: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4290: hardware-supported cryptography.
4291: <p>
1.247 jufi 4292: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4293:
1.85 louis 4294: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4295: <ul>
1.85 louis 4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4298: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4299: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4300: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4301:
4302: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4303: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4304: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4305: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4306: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4307: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4308: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4309: <p>
1.99 louis 4310:
1.247 jufi 4311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4312: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4313: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4314: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4315:
4316: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4317: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4318: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4319: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4320: <p>
1.100 louis 4321:
1.247 jufi 4322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4323: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4324: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4325: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4326:
4327: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4328: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4329: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4330: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4331: <p>
1.95 louis 4332:
1.247 jufi 4333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4334: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4335: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4336: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4337:
4338: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4339: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4340: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4341: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4342: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4343: <p>
1.92 louis 4344:
1.247 jufi 4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4346: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4347: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4348: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4349:
4350: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4351: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4352: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4353: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4354: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4355: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4356: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4357: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4358: <p>
1.91 louis 4359:
1.247 jufi 4360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4361: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4362: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4363: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4364:
4365: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4366: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4367: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4368: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4369: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4370: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4371: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4372: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4373: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4374: <p>
1.90 louis 4375:
1.247 jufi 4376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4377: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4378: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4379: </strong></font><br>
4380: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4381: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4382: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4383: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4384: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4385: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4386: <p>
4387:
1.247 jufi 4388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4389: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4390: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4391: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4392:
1.113 naddy 4393: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4394: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4395: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4396: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4397: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4398: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4399: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4400: <p>
1.87 louis 4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4403: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4404: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4405: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4406:
4407: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4408: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4409: <p>
1.85 louis 4410:
1.247 jufi 4411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4412: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4413: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4414: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4415:
4416: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4417: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4418: <p>
4419:
4420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4421: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4422: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4423: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4424:
4425: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4426: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4427: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4428: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4429: <p>
1.89 louis 4430:
1.247 jufi 4431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4432: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4433: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4434: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4435:
4436: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4437: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4438: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4439: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4440: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4441: </ul>
1.85 louis 4442:
1.78 deraadt 4443: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4444: <ul>
1.74 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4447: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4448: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4449: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4450: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4451:
4452: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4453: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4454: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4455: <p>
1.83 louis 4456:
1.247 jufi 4457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4458: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4459: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4460: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4461:
4462: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4463: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4464: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4465: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4466: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4467: <p>
1.93 louis 4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4470: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4471: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4472: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4473: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4474:
1.83 louis 4475: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4476: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4477: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4478: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4479: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4480: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4481: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4482: <p>
1.82 aaron 4483:
1.247 jufi 4484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4485: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4486: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4487: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4488:
1.83 louis 4489: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4490: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4491: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4492: <p>
1.80 louis 4493:
1.247 jufi 4494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4495: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4496: Bad Press</a>,
4497: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4498: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4499:
4500: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4501: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4502: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4503: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4504: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4505: <p>
1.247 jufi 4506: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4507:
4508: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4509: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4510:
1.247 jufi 4511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4512: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4513: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4514: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4515: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4516:
4517: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4518: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4519: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4520: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4521: <p>
1.74 louis 4522:
1.247 jufi 4523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4524: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4525: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4526: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4527:
1.219 horacio 4528: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4529: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4530: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4531: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4532: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4533: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4534: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4535: <p>
1.88 louis 4536:
1.247 jufi 4537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4538: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4539: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4540: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4541:
4542: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4543: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4544: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4545: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4546: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4547: <p>
1.81 louis 4548:
1.247 jufi 4549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4550: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4551: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4552: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4553:
4554: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4555: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4556: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4557: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4558: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4559: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4560: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4561: <p>
1.90 louis 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4564: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4565: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4566: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4567:
4568: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4569: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4570: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4571: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4572: <p>
1.247 jufi 4573: </ul>
1.71 louis 4574:
1.69 deraadt 4575: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4576: <ul>
1.70 louis 4577:
1.247 jufi 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4579: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4580: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4581: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4582:
4583: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4584: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4585: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4586: <p>
1.70 louis 4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4589: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4590: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4591: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4592:
4593: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4594: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4595: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4596: <p>
1.68 louis 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4599: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4600: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4601: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4602: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4603:
1.111 jufi 4604: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4605: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4606: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4607: "secure by default" installation.
4608: <p>
1.64 louis 4609:
1.247 jufi 4610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4611: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4612: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4613: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4614:
1.113 naddy 4615: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4616: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4617: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4618: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4619: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4620: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4621: <p>
1.66 louis 4622:
1.247 jufi 4623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4624: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4625: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4626: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4627:
4628: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4629: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4630: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4631: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4632: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4633: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4634: <p>
1.83 louis 4635:
1.247 jufi 4636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4637: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4638: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4639: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4640:
4641: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4642: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4643: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4644: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4645: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4646: <p>
1.64 louis 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4649: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4650: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4651: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4652:
4653: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4654: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4655: <p>
1.301 jose 4656:
4657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4658: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4659: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4660: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4661: </strong></font><br>
4662:
4663: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4664: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4665: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4666: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4667: Giving way to
4668: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4669: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4670: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4671: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4672: <p>
1.247 jufi 4673: </ul>
1.65 louis 4674:
1.69 deraadt 4675: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4676: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4677:
1.247 jufi 4678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4679: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4680: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4681: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4682:
4683: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4684: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4685: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4686: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4687: <p>
1.88 louis 4688:
1.247 jufi 4689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4690: <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 4691: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4692:
4693: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4694: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4695: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4696: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4697: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4698: <p>
1.60 louis 4699:
1.247 jufi 4700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4701: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4702: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4703: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4704: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4705:
4706: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4707: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4708: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4709: <p>
1.58 louis 4710:
1.247 jufi 4711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4712: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4713: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4714:
4715: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4716: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4717: <p>
1.53 louis 4718:
1.247 jufi 4719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4720: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4721: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4722: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4723:
4724: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4725: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4726: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4727: <p>
1.99 louis 4728:
1.247 jufi 4729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4730: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4731: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4732:
4733: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4734: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4735: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4736: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4737: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4738:
1.247 jufi 4739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4740: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4741: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4742: </strong></font><br>
4743:
4744: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4745: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4746: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4747: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4748: <p>
4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4751: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4752: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4753: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4754:
4755: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4756: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4757: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4758:
1.247 jufi 4759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4760: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4761: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4762:
4763: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4764: in
1.247 jufi 4765: <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 4766: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4767: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4768: <p>
1.53 louis 4769:
1.247 jufi 4770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4771: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4772: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4773: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4774: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4775:
1.58 louis 4776: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4777: <p>
1.301 jose 4778:
4779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4780: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4781: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4782: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4783: Informacyjny, January 2000
4784: </strong></font><br>
4785:
4786: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4787: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4788: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4789: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4790: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4791: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4792: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4793: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4794: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4795: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4796: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4797: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4798: <p>
4799:
4800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4801: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4802: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4803: </strong></font><br>
4804:
4805: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4806: <p>
4807: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4808:
1.69 deraadt 4809: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4810: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4811:
1.247 jufi 4812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4813: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4814: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4815: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4816: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4817:
1.58 louis 4818: Kurt Seifried
4819: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4820: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4821: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4822: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4823:
1.247 jufi 4824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4825: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4826: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4827: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4828:
4829: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4830: <p>
1.96 louis 4831:
1.247 jufi 4832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4833: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4834: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4835: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4836: </strong></font><br>
4837:
4838: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4839: <p>
4840:
4841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4842: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4843: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4844: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4845:
4846: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4847: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4848: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4849: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4850: <p>
1.247 jufi 4851: </ul>
1.86 louis 4852:
1.69 deraadt 4853: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4854: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4855:
1.247 jufi 4856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4857: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4858: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4859: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4860:
4861: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4862: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4863: <p>
1.61 louis 4864:
1.247 jufi 4865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4866: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4867: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4868: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4869: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4870:
4871: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4872: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4873: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4874: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4875: right -- or at least strives to".
4876: <p>
1.48 louis 4877:
1.247 jufi 4878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4879: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4880: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4881: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4882: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4883: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4884: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4885: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4886: <p>
1.61 louis 4887:
1.247 jufi 4888: <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 4889: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4890: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4891:
4892: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4893: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4894: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4895: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4896: <p>
1.46 louis 4897:
1.247 jufi 4898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4899: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4900: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4901: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4902:
4903: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4904: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4905: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4906:
1.247 jufi 4907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4908: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4909: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4910: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4911:
4912: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4913: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4914: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4915: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4916: <p>
1.247 jufi 4917: </ul>
1.70 louis 4918:
1.69 deraadt 4919: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4920: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4921:
1.247 jufi 4922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4923: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4924: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4925: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4926: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4927:
4928: Kurt Seifried
4929: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4930: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4931: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4932: <p>
1.44 philen 4933:
1.247 jufi 4934: <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 4935: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4936: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4937:
4938: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4939: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4940:
1.247 jufi 4941: <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 4942: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4943: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4944:
4945: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4946: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4947:
1.247 jufi 4948: <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 4949: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4950: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4951:
4952: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4953: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4954: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4955: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4956: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4957:
1.247 jufi 4958: <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 4959: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4960: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4961:
1.36 louis 4962: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4963: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4964:
1.247 jufi 4965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4966: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4967: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4968: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4969:
4970: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4971: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4972: </ul>
1.38 louis 4973:
1.69 deraadt 4974: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4975: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4976:
1.247 jufi 4977: <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 4978: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4979: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4980:
4981: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4982: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4983: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4984:
1.113 naddy 4985: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4986: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4987: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4988: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4989:
4990: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4991: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4992: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4993: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4994: <blockquote>
4995: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4996: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4997: <br>
4998: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4999: </code>
5000: </blockquote>
5001: <p>
5002:
1.247 jufi 5003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5004: <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 5005: <p>
5006:
5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5008: <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 5009: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5010:
5011: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5012: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5013: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5014: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5015:
1.247 jufi 5016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5017: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5018: Sept. 28, 1999
5019: </strong></font><br>
5020:
5021: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5022: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5023: translating and reprinting articles from
5024: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5025: <p>
5026:
5027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5028: <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 5029: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5030:
5031: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5032: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5033: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5034: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5035: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5036: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5037: <p>
1.19 louis 5038:
1.113 naddy 5039: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5040: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5041: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5042:
5043: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5044: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5045: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5046: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5047: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5048: <p>
1.16 louis 5049:
1.247 jufi 5050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5051: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5052: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5053: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5054:
1.57 louis 5055: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5056: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5057: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5058: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5059:
1.247 jufi 5060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5061: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5062: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5063: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5064:
1.113 naddy 5065: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5066:
1.247 jufi 5067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5068: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5069: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5070: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5071:
1.23 louis 5072: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5073: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5074: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5075: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5076: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5077: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5078:
1.247 jufi 5079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5080: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5081: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5082: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5083:
1.199 pvalchev 5084: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5085: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5086: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5087: installation.
1.113 naddy 5088: <p>
1.47 louis 5089:
1.247 jufi 5090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5091: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5092: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5093: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5094:
1.301 jose 5095: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5096: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5097: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5098: </ul>
1.57 louis 5099:
1.69 deraadt 5100: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5101: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5102:
1.247 jufi 5103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5104: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5105: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5106: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5107:
5108: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5109: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5110: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5111: <p>
1.12 louis 5112:
1.247 jufi 5113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5114: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5115: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5116: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5117:
5118: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5119: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5120: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5121: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5122: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5123: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5124: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5125: <p>
1.247 jufi 5126: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5127:
1.69 deraadt 5128: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5129: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5130:
1.247 jufi 5131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5132: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5133: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5134:
5135: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5136: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5137: available."
1.113 naddy 5138: <p>
1.301 jose 5139:
5140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5141: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5142: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5143: </strong></font><br>
5144:
5145: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5146: <p>
1.247 jufi 5147: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5148:
1.69 deraadt 5149: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5150: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5151:
1.247 jufi 5152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5153: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5154: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5155:
5156: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5157: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5158: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5159: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5160: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5161: <p>
1.33 louis 5162:
1.247 jufi 5163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5164: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5165: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5166: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5167:
1.113 naddy 5168: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5169: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5170: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5171: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5172: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5173: <p>
1.247 jufi 5174: </ul>
1.57 louis 5175:
1.69 deraadt 5176: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5177: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5178:
1.247 jufi 5179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5180: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5181: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5182: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5183:
5184: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5185: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5186: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5187:
1.247 jufi 5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5189: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5190: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5191: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5192: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5193:
5194: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5195: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5196:
1.247 jufi 5197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5198: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5199:
1.113 naddy 5200: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5201:
1.247 jufi 5202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5203: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5204: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5205: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5206:
5207: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5208: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5209: </ul>
1.23 louis 5210:
1.69 deraadt 5211: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5212: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5213:
1.247 jufi 5214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5215: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5216: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5217:
5218: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5219: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5220: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5221:
1.247 jufi 5222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5223: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5224: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5225: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5226:
5227: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5228: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5229: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5230: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5231: </ul>
1.57 louis 5232:
1.69 deraadt 5233: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5234: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5235:
1.247 jufi 5236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5237: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5238: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5239: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5240:
5241: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5242: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5243: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5244: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5245: <p>
1.15 louis 5246:
1.247 jufi 5247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5248: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5249: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5250: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5251:
5252: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5253: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5254: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5255: columns."
1.113 naddy 5256: <p>
1.247 jufi 5257: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5258:
1.69 deraadt 5259: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5260: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5261:
1.247 jufi 5262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5263: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5264: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5265: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5266:
5267: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5268: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5269:
1.113 naddy 5270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5271: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5272: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5273:
5274: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5275: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5276: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5277: </ul>
1.57 louis 5278:
1.69 deraadt 5279: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5280: <ul>
1.301 jose 5281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5282: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5283: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5284: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5285:
5286: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5287: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5288: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5289: <p>
5290:
5291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5292: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5293: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5294: Nov 13, 1998 and
5295: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5296: Datateknik</a>,
5297: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5298:
1.380 saad 5299: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5300: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5301: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5302: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5303: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5304:
1.113 naddy 5305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5306: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5307: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5308: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5309:
1.222 miod 5310: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5311: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5312: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5313: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5314: <p>
1.247 jufi 5315: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5316:
1.69 deraadt 5317: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5318: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5319:
1.247 jufi 5320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5321: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5322: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5323:
1.69 deraadt 5324: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5325: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5326: <p>
1.247 jufi 5327: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5328:
1.69 deraadt 5329: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5330: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5331:
1.247 jufi 5332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5333: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5334: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5335: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5336:
1.383 jcs 5337: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5338: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5339: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5340:
1.247 jufi 5341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5342: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5343: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5344: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5345: <p>
1.247 jufi 5346: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5347:
1.69 deraadt 5348: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5349: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5350:
1.247 jufi 5351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5352: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5353: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5354: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5355: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5356: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5357:
5358: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5359: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5360: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5361: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5362: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5363: <p>
1.247 jufi 5364: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5365:
5366: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5367: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5368:
1.247 jufi 5369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5370: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5371: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5372:
1.69 deraadt 5373: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5374: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5375: <p>
1.112 naddy 5376:
1.247 jufi 5377: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5378: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5379:
1.292 camield 5380: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5381: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5382: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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